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by danso 4349 days ago
OK...must..not let...autoplaying video...harshen critique...

So can the OP elaborate how this is the "Github" for video, rather than, the "YouTube for Video"? Because at a glance, from what's on the page...A "Dropbox for file sharing, Vimeo for video review, and Email for communication" is what I would consider YouTube to be (well, Youtube + Google+)...

A Github for Video would, in my mind, involve some kind of diffing thing...and a way for collaborators to do something like freely tinker with audio/video, all at once, and share and merge those iterations in some much easier, more harmonious way than just uploading clips to the cloud and annotating them, which you can already do with YouTube.

(also, the video on site, on the iPad, seems to be unresponsive to the replay button, which makes it hard to review the demoed details)

That said, this is definitely a cool thing to try out in theory. I'm especially interested in seeing how bandwidth issues are handled (or if a slight sacrifice in resolution and fidelity is the tradeoff...and if that tradeoff is even possible with the tastes of the intended audience)

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You are right. The github part was for the tech community and only refers to version control videos, and EDLs, or Edit Decision Lists, to track changes in an edit. From version to version. Thanks for ending on a high note, most of our industry response has been wonderful
Why even target the tech community? This looks like a pure Hollywood play. I would stay away from Freemium-esque model here. I've worked with quite a few fashion companies and they'd eat this up...
Tech is my community as CTO, and this is one of the few examples on the web using the new Famo.us JS framework. Aside from that, everyone is creating video for marketing as professional quality video is more readily available to consumers. Thanks for the input on the Freemium model as well! We have heard both sides, and will be a tough call! :)