Yeah, I think I'm gonna re-reupload all my videos so that I no longer have a cluttered mess of "mini-sodes". This is very good news, because I was becoming drained on having to split my videos apart, and was getting ready to give up on YouTube again.

My account is as well. But I think with how many videos I now have that it would be more effort than it is worth to move everything over to Youtube. I'm not so hard up for views that I'd put in that much work for it.

Eh, you could always do what I've been doing, and re-run just two or three episodes throughout the week. Sure, your YT account would be forever behind, but it wouldn't feel as much an undertaking (especially if you simply let them upload as you leave for work or go to bed). Plus it'd give people a chance to actually watch them.

But yeah, with nearly 250 videos under your belt now, I can understand the lack of appeal for you. And view counts for you aren't as important as they are for me (what with me showing off people's attention-deprived games).

As I see it, Vidder is doing exactly what I need it to do... and I've never been on to fix what's not broken. And besides that, Youtube should have done this AGES ago. And if I did switch, I'd lose the ability for users to post on specific moments instead of just generally comment on the video as a whole.

For now, I'm not going to bother. Maybe one day down the line if I'm bored out of my mind, I may start uploading them... assuming this is a permanent feature at Youtube and won't be pulled a few weeks/months down the line.

Youtube had no time limit when it first started... They only added it because people were putting like full length movies and stuff up.

Also, my account apparently was not eligible for the change.

And then that brings to question why they lifted the limit if that was a problem in the past. And this is also why I'm skeptical that this is a permanent thing.

Because they're confident in their copywrite tools, now? I dunno, but last time they took the ability away, accounts prior to the change were still able to upload lengthy videos; the limit only applied to newer accounts.

And you're right, it's gonna be hard to give up on Viddler's ability to comment during the video, so I won't. But you guys are pretty much the only ones that even comment on my Viddler videos, so for everyone outside the Mag, it's gonna be YT.

I find it a little strange how hush-hush it all seems. No announcement from YT or no FAQ explaining what's going on, how to get this feature or specific infractions that could get it taken away. While that might seem somewhat obvious, it still doesn't mean it doesn't need to be in writing. You know, the whole 'hey, this cup of coffee is HOT!" thing.

Ah well, had this happened two years ago during my search for a decent video hosting site, I'd be just as excited as you are.

There's nothing hush hush about it. Youtube has never made a habit of announcing anything except UI changes on the main Youtube video sharing page.

All other announcements are made on either the API blog or the Youtube blog. This one was made on the Youtube blog.

The specifics on how to handle said hot coffee are far from explicit, but anyone who isn't American should be able to figure it out. Possibly some Americans, too.

Well, I just got off from over a week of vacation. If ever there was a time for me to upload my videos to Youtube, this would have been the time. So I did. At least a goo chunk of them. I also fixed up my profile a bit as well. www.youtube.com/lantis02

I'm skeptical anything will actually come of this though.

you took down your rpgmmag 300 video though =( when was that? i just noticed it when i was looking at favourites the other day.

Actually, Youtube did. I was apparently stealing the movie 300. I'm guessing that they noticed when the removed the limit for me or something. I'm just going to re-upload it to Viddler instead.

Picky, picky YouTube.

So, apparently I wasn't already subscribed to you.
*fixed*

Also, I kinda took a risk at the end of my last video, pointing out that I'd be making new uploads at YT. Even though my GDGaming account was selected for the removed limit, my MissFuzzbottom account wasn't. It'd be nice to know what qualifications one has to meet in order to get picked.

of course you were, it's because you're a criminal instead of a person who fairly used a tiny bit of someone else's work to make and in-joke with your friends. you couldn't possibly be that. *shakes head* youtube has an entire help section under Legal dedicated to copyright and stuff. but at least they let you specify when you upload your own vids that you can have them under a CC license =D there's a ray of hope after all *rolls eyes*

http://www.viddler.com/explore/Lantis02/videos/261/

Shhhhh... don't tell anyone.

*tells everyone*