Comments on: Video search: still crappy, here’s why http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/ Where TV Finds the Future Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:11:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: JoeMo http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/#comment-471205 JoeMo Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:36:10 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/#comment-471205 Video search is crappy only because content producers don't take advantage of the some of the tools available to them. I know that where I work we provide CC data(if available) and that can be used for search. I can't really think of any better data to use for search unless there was manual intervention. But I do agree, video search is lacking the refinement of text search. Video search is crappy only because content producers don’t take advantage of the some of the tools available to them. I know that where I work we provide CC data(if available) and that can be used for search. I can’t really think of any better data to use for search unless there was manual intervention. But I do agree, video search is lacking the refinement of text search.

]]> By: Steve Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/#comment-471104 Steve Safran Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:00:22 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/#comment-471104 Jon, You're being fair and a responsible journalist. You're looking at this from all sides and trying to avoid sensational language. I'll have none of that. Video search is crappy. Steve Jon,

You’re being fair and a responsible journalist. You’re looking at this from all sides and trying to avoid sensational language.

I’ll have none of that. Video search is crappy.

Steve

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/#comment-471064 Jon Garfunkel Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:13:30 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/28/video-search-still-crappy-heres-why/#comment-471064 Steve, Thanks for your comments. I'd hesitate to call it all "crappy" though, since the landscape is quite varied. For sure, anyone looking at Google Video search, for example, will be very disappointed. The rest of the landscape are startups who are already indexing feeds from TV networks (Truveo), online footage houses (footage.net) and academic archival projects (VTNA, LoC's MIC). Presumably, the MIC XML format can be used by "live" feeds, so a network wouldn't necessarily distinguish between "news" and "archives." I'd be curious to here from video providers whether they're in the loop on LoC's MIC. Jon Steve,

Thanks for your comments. I’d hesitate to call it all “crappy” though, since the landscape is quite varied. For sure, anyone looking at Google Video search, for example, will be very disappointed. The rest of the landscape are startups who are already indexing feeds from TV networks (Truveo), online footage houses (footage.net) and academic archival projects (VTNA, LoC’s MIC).

Presumably, the MIC XML format can be used by “live” feeds, so a network wouldn’t necessarily distinguish between “news” and “archives.” I’d be curious to here from video providers whether they’re in the loop on LoC’s MIC.

Jon

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