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Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by mentos » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 9:25 PM UTC

I really think Xbox could win the battle for the living room.

I'm more excited for it as a media center than as a game console. The fact that they let you pass through your cable box to an HDMI-IN shows me that they have been paying attention. I believe this was something that the Logitech Revue pioneered but unfortunately didn't take off due to being too slow a unit. I've been waiting to see who might support this and so far it only looks like Microsoft has. You may not appreciate it, but being able to flip between games/sites/cable instantly goes a long way in making your living room experience seamless, and I really think that will be the difference in this short term (while people still own cable boxes) if Sony/Apple/Google don't follow suit.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by elithrar » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 9:30 PM UTC

jjcm wrote: post #2

I wonder if this will clash with content-id systems. It'd be interesting to see a DMCA takedown from a game studio against a video uploaded through xbox's featureset.

Developers/publishers will likely opt-in to allow upload, similar to how Twitch streaming is opt-in.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by dalek2point3 » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 9:49 PM UTC

so, Microsoft is not going to compete in the market for online video and concede that battle to Google? Im surprised, given how much grief GOOG has given MSFT over developing a YT app for WindowsPhone.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:11 PM UTC

uncleruckus wrote: post #9

JamesBaxter wrote: post #5

I wonder if Google wanted this or Microsoft pushed for it. I think Google Hangouts with the Xbox One and Kinnect would be a great combination. Will Microsoft allow it when it would make Skype look bad or do they just want users on their platform? Youtube uploads suggests to me they want functionality from any source to get an edge on the competition.

Youtube uploads suggests to me they want functionality from any source to get an edge on the competition. Definitely this. PS4 users constantly complain how, in order to get a video on YouTube, you must upload to Facebook, download the video, then upload to YouTube. Granted, we're getting USB output soon enough, but direct upload to YouTube would be ideal.

That's so baffling. A while back I used...I think it was Timbuk2's backpack/messenger bag customization interface, which is fantastic for actually designing/ordering a product and has a "share" button, but it inexplicably only lets you share to Facebook. (And maybe Twitter and G+, I forget.) They actually generate a URL, don't let you see it, but will put it on Facebook for you.

I cannot comprehend what sort of thought leads to an implementation like that.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by nivla » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:18 PM UTC

sarreph wrote: post #7

This did make me chuckle: "...when’s the last time you heard someone talking about their favorite viral OneDrive video? Never? Yeah. Probably never."

Well to be fair OneDrive is not actually competing with Youtube, it is competing with Google Drive and Dropbox.

Off topic but who do you actually consider a real competitor to Youtube? The only other major service I can think of is Vimeo. I have been getting frustrated with Youtube's random takedowns, ads and disabling of fullscreen in most websites. I think there is a potential for some new startups here.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by maaaats » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:23 PM UTC

sarreph wrote: post #7

This did make me chuckle: "...when’s the last time you heard someone talking about their favorite viral OneDrive video? Never? Yeah. Probably never."

Pretty weird point. After all, one could upload the video to YouTube from OneDrive on a different device.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by parasubvert » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:40 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #11

I really think Xbox could win the battle for the living room. I'm more excited for it as a media center than as a game console. The fact that they let you pass through your cable box to an HDMI-IN shows me that they have been paying attention. I believe this was something that the Logitech Revue pioneered but unfortunately didn't take off due to being too slow a unit. I've been waiting to see who might support this a…

They really could. They seem to have gone to market quicker than they were ready for this though, hopping the first mover advantage would allow people to see the potential. It's definitely there, with the snap feature for example to multitask apps (like watching a TV show with Skype on the side, sharing living rooms), the voice commands and gestures, etc.

I wish they supported more cable provider guides through their Live TV, but I guess it's early.

Apple bought the company that made the technology behind the Kinect, so I presume they believe Microsoft has the right idea.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by jgh » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:42 PM UTC

Doesn't the PS4 already do that? I mean they demo'd a continuous recording feature at the original announcement last year. Uploading those recordings to YouTube/Facebook/etc seems like a natural next step for that.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by gr2020 » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:56 PM UTC

mentos wrote: post #11

I really think Xbox could win the battle for the living room. I'm more excited for it as a media center than as a game console. The fact that they let you pass through your cable box to an HDMI-IN shows me that they have been paying attention. I believe this was something that the Logitech Revue pioneered but unfortunately didn't take off due to being too slow a unit. I've been waiting to see who might support this a…

Indeed. I think the one flaw in their system, at the moment, is the xbox needs to be on all the time if your cable box is connected to it; if it's powered off, there is no HDMI pass-through.

Re: Xbox One Will Be Able To Upload Game Recordings To YouTube

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Post by mitchty » Mon, Apr 07, 2014, 10:56 PM UTC

parasubvert wrote: post #17

mentos wrote: post #11

I really think Xbox could win the battle for the living room. I'm more excited for it as a media center than as a game console. The fact that they let you pass through your cable box to an HDMI-IN shows me that they have been paying attention. I believe this was something that the Logitech Revue pioneered but unfortunately didn't take off due to being too slow a unit. I've been waiting to see who might support this a…

They really could. They seem to have gone to market quicker than they were ready for this though, hopping the first mover advantage would allow people to see the potential. It's definitely there, with the snap feature for example to multitask apps (like watching a TV show with Skype on the side, sharing living rooms), the voice commands and gestures, etc. I wish they supported more cable provider guides through their…

I thought Apple bought the v1 kinect company and the xbone's kinect is all ms internal?

That said the new kinect voice is SOOOOO close to being good, the stupid thing fails more often than siri though so I tend to forget to use it ever except the first day I got my xbox.

I still hate that I need to pay for gold just to watch netflix (this is the reason I have my Apple TV tbh, I maybe use gold over the winter but other than that I got better things to do).

The multitasking is quite brilliant though, it transitions between games so flawlessly its almost uncanny to me.