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This time I wrangled my sister, Tracy to do some tests on wetoku, the REALLY neat (did you hear that David?) new service, wetoku.  They were really nice enough to me to allow me to test some of the upcoming “Pro” features.  Tonight we tested the difference in quality of the video settings (Normal=16kbps, High=32kbps, and Higher=66kbps).  The first video is “Normal.”

If you notice, the video is pixelated.  Even when we are not moving, the picture is a bit pixelated.  When the video is seen in full screen mode, it’s almost like playing an old video game.  Give no mind to the silly wagging of our heads.  It’s just our way of testing motion!

The “High” setting is a lot better, in my opinion.  There is minimal pixelation and even when enlarging the video, the picture is still fine.

During the test of the “Higher” setting, we experienced some blurring instead of pixelation.  The video is still acceptable even for full screen.  Personally I like the “High” setting.  The minimal pixelation is not much of a trade off for the absence of the blurring.  Just my opinion.

<object width=’512′ height=’224′ classid=’clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000′ codebase=’http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0′>                     <param name=’movie’ value=’http://wetoku.com/video/4qo2nfe5/player’ />                     <param name=’FlashVars’ value=’bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=256&height=192′ />                     <param name=’wmode’ value=’transparent’ />                     <param name=’allowFullScreen’ value=’true’ />                     <embed src=’http://wetoku.com/video/4qo2nfe5/player?bgcolor=FFFFFF&width=256&height=192′ quality=’high’ type=’application/x-shockwave-flash’ width=’512′ height=’224′ pluginspage=’http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer’ wmode=’transparent’ allowFullScreen=’true’>                     </embed>                 </object>

As far as my overall opinion so far, I thoroughly enjoy using wetoku and I think they are heading in an awesome (did you hear that one too, Dave?) direction!  When I was told about some of the “pro” features coming out in private beta in October, it was plain to see that they are definitely listening to the public’s opinions.  I’ve heard people ask for better video and, WHAMO!  Better video!  People have been asking about video editing abilities, well, rumor has it there’s another WHAMO coming!  Also going to be tested is the ability to upload re-roll and post-roll video, custom watermark, and a customizable embeddable player.

There are a few things I’ve noticed so far that I think would be good to add, including multiple recordings per interview sitting (unless I missed something) and the ability to download the video for local safekeeping and for sharing on social video networks like YouTube.

They’re not done yet so keep cheering them on and keep giving them feedback!  Good job so far wetoku!

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