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HeyWatch API: New Encoding Option: duration

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:11:00 -0400

This is the duration in second of the encoded video. It’s available in Job resource and Download resource as usual.

New Client Libraries for HeyWatch

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:14:00 -0400

We’ve released several client libraries in the last few days.

Ruby: http://github.com/particles/heywatch-ruby
Python: http://github.com/particles/heywatch-python
PHP: http://github.com/particles/heywatch-php (by madewithlove)
.NET: http://github.com/particles/heywatch-dotnet

NodeJS, Java and iOS will come soon.

Note that the ruby lib is a complete rewrite of the old gem and it’s not compatible. Also this release is a bit special because the new gem provides a command line interface (CLI) to manage all your videos, jobs, etc… In other words everything on HeyWatch.

Usage: heywatch RESOURCE:METHOD [ID] [parameter1=value1 parameter2=value2 ...]

    Resources:

      account       # account information
      video         # manage video         | all, info, delete, count, bin            
      encoded_video # manage encoded video | all, info, delete, count, bin, jpg       
      download      # manage download      | all, info, delete, count, create         
      job           # manage job           | all, info, delete, count, create         
      format        # manage format        | all, info, delete, count, create, update 

    Usage:

      heywatch account
      heywatch video:info 123456
      heywatch job:all
      heywatch download:create url=http://site.com/video.mp4 title=mytitle
      heywatch encoded_video:jpg 9882322 start=4 > thumb.jpg
      heywatch format:all owner=true video_codec=h264
      heywatch video:all "[0]"
      heywatch job:all "[0..10]"
      heywatch format:count owner=true

Don’t hesitate to fork those libraries on github to improve / fix them. If you’ve wrote a lib yourself, please let us know so we can add it to the list.

Sandbox environment for HeyWatch

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:58:32 -0400

To simplify the development and the integration of our API in your projet we decided to drop the trial option (not very adequate) and replace it by a sandbox environment.

The sandbox environment is free of charge, the only constraint is that all the encoded videos will be shortened to 5 seconds. That’s it, the full API is available.

To change your environment, go to your account page.

Let us know what you think.

New Developers site for HeyWatch

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:56:00 -0400

New Developers site for HeyWatch:

We’ve totally updated the developers site which has its own domain now. We hope you’ll appreciate the new documentation: http://dev.heywatch.com

Let us know by twitter what you think.

YTProxy: a simple node proxy to download YouTube videos

Tue, 31 May 2011 11:47:14 -0400

As you may know, the transfer from YouTube to HeySpread feature is back. This is done thanks to a small nodejs script called YTProxy.

You can find the source on github, feel free to use it / fork it.

YouTube upload is back on HeySpread

Tue, 31 May 2011 09:24:33 -0400

After almost 9 months without this cool feature, we’ve decided it was time to enable it again thanks to some proxy stuff.

If it goes well, we’ll bring back YouClone too.

HeyWatch API: new encoding option to rotate videos

Wed, 25 May 2011 07:09:00 -0400

Use transpose=0,1,2,3.

Value can be 0 (90CounterCLockwise and Vertical Flip (default)), 1 (90Clockwise), 2 (90CounterClockwise), 3 (90Clockwise and Vertical Flip). Note that we automatically use transpose for iPhone videos taken in portrait mode.

Note that we automatically rotate iPhone videos taken in portrait mode now.

Upload videos to your Facebook Page with HeySpread

Wed, 25 May 2011 06:59:47 -0400

That was a long awaited feature! Now upload your videos to your Facebook Page with HeySpread.

The username is special because you have to give the page ID after the usual email. The form must be “email:pageID”.

To find the page ID, go to your facebook page and take the numbers at the end of the URL:

We’ve just migrated our blog to tumblr http://t.co/mRCgSpx

Thu, 19 May 2011 14:58:20 -0400

We’ve just migrated our blog to tumblr http://t.co/mRCgSpx

HeySpread Maintenance

Tue, 17 May 2011 15:39:36 -0400

HeySpread will be down for maintenance on May 18th @ 09:00:00 UTC. This will fix the stability and performance issue.

HeyWatch API: New encoding option: keep_aspect_ratio

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

HeyWatch API: New encoding option: keep_aspect_ratio:

Add keep_aspect_ratio=false if you don’t want to keep the original video aspect.

HeyWatch API: New encoding options: keep_(video|audio)_bitrate, max_video_bitrate

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

HeyWatch API: New encoding options: keep_(video|audio)_bitrate, max_video_bitrate

HeyWatch API: upload to your Rackspace cloud files account

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

HeyWatch API: upload to your Rackspace cloud files account

HeyWatch API: Generate thumbnails in the background

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

HeyWatch API: Generate thumbnails in the background

HeyWatch API: You can add special s3 headers (x-amz-xxx) to the s3_directive

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

HeyWatch API: You can add special s3 headers (x-amz-xxx) to the s3_directive

HeyWatch now offers a free 15-days trial.

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:25:54 -0400

Hey,

We got many requests from people who wished to have a free trial period to try HeyWatch, before paying for it. We listened to them.

To enjoy this offer, you just need to send an email at heywatch[at]particle-s.com and tell us more about your video project.

HeySpread To Shut Down Statistics/Tracking On October 31.

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:48:19 -0400

Hey,

Big news today : we decided to permanently remove statistics/tracking from our offer. Why? Simply because we hardly want to focus on our core first business : Video Mass-Distribution.

Statistics weren’t very used on HeySpread and people’s main interest was video distribution. That’s why we disabled this feature to concentrate all our efforts to offer the best video syndication web service so far. You will always enjoy to mass-upload your video content to the top ten most popular video sharing sites.

Of course, all the other features such as Watermarking, h264 Encoding or even the API for white-labeling will be always available.

Besides, we are currently working on a brand new “Freemium” offer. So that everybody can use HeySpread for free and enjoy a powerful video mass-distributing tool.

Stay tuned!

HeyWatch adds "multiple formats in one request" feature.

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:40:00 -0400

We always try to make HeyWatch even more powerful and comfortable for your business.

That is why, we have just added the “multiple format in one request” feature. It will allow you to automatically encode videos in multiple formats with one unique request. Faster and more efficient, you save time in your global process.

Have a look at the API Documentation to see the changes : http://wiki.heywatch.com/API+Documentation+Download

Do not hesitate to send us your feedback and ideas for new features : heywatch (at) particle-s (dot) com

HeyWatch officially supports WebM VP8 video codec.

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:44:02 -0400

We are pleased to say that the implementation of the WebM VP8 video codec is done. From now, you can transcode your videos in the next most popular video codec with HeyWatch.

Just to remind you, here are the technical details: - Container File Format: WebM - Video Codec: VP8 - Audio Codec: Ogg Vorbis - Container DOCTYPE: webm - File Extension: .webm - Mime Type: video/x-webm

Please, do not hesitate to give us feedback on it - heywatch (at) particle-s (dot) com

HeyWatch joins Google's open source video project : WebM.

Thu, 20 May 2010 11:34:01 -0400

We are very proud to announce that HeyWatch is one of the first supporters of this great video project. The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone.

By the way, we join many smart companies such as Mozilla, Opera, Google and more than forty other publishers, software and hardware vendors.

Here are the technical details: - Container File Format: WebM - Video Codec: VP8 - Audio Codec: Ogg Vorbis - Container DOCTYPE: webm - File Extension: .webm - Mime Type: video/x-webm

We are very excited because this new format will open the video market and contribute to set up great video standards for the future of the Web. Google makes a fantastic step forward by offering this a high-quality, royalty-free and open source video codec. And, at HeyWatch, we strongly want to be part of this technology trip.

We are currently working on the implementation and a Beta should be available very soon. Stay tuned.