Blackbird Share Discussion Threads

[nickb] 04/11/2019 14:44

Odd that the Player has gone dark.

[nickb] 04/11/2019 14:20

Play and jog backwards
Makes clipping easier and rewinding a section to watch again.

The Visual timeline of the Player also makes finding moments in a video fast and easy.

[_m_k] 04/11/2019 14:13

"what are the special features of the player that gets you so excited"

also does frame accurate playback

also playback in reverse works just as well as playback (can't imagine that being a gamechanger for viewers but it is there as a result of the post production heritage where people jog fowrards / backwards a lot thru content).

[noirua] 04/11/2019 13:38

It is surprising how shockingly poor Fibre Broadband is in the UK. My own speed struggles around a quite poor 38mbps dropping to 32mbps at times. A contact in Hong Kong isn't happy about his 247mbps - 2gbps is the target over there. Long term is 10gbps.

[sideshowbull] 04/11/2019 12:50

I have 2 broadband connections in case one has issues when I am trading.
Think I would have a stroke with 1mbs.

[nickb] 04/11/2019 12:48

From 1mbps to Fibre will be noticeable!

[horneblower] 04/11/2019 12:37

My broadband is sub 2mbps. In fact it's often sub 1mbps.
I tried the demo a couple of months ago (not the new player I don't think).
It was a bit staccato, but I appreciated the screen by screen preview when it finally loaded.

(We've been promised fibre in a year or so.)

[moneygecko] 04/11/2019 12:37

The cloud removing control from social
Media is a unique aspect which may be of interest to some

[sideshowbull] 04/11/2019 12:31

Email SS and ask for a platform, shareholders get a free platform to play with.

[sideshowbull] 04/11/2019 12:30

I think it is a game changer, the delay in release must be for a reason us mere mortals are not aware of.

"One point. You call it a "player" but the "delete-at-a-stroke" feature presumably comes from the publishing aspect of the system rather than the playing side, or have I misunderstood"?

The player sits in the platform on a web browser so when you publish from the platform using player to the masses the edit or delete option would be on your platform.

[horneblower] 04/11/2019 12:26

Thanks ssb.

I can see that this could well be a game-changer for both video distribution and social media generally.

In fact such a revolution that there will be considerable consequences for the whole industry. They will have to think very carefully whether having this amount of control would be totally to their advantage...or not.

Thinking off the top of my head, I wonder how the change would pan out. The immediate advantages seem obvious. Giving video originators the power to delete or edit all copies at a stroke sounds brilliant - child-pawn, race-hate stuff etc - but would they want to?

How might people get round sudden deletion of things they have copied? Presumably they could take a video of the video. There would be some degradation of the quality but with special equipment this would be minimal.

I can see why commercial users would be delighted with the power to delete or edit all their videos at a stroke. Would the domestic user benefit...probably. It's just the "nasties" who might not think the player was useful.

One point. You call it a "player" but the "delete-at-a-stroke" feature presumably comes from the publishing aspect of the system rather than the playing side, or have I misunderstood?

[horneblower] 04/11/2019 10:49

sideshow,
Could you explain (to someone who knows little about these things) what are the special features of the player that gets you so excited?
Many thanks

[nickb] 04/11/2019 10:24

Yes that’s the way I see it

[sideshowbull] 04/11/2019 10:04

I have met 4 original investors, 2 sadly are no longer with us.
Hopefully their families can be rewarded.

If the player can do what they say, they will be given a blank cheque.

BWTFDIK

[nickb] 04/11/2019 09:46

I think SS owned something like 80% of FBT 20 years ago so very few investors had many shares.

[nickb] 04/11/2019 09:44

Mcsean May have bought at the peak of the Tulip mania going by his posts sometimes.

[nickb] 04/11/2019 09:41

Chris

You seriously look at a speculative AIM stock Tech Biotech or Oil driller and see 2.5x as acceptable?

[bonio10000] 04/11/2019 09:39

Should I note get tulips for spring because of the Tulip mania?

[nickb] 04/11/2019 09:38

The Tech Bubble?

Crazy prices all round!

Other than that absolutely nothing!

[bonio10000] 04/11/2019 09:29

WTF does 1999 have to do with anything?

[chriscallen] 04/11/2019 09:28

On what evidence would investors be "happy" to gert a quarter of their money back? For many tears venture capitalists and a benchmark of 10x their investment in less than 5 years as the yardstick that had to be met before putting in funds. Shares on AIM ought to be less risky but they do carry real risk so say 2.5 times. Some shareholders paid over £4 in 1999 and that's 4x the maximum investment period so say 12 x to be a recompense for the patience and heartache.

[sideshowbull] 04/11/2019 09:26

Max offer 25k @ 14.50p

[mcsean2164] 04/11/2019 09:17

X5 would be great, it's divided by 20 for early investors, so I'm sure they'd be happy to get a quarter back!😂