Help Test Democracy Player

If aren't familier with Democarcy Player here something from their About:

"There's an opportunity to build a new, open mass medium of online television. We're developing the Democracy internet TV platform so that watching internet video channels will be as easy as watching TV and broadcasting a channel will be open to everyone. Unlike traditional TV, everyone will have a voice." [via About Democracy]


The new Democracy Player 0.9.6 release candidate includes some nice new features:

• ability to watch any folder on your computer for new videos
• resume playback functionality
• more keyboard shortcuts
• better Windows Vista compatibility.

You can download it here: Democracy Player 0.9.6 RC

You can report bugs here: file a bug report.

Keep in mind that this is pre-release software and may contain serious bugs.

Some more video products

First one is Zannel, that is currently in beta. They allow to view an share pictures and videos from mobile phones (wap enabled). The content can be viewed by the community and get voted.

"Create your own channel and broadcast it to friends and audiences everywhere." - sates their site.

Join Zannel beta launch and help to make Zannel into the best mobile sharing community it can be. Your input can make all the difference, so please let them know when you come across something that isn't working quite right. Just use feedback link on their pages to submit bugs.



Another beta is Vlip.

They allow recording your self from their website with a simple webcam and share your "vlip" with the world. Others can reply to you with a their own "vlip", thus making it like an offline video conversation.

You can also embed any vlip in your site (link not working in Firefox, only IE) or just email it. Even the about is a vlip (see below).
Leave them your feedback on this webpage, or use the link on their site if you are using IE (again no luck for Firefox users, like me).

RayV seeks beta testers

RayV is a US based startup, with corporate office in NY and an R&D center in Tel Aviv.


About the company:

"RayV is about changing the way we perceive TV.
We developed proprietary internet protocols forming a generic grid network, enabling anyone to broadcast LIVE TV to an unlimited amount of concurrent viewers at zero cost."

What are they doing:

"RayV is bringing choice to the TV experience.
Just imagine, instead of viewing a news footage of a big network, you could actually watch and listen to people who are living the moment, somewhere in the world. Imagine watching a live football match from the Coach's angle, a live rock concert on the other side of the globe, or even your friend’s wedding you couldn’t attend."

This is a young company that you can join as full time employee, but also as a beta tester. If you want to apply use their online form. You will only be required to enter your name and email, and verify the Captcha.