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broadwayrock said:
So bandwidth = 12 a year
16-12 = 4
16-8 = 8
8 > 4
Stage six was losing them money.
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So bandwidth = 12 a year
16-12 = 4
16-8 = 8
8 > 4
Stage six was losing them money.
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Fatalah said:
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broadwayrock said:
That somewhat explains it. Besides, I think Divx as a media format is on the way out after its peak a few years back. I think all that ego got in the way of each other which meant that not only did they snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the form of the 'standard video format', but the 'video sharing/posting site' too.
MaverickX9
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Which user on GAF originally linked to Stage6 and said something like 'YOUTUBE IS TOAST"...?
laesperanzapaz
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at a limit of 2gigabyte, 1920*1080, no time length limit, stage6 was phenomenally ahead of its time.
when i first saw crysis in its true power and true quality, it was through stage6. without it, i would've had to wait for years until i got to build a new PC and played the damn thing.
when i watched clips of metroid prime at 480p, supreme quality at 60 FUCKING FRAMES - essentially the actual quality you see if you were playing it yorself in front of you - it made my jaw drop like no other.
stage6 will be missed...
...and i hope those stupid execs live to regret their egotrips forever!!!
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edit: oh and vimeo, dailymotion, etc. are only marginally better than youtube in quality, and far far far inferior in user contribution/clip library to both youtube and stage6. btw, i'm talking user-contributed gameplay clips and trailers, not silly anime and that crap.
when i first saw crysis in its true power and true quality, it was through stage6. without it, i would've had to wait for years until i got to build a new PC and played the damn thing.
when i watched clips of metroid prime at 480p, supreme quality at 60 FUCKING FRAMES - essentially the actual quality you see if you were playing it yorself in front of you - it made my jaw drop like no other.
stage6 will be missed...
...and i hope those stupid execs live to regret their egotrips forever!!!
(((edit: oh and vimeo, dailymotion, etc. are only marginally better than youtube in quality, and far far far inferior in user contribution/clip library to both youtube and stage6. btw, i'm talking user-contributed gameplay clips and trailers, not silly anime and that crap.
MaverickX9 said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153849
This was the thread that introduced me to stage6.Oh well, I knew it was comming.
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Esperado said:
Seems strange that Microsoft hasn't made an offer as well?
I know MS is doing everything it can to up Google, stage6 would be a good step for them.
broadwayrock
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RumpledForeskin said:
Yes, but it was close to making money just from Yahoo.
Mozilla/firefox makes most of their money from having a Google tool in the top right of their browser.
As stage6 grew it could have easily got better sponsorship and advertising to cover additional costs.
Edit: Why is it still up?
jakershaker
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Holtz said:
Videos still work here, strange.
It begins. Stage6 forum has been taken offline: http://www.stage6.com/forums. Video's are still working for me, although when you download a file, the name of the video is a lot longer than it used to be, weird.
broadwayrock
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Jel0man said:
They probably took the forums down because there was a person spamming with some very sick pornographic images: sex involving defecation, corpses and Pokemon characters!
broadwayrock
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RumFore said:
Nah, there was one image that had a woman painted up to look like a George Romero's 'Dawn of the Dead' Zombie with blueish skin.
But there were a few images that looked very real, such as one that had a dead baby with its intestines spewing out. With no one to mod the forum they made the sensible choice and shut down the forums.
Keyser Soze
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The comments section of every video on that Veho site is getting spammed to hell with people demanding Stage6 come back. It's both funny and sad
Has no where else been created yet? I am sure people would flock to the first stage6 like site the pops up.
Has no where else been created yet? I am sure people would flock to the first stage6 like site the pops up.
Keyser Soze said:The comments section of every video on that Veho site is getting spammed to hell with people demanding Stage6 come back. It's both funny and sad
Has no where else been created yet? I am sure people would flock to the first stage6 like site the pops up.
I doubt something even close to Stage6 could be created so soon. I mean, that site was practically perfect. The speeds were awesome too.
It also introduced me to Hajime no Ippo and other anime, that place was heaven.
Here's one to keep an eye on: www.vreel.net
The site doesn't open until May 6th, but they're promising initial upload caps at 800MB (may get adjusted later) and they're using the same DiVX player that Stage6 used. What's really interesting is that they thanked DiVX on the front page, so even though it's not officially affiliated with the DiVX team, it seems they had some input on things.
The site doesn't open until May 6th, but they're promising initial upload caps at 800MB (may get adjusted later) and they're using the same DiVX player that Stage6 used. What's really interesting is that they thanked DiVX on the front page, so even though it's not officially affiliated with the DiVX team, it seems they had some input on things.
Livin_Lovin
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Nice. I want as many recorded live music performances on there as possible. Thanks to stage6, I got The Mars Volta @ Lowlands 2004, two White Stripes performances and a bunch of just random live songs.
That, and porn. Veoh is pretty shitty, so I hope this turns out well.
That, and porn. Veoh is pretty shitty, so I hope this turns out well.
Livin_Lovin
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Holtz said:
I just tried using that site and none of the videos load for me.
Darkflight
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Did you install their video helper? I didn't notice it was needed at first.Livin_Lovin said:
bigmit3737
Member
Oh please let it be a good substitute for stage 6!
Holtz said:
Yeah I've noticed Ninja and also quicksilverscreen have somehow found a way to keep content on Divx player (Although having to host their vdeos somewhere else).
Ninja was working awesome for me until they made a bunch of changes and changed the whole set-up, now videos take an eternity to load.
bigmit3737
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master15 said:
Thanks for those sites. Going to check them out.
rollingstart
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aoi tsuki said:
thanks, will do.
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