Otavids

Sun 2007/01/21 05:59 JST

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Just rolled out the code for the next community feature - Otavids! You've guessed it - OTAku VIDeoS! Browse around on YouTube and submit cool stuff that you find. As with Otakurls, you need to be a member to submit stuff.
So what should you submit? Anything otaku related that you would like to share with others. You think the new OP for Code Geass stinks? Submit and chat about it! Found some odd Japanese commercial - share it! Found some yummy idol video - share it!

You can add a video manually here (you need to know what the ID is for the video on YouTube) or use the following bookmarklet - drag it to your bookmark toolbar. If you are using IE, you may have to right click on the link and add the link manually.

Drag this link: Add to Otavids! up to your Bookmarks Toolbar.

Once you have done that, you will have a link on your toolbar titled "Add to Otavids!" just like the image below.
Navigate to a video that you want to submit on YouTube and click on "Add to Otavids!"

If you are using the bookmarklet, the following form will appear with the thumbnail, title and description fields pre-populated as it is on YouTube - feel free to change or add to these values. And thats all there is to it. Go to the Otavids section to see the vids submitted so far.
Looking forward to seeing your coolsome crazy otaku videos!

Technical stuff: All this has been made possible thanks to the YouTube API which is dead simple to use. Once you have signed up for a dev ID, you can start using the API to make applications etc for your site too. This has to be the easiest API I've used so far.
Update: I know the top page is a bit of a mess but a revamp will be coming soon.

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iheartassassinmaids in Closed Space (Registered on 2007/01/03)
Writer/Academic/Code Monkey
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Hi Danny,

I think it would have been better to incorporate this as part of the otakurl. I think it adds a bit of clutter to your site that already has a lot information.

Sun 2007/01/21 06:55:34 JST (ID #43257)

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iheartassassinmaids in Closed Space (Registered on 2007/01/03)
Writer/Academic/Code Monkey
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Hi Danny,

I think it would have been better to incorporate this as part of the otakurl. I think it adds a bit of clutter to your site that already has a lot information.

Sun 2007/01/21 06:55:34 JST (ID #85261)

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iheartassassinmaids in Closed Space (Registered on 2007/01/03)
Writer/Academic/Code Monkey
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartassassinmaids/

Hi Danny,

I think it would have been better to incorporate this as part of the otakurl. I think it adds a bit of clutter to your site that already has a lot information.

Sun 2007/01/21 06:55:34 JST (ID #110957)

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iheartassassinmaids in Closed Space (Registered on 2007/01/03)
Writer/Academic/Code Monkey
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartassassinmaids/

Hi Danny,

I think it would have been better to incorporate this as part of the otakurl. I think it adds a bit of clutter to your site that already has a lot information.

Sun 2007/01/21 06:55:34 JST (ID #136782)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

iheartassassinmaids,
I agree with the mess and you should expect a revamp of the top page very soon ^^

Sun 2007/01/21 07:05:42 JST (ID #43258)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
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iheartassassinmaids,
I agree with the mess and you should expect a revamp of the top page very soon ^^

Sun 2007/01/21 07:05:42 JST (ID #85262)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
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iheartassassinmaids,
I agree with the mess and you should expect a revamp of the top page very soon ^^

Sun 2007/01/21 07:05:42 JST (ID #110958)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
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iheartassassinmaids,
I agree with the mess and you should expect a revamp of the top page very soon ^^

Sun 2007/01/21 07:05:42 JST (ID #136783)

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OMNI Strike in Glasgow, UK (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Aero-mechanical engineering student

another pretty good feature. keep it up danny. :)

Sun 2007/01/21 07:10:33 JST (ID #43259)

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OMNI Strike in Glasgow, UK (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Aero-mechanical engineering student

another pretty good feature. keep it up danny. :)

Sun 2007/01/21 07:10:33 JST (ID #85263)

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OMNI Strike in Glasgow, UK (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Aero-mechanical engineering student

another pretty good feature. keep it up danny. :)

Sun 2007/01/21 07:10:33 JST (ID #110959)

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OMNI Strike in Glasgow, UK (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Aero-mechanical engineering student

another pretty good feature. keep it up danny. :)

Sun 2007/01/21 07:10:33 JST (ID #136784)

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Alafista OTAKU in Singapore (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/

yer i think the new feature kinda pushes the main content too far down

Sun 2007/01/21 07:48:28 JST (ID #43260)

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Alafista OTAKU in Singapore (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/

yer i think the new feature kinda pushes the main content too far down

Sun 2007/01/21 07:48:28 JST (ID #85264)

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Alafista OTAKU in Singapore (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/

yer i think the new feature kinda pushes the main content too far down

Sun 2007/01/21 07:48:28 JST (ID #110960)

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Alafista OTAKU in Singapore (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Policy & Research Officer
http://www.alafista.com/

yer i think the new feature kinda pushes the main content too far down

Sun 2007/01/21 07:48:28 JST (ID #136785)

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IdolFan in Earth (Registered on 2007/01/09)
neet
http://google.com

Love this!
Gives me a chance to submit my favorite all time idols ;-)

Sun 2007/01/21 09:40:14 JST (ID #43261)

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IdolFan in Earth (Registered on 2007/01/09)
neet
http://google.com

Love this!
Gives me a chance to submit my favorite all time idols ;-)

Sun 2007/01/21 09:40:14 JST (ID #85265)

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IdolFan in Earth (Registered on 2007/01/09)
neet
http://google.com

Love this!
Gives me a chance to submit my favorite all time idols ;-)

Sun 2007/01/21 09:40:14 JST (ID #110961)

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IdolFan in Earth (Registered on 2007/01/09)
neet
http://google.com

Love this!
Gives me a chance to submit my favorite all time idols ;-)

Sun 2007/01/21 09:40:14 JST (ID #136786)

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astroblue in Brazil (Registered on 2007/01/17)

That's a good addition to the site although I really like your official stormtrooper videos so how about a few more of those?

Sun 2007/01/21 11:13:23 JST (ID #43263)

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astroblue in Brazil (Registered on 2007/01/17)

That's a good addition to the site although I really like your official stormtrooper videos so how about a few more of those?

Sun 2007/01/21 11:13:23 JST (ID #85267)

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astroblue in Brazil (Registered on 2007/01/17)

That's a good addition to the site although I really like your official stormtrooper videos so how about a few more of those?

Sun 2007/01/21 11:13:23 JST (ID #110963)

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astroblue in Brazil (Registered on 2007/01/17)

That's a good addition to the site although I really like your official stormtrooper videos so how about a few more of those?

Sun 2007/01/21 11:13:23 JST (ID #136788)

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Akiraman in RIDGE RACER City (Registered on 2007/01/11)
Designer & Animator
http://ariaanime.wordpress.com

Hi Danny does this work with other video services like google video / Gamebrink.com videos? Or is it for Youtube specifically?

Anyway nice to see more community stuff here.

Also what type of code is the YouTube API if you dun mind me asking? How did u implement it to your site?

I am still a newbie to web tech stuff and am still learning on my own... just part of my interest...

Sun 2007/01/21 11:54:27 JST (ID #43264)

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Akiraman in RIDGE RACER City (Registered on 2007/01/11)
Designer & Animator
http://ariaanime.wordpress.com

Hi Danny does this work with other video services like google video / Gamebrink.com videos? Or is it for Youtube specifically?

Anyway nice to see more community stuff here.

Also what type of code is the YouTube API if you dun mind me asking? How did u implement it to your site?

I am still a newbie to web tech stuff and am still learning on my own... just part of my interest...

Sun 2007/01/21 11:54:27 JST (ID #85268)

reply to Akiraman's comment
Akiraman in RIDGE RACER City (Registered on 2007/01/11)
Designer & Animator
http://ariaanime.wordpress.com

Hi Danny does this work with other video services like google video / Gamebrink.com videos? Or is it for Youtube specifically?

Anyway nice to see more community stuff here.

Also what type of code is the YouTube API if you dun mind me asking? How did u implement it to your site?

I am still a newbie to web tech stuff and am still learning on my own... just part of my interest...

Sun 2007/01/21 11:54:27 JST (ID #110964)

reply to Akiraman's comment
Akiraman in RIDGE RACER City (Registered on 2007/01/11)
Designer & Animator
http://ariaanime.wordpress.com

Hi Danny does this work with other video services like google video / Gamebrink.com videos? Or is it for Youtube specifically?

Anyway nice to see more community stuff here.

Also what type of code is the YouTube API if you dun mind me asking? How did u implement it to your site?

I am still a newbie to web tech stuff and am still learning on my own... just part of my interest...

Sun 2007/01/21 11:54:27 JST (ID #136789)

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Boris in USA (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com

wow cool, love this new video thing danny, now for this I have a few cool things to post :-) good job, aren't you super smart :-)

Sun 2007/01/21 13:39:30 JST (ID #43265)

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Boris in USA (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com

wow cool, love this new video thing danny, now for this I have a few cool things to post :-) good job, aren't you super smart :-)

Sun 2007/01/21 13:39:30 JST (ID #85269)

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Boris in USA (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com

wow cool, love this new video thing danny, now for this I have a few cool things to post :-) good job, aren't you super smart :-)

Sun 2007/01/21 13:39:30 JST (ID #110965)

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Boris in USA (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com

wow cool, love this new video thing danny, now for this I have a few cool things to post :-) good job, aren't you super smart :-)

Sun 2007/01/21 13:39:30 JST (ID #136790)

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Leo in San Francisco Bay Area (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Email & Network Support/Administration
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This is a nice enhancement to your site. The otakusim in my life is just increasing. First there's Otakurls, then I get turned onto Akihabra@Deep, and now Otavids. I almost have an Otalife (Hey, I like that).

BTW, thanks for adding my site your links.

Sun 2007/01/21 14:35:12 JST (ID #43266)

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Leo in San Francisco Bay Area (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Email & Network Support/Administration
http://badger11.animeblogger.net/

This is a nice enhancement to your site. The otakusim in my life is just increasing. First there's Otakurls, then I get turned onto Akihabra@Deep, and now Otavids. I almost have an Otalife (Hey, I like that).

BTW, thanks for adding my site your links.

Sun 2007/01/21 14:35:12 JST (ID #85270)

reply to Leo's comment
Leo in San Francisco Bay Area (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Email & Network Support/Administration
http://badger11.animeblogger.net/

This is a nice enhancement to your site. The otakusim in my life is just increasing. First there's Otakurls, then I get turned onto Akihabra@Deep, and now Otavids. I almost have an Otalife (Hey, I like that).

BTW, thanks for adding my site your links.

Sun 2007/01/21 14:35:12 JST (ID #110966)

reply to Leo's comment
Leo in San Francisco Bay Area (Registered on 2006/12/24)
Email & Network Support/Administration
http://badger11.animeblogger.net/

This is a nice enhancement to your site. The otakusim in my life is just increasing. First there's Otakurls, then I get turned onto Akihabra@Deep, and now Otavids. I almost have an Otalife (Hey, I like that).

BTW, thanks for adding my site your links.

Sun 2007/01/21 14:35:12 JST (ID #136791)

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Demacrez in Houston, Texas, US (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
http://demacrez.blogspot.com

Wow, this place is becoming more of an Otaku paradise. :D

Not only can you view Otaku stuff, get links to Otaku sites, now you can see Otaku anime that can be submitted at anytime! Danny, you're the best!

Sun 2007/01/21 17:24:57 JST (ID #43269)

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Demacrez in Houston, Texas, US (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
http://demacrez.blogspot.com

Wow, this place is becoming more of an Otaku paradise. :D

Not only can you view Otaku stuff, get links to Otaku sites, now you can see Otaku anime that can be submitted at anytime! Danny, you're the best!

Sun 2007/01/21 17:24:57 JST (ID #85273)

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Demacrez in Houston, Texas, US (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
http://demacrez.blogspot.com

Wow, this place is becoming more of an Otaku paradise. :D

Not only can you view Otaku stuff, get links to Otaku sites, now you can see Otaku anime that can be submitted at anytime! Danny, you're the best!

Sun 2007/01/21 17:24:57 JST (ID #110969)

reply to Demacrez's comment
Demacrez in Houston, Texas, US (Registered on 2006/12/25)
Link Cosplayer, Video Gamer, Amatuer Programmer, and Artist
http://demacrez.blogspot.com

Wow, this place is becoming more of an Otaku paradise. :D

Not only can you view Otaku stuff, get links to Otaku sites, now you can see Otaku anime that can be submitted at anytime! Danny, you're the best!

Sun 2007/01/21 17:24:57 JST (ID #136794)

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acap in front of the com (Registered on 2007/01/09)
Student

We can expect the most unusual vids...
heh...heh...heh

Sun 2007/01/21 19:49:39 JST (ID #43272)

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acap in front of the com (Registered on 2007/01/09)
Student

We can expect the most unusual vids...
heh...heh...heh

Sun 2007/01/21 19:49:39 JST (ID #85276)

reply to acap's comment
acap in front of the com (Registered on 2007/01/09)
Student

We can expect the most unusual vids...
heh...heh...heh

Sun 2007/01/21 19:49:39 JST (ID #110972)

reply to acap's comment
acap in front of the com (Registered on 2007/01/09)
Student

We can expect the most unusual vids...
heh...heh...heh

Sun 2007/01/21 19:49:39 JST (ID #136797)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

All,
Thanks and I hope you enjoy it - more to come (lots more ^^)

Akiraman,
Works with YouTube only with no plans to support other formats.
Re the API, YouTube returns results in XML which you parse with your favorite code of choice.

Astroblue,
More to come ^^/

IdolFan,
Looking forward to seeing them ^^

Mon 2007/01/22 04:44:35 JST (ID #43289)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

All,
Thanks and I hope you enjoy it - more to come (lots more ^^)

Akiraman,
Works with YouTube only with no plans to support other formats.
Re the API, YouTube returns results in XML which you parse with your favorite code of choice.

Astroblue,
More to come ^^/

IdolFan,
Looking forward to seeing them ^^

Mon 2007/01/22 04:44:35 JST (ID #85293)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

All,
Thanks and I hope you enjoy it - more to come (lots more ^^)

Akiraman,
Works with YouTube only with no plans to support other formats.
Re the API, YouTube returns results in XML which you parse with your favorite code of choice.

Astroblue,
More to come ^^/

IdolFan,
Looking forward to seeing them ^^

Mon 2007/01/22 04:44:35 JST (ID #110989)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

All,
Thanks and I hope you enjoy it - more to come (lots more ^^)

Akiraman,
Works with YouTube only with no plans to support other formats.
Re the API, YouTube returns results in XML which you parse with your favorite code of choice.

Astroblue,
More to come ^^/

IdolFan,
Looking forward to seeing them ^^

Mon 2007/01/22 04:44:35 JST (ID #136814)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
AndyH in Birmingham, UK (Registered on 2006/12/25)
3D artist
http://andyh.cgsociety.org

Nice feature. Most J-blogs mainly rely on youtube links, so now you have top notch original content, as well as the intresting youtube video links!

How the heck do you find the video's ID though? I tried to enter stuff manually and it wont accept what i paste into it.

Mon 2007/01/22 05:32:38 JST (ID #43292)

reply to AndyH's comment
AndyH in Birmingham, UK (Registered on 2006/12/25)
3D artist
http://andyh.cgsociety.org

Nice feature. Most J-blogs mainly rely on youtube links, so now you have top notch original content, as well as the intresting youtube video links!

How the heck do you find the video's ID though? I tried to enter stuff manually and it wont accept what i paste into it.

Mon 2007/01/22 05:32:38 JST (ID #85296)

reply to AndyH's comment
AndyH in Birmingham, UK (Registered on 2006/12/25)
3D artist
http://andyh.cgsociety.org

Nice feature. Most J-blogs mainly rely on youtube links, so now you have top notch original content, as well as the intresting youtube video links!

How the heck do you find the video's ID though? I tried to enter stuff manually and it wont accept what i paste into it.

Mon 2007/01/22 05:32:38 JST (ID #110992)

reply to AndyH's comment
AndyH in Birmingham, UK (Registered on 2006/12/25)
3D artist
http://andyh.cgsociety.org

Nice feature. Most J-blogs mainly rely on youtube links, so now you have top notch original content, as well as the intresting youtube video links!

How the heck do you find the video's ID though? I tried to enter stuff manually and it wont accept what i paste into it.

Mon 2007/01/22 05:32:38 JST (ID #136817)

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Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

Andy,
The id is on the end of this url for example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kH8cS1AkqiI
the "kH8cS1AkqiI" is what you need to paste in.
The bookmarklet is much easier to use though - click on it when you are on a video at YouTube and a form will appear with fields pre-populated.

Mon 2007/01/22 06:47:13 JST (ID #43293)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

Andy,
The id is on the end of this url for example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kH8cS1AkqiI
the "kH8cS1AkqiI" is what you need to paste in.
The bookmarklet is much easier to use though - click on it when you are on a video at YouTube and a form will appear with fields pre-populated.

Mon 2007/01/22 06:47:13 JST (ID #85297)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

Andy,
The id is on the end of this url for example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kH8cS1AkqiI
the "kH8cS1AkqiI" is what you need to paste in.
The bookmarklet is much easier to use though - click on it when you are on a video at YouTube and a form will appear with fields pre-populated.

Mon 2007/01/22 06:47:13 JST (ID #110993)

reply to Danny Choo's comment
Danny Choo in Tokyo (Registered on 2006/12/11)
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/

Andy,
The id is on the end of this url for example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kH8cS1AkqiI
the "kH8cS1AkqiI" is what you need to paste in.
The bookmarklet is much easier to use though - click on it when you are on a video at YouTube and a form will appear with fields pre-populated.

Mon 2007/01/22 06:47:13 JST (ID #136818)

reply to Danny Choo's comment