stage6 wird abgeschaltet

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nacht
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stage6 wird abgeschaltet

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I'm Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I'm writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you'll be able to view and download videos until Thursday.

I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I'd like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision.

We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.

In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it's possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.

So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it's really as simple as that.

Now, why didn't we think of that before we decided to create Stage6 in the first place, you may ask? That's a good question. When we first created Stage6, there was a clear need for a service that would offer a true high-quality video experience online because other video destinations on the Internet simply weren't providing that to users. A gap existed, and Stage6 arrived to fill it.

As Stage6 grew quickly and dramatically (accompanied by an explosion of other sites delivering high-quality video), it became clear that operating the service as a part of the larger DivX business no longer made sense. We couldn't continue to run Stage6 and focus on our broader strategy to make it possible for anyone to enjoy high-quality video on any device. So, in July of last year we announced that we were kicking off an effort to explore strategic alternatives for Stage6, which is a fancy way of saying we decided we would either have to sell it, spin it out into a private company or shut it down.

I won't (and can't, really) go into too much detail on those first two options other than to say that we tried really hard to find a way to keep Stage6 alive, either as its own private entity or by selling it to another company. Ultimately neither of those two scenarios was possible, and we made the hard decision to turn the lights off and cease operation of the service.

So that's where we are today. After February 28, Stage6 will cease to exist as an online destination. But the larger DivX universe will continue to thrive. Every day new DivX Certified devices arrive on the market making it easy to move video beyond the PC. Products powered by DivX Connected, our new initiative that lets users stream video, photos, music and Internet services from the PC to the TV, are hitting retail outlets. We remain committed to empowering content creators to deliver high-quality video to a wide audience, and we'll continue to offer services that will make it easy to find videos online in the DivX format.

It's been a wild ride, and none of it would have been possible without the support of our users. Thank you for making Stage6 everything that it was.

--Tom
Sehr sehr schade.
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Super geschrieben wie ich finde. Man hat fast Mitleid mit dem guten Tom. :-)
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Post by Veru »

Bösen Gerüchten zufolge war Stage6 eine allzu beliebte Plattform um DVD-Rips in HD-Qualität (und voller Länge) zu veröffentlichen. Außerdem soll Flash in der nächsten Version ebenfalls HD-fähig werden (und gleich noch DRM spendiert bekommen *kotz*), womit Stage6 sein Alleinstellungsmerkmal (ich liebe dieses Wort ;-)) verloren hätte.

Trotzdem schade, ich wüsste nicht, wo z.B. dieser ellenlange WoW-Film, dessen Name ich gerade vergessen habe, sonst sinnvoll hätte veröffentlicht werden können.
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Post by Shareel »

Bis zur Meldung das Stage6 geschlossen wird hab ich nie was von denen gehört. Nun geistert die Meldung durch alle Foren und WebSites
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Post by Bahkauv »

Damit möchtest du vor allem sagen, dass die Boss-Filmchen die bisher gepostet wurden dich nen scheiß interessieren, oder? :D

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Post by Shareel »

Bahkauv wrote:Damit möchtest du vor allem sagen, dass die Boss-Filmchen die bisher gepostet wurden dich nen scheiß interessieren, oder? :D
Ach die kamen von Stage6? Ich hab die einfach gesaugt und dachte immer das Yonder die selbst hostet.
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Post by nacht »

Bei Stage 6 war der Vorteil, dass man die Filme nicht "saugen" musste, sondern gleich in toller Qualität verfügbar hatte.

Einfach einen beliebigen Bossmoppel in die Suche tippern und schauen schauen schauen.

http://www.stage6.com/user/soddi/video/ ... -Stormrage

Versuch's solange es noch geht. :)
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Post by fanto »

Och schade. Ich hab mich damals gefreut das nicht mehr bei filefront hochladen zu müssen. Gibts eigentlich gute Alternativen?
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Post by fanto »

Und es scheint schon was neues zu geben. Bei Stage6 wird man hierhin verwiesen: http://www.veoh.com/stage6.html Qualität ist imho nicht ganz so toll wie bei stage6, aber man hat was zum anschaun. ;)
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Post by nacht »

Schade, die vielen vielen Wow-Videos sind nun einfach ausradiert.
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Post by fanto »

Etwas bessere Quali als veah.com gibts bei http://www.vimeo.com/
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Post by fanto »

Sry dass ich das hier nochmal auskrame, vimeo hat mir gerade diese Meldung geschickt:
Vimeo does not allow game walk-throughs, game strategy videos, depictions of player vs player battles, raids, or any other video gaming video that simply depicts individuals playing a video game.
Damit ist vimeo wohl raus, ich fand das eigentlich immer recht schickt. Ist youtube dann eigentlich noch die einzige Plattform die man für Videos verwenden kann? Oder kennt jemand nochwas anderes?
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Post by Cov »

die hd-qualitaet von youtube schonmal ausprobiert?
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Post by Ernie »

Es gibt da noch wohl so komische Franzosen...
Schau mal im AJ Video Forum nach.
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Post by fanto »

Ernie wrote:Es gibt da noch wohl so komische Franzosen...
Schau mal im AJ Video Forum nach.
http://www.wow-annexe.fr/

ist aber irgendwie recht langsam. Ich habs jetzt mal bei youtube hochgeladen, Quali ist genauso wie bei vimeo.

Beim reaktivieren meines Accounts hab ich das Leygo-Eulen-Tank-Video damals von Murmur wiedergefunden. :clown:

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