What is the best place to go on the net for high-quality music videos?
August 18, 2004 6:47 AM Subscribe
What is the best place to go on the net for high-quality music videos? [mi]
There are lots of sites hosting music videos on the web. But most videos are of fairly low quality, especially the audio. Often audio encoding is so poor that there are noticeable distortions and noise. Ideally I would like to find videos with near-CD audio and OK video. Any recommendations? Where do you go for videos?
There are lots of sites hosting music videos on the web. But most videos are of fairly low quality, especially the audio. Often audio encoding is so poor that there are noticeable distortions and noise. Ideally I would like to find videos with near-CD audio and OK video. Any recommendations? Where do you go for videos?
If you have winamp 5, hit alt-v. Then click on the little tv icon in the bottom of the box that pops up.
posted by Mayor Curley at 7:40 AM on August 18, 2004
posted by Mayor Curley at 7:40 AM on August 18, 2004
videos.antville.org is sort of a music video blog with links to new videos.
posted by gwint at 7:43 AM on August 18, 2004
posted by gwint at 7:43 AM on August 18, 2004
alternate method for mayor curley's suggestion
with the latest winamp (5.04), go to the media library. you can do this fast by hitting alt+L.
under the streaming videos section, click Winamp.com videos. there is a decent selection of music videos there, with some decent quality versions.
posted by lotsofno at 7:54 AM on August 18, 2004
with the latest winamp (5.04), go to the media library. you can do this fast by hitting alt+L.
under the streaming videos section, click Winamp.com videos. there is a decent selection of music videos there, with some decent quality versions.
posted by lotsofno at 7:54 AM on August 18, 2004
Yeah, lots of good videos in Winamp.com Videos.
They even have the entire Lou Reed/John Cale 'Songs For Drella' concert in there.
posted by Blue Stone at 8:08 AM on August 18, 2004
They even have the entire Lou Reed/John Cale 'Songs For Drella' concert in there.
posted by Blue Stone at 8:08 AM on August 18, 2004
Or, on a mac the iTunes store has a music video section, good high quality streams.
For older stuff you can often find people selling compilations on eBay,
I just got DVD-Rs of the Clash, the Smiths, English Beat, the Go-Gos, etc.
posted by milovoo at 8:32 AM on August 18, 2004
For older stuff you can often find people selling compilations on eBay,
I just got DVD-Rs of the Clash, the Smiths, English Beat, the Go-Gos, etc.
posted by milovoo at 8:32 AM on August 18, 2004
Or, on a mac the iTunes store has a music video section, good high quality streams.
That's on a PC as well, right?
posted by jragon at 9:19 AM on August 18, 2004
That's on a PC as well, right?
posted by jragon at 9:19 AM on August 18, 2004
I wish more artists would put their high quality videos on their singles or albums. A few release DVDs (not that common though) and a few put them on their singles.. but they're exceptions rather than the rule. If they put videos on their CD singles, I'd probably buy a lot of singles! As it is, I buy none.
Bands should release their videos reasonably freely, it's not as if they sell them usually anyway, and I wouldn't even mind if the sound quality was poor to dissuade music pirates.
Oh, and streaming doesn't count.. it's a waste of time because the videos are often down within months, and I want to watch them for years to come.
posted by wackybrit at 9:23 AM on August 18, 2004
Bands should release their videos reasonably freely, it's not as if they sell them usually anyway, and I wouldn't even mind if the sound quality was poor to dissuade music pirates.
Oh, and streaming doesn't count.. it's a waste of time because the videos are often down within months, and I want to watch them for years to come.
posted by wackybrit at 9:23 AM on August 18, 2004
wackybrit : BPI rules make it difficult to justify including videos, if you wish the sales to count towards chart positions. UK chart, that is.
posted by punilux at 11:31 AM on August 18, 2004
posted by punilux at 11:31 AM on August 18, 2004
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posted by banished at 6:51 AM on August 18, 2004