Google Video Viewer - First Hand Review
Filed in: Google, Reviews — June 28th, 2005
I reviewed the new Google Google Video Viewer just after it is launched!
All right, Google Video Viewer is live now, few minutes after I posted about it.
How do I get Google Video Viewer?
Download from http://video.google.com/video_download.html. The installation file size is only 1.12MB. Support Firefox(great!) and IE, MS Windows and DirectX 9.0c required.
I have installed the Google Video Viewer, but where is the program icon?!
There is NO program group/icon. No worry.
So, what now?
Goto Google Video Search and launch a video search. I suggest search “google”.
You will get a list of video search result, and some of them have a blue color “Play” button in front the title link. Click on the link with “Play” button will bring you to a new page, with a list of videos available.
Again, click on the blue color “Play” button will play the video — in the browser(switched video screenshot picture to video). There is no video player GUI, the video played in-line!
How is the quality?
The video quality is good, but it failed to load the video after playback for a couple seconds(I am on 512Kbps Internet connection). Just halt there, no response. I forced to stop the video. 
About the video viewer
The video viewer has the simplest “Play” or “Stop” control only.
Thought:
The Google Video Viewer just do its job - playback video. Nothing more or less. Perhaps still not many video clips are available, I tried few searches but failed to find other videos.
It would be great if we can integrate Google Video into our website/blog, of coz, with improved playback speed for slower connection and adds volumn control.
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July 15th, 2005 at 3:46 pm
not only it support search BUT now also allow video hosting!!!
i am uploading my son video ot the server now (still in progress….)
i accidentally went in the side and now i do not know where is it liow…but need to download and uploaded to upload it…
October 2nd, 2005 at 3:29 pm
Google Video Improved: No Video Player Needed
Google has improved its Google Video service by eliminating the need for users to download software to play back videos, the Mountain View, California-based company has announced.
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