2010 UPDATES: a completely new SnowJapan.TV

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SNOWJAPAN.TV - NEW VERSION ONLINE

http://www.snowjapan.tv

 

As many of you reading this probably know, in late 2007 we launched a video website called SnowJapan.TV.

 

For a while now, the (.TV) site had been experiencing a number of technical issues - some minor but some major problems had arisen that were preventing a fair few people from being able to using the site properly. Since last summer we have been busily working to create a totally new version of SnowJapan.TV, concentrating on eliminating those technical problems as well as making it much easier to use and generally making it much better in almost every respect.

 

We were actually planning for this renewal to be one of our major updates for the summer/autumn before the 2010/2011 season, but a few months ago we made the decision that we wanted it online for at least part of this season and so pushed forward with that development.

 

So, today, we have put online our brand new version of SnowJapan.TV. Here it is:

http://www.snowjapan.tv

 

This new version is not just a simple upgrade - or even a complex upgrade - of what we had before. It is a complete re-working with totally new code built from the ground up.

 

We feel the new site is a really big improvement. It is easier to use, better designed, much 'sturdier', simpler to use and navigate and also offers many improved features and functionality.

Most importantly.... it just works!

 

There are so many changes that a list would go on and on - so I recommend you just go over there, register and have a play around. Basically it is a site where anyone can upload video clips and watch other peoples clips. Being part of SnowJapan of course, the idea is that it becomes this big collection of Japan-related winter sports video clips. They don't have to be pro-quality, just sharing clips of Japan winter sports.

 

Here's some of the major new points:

• totally new look and design;
• higher quality and widescreen videos now possible;
• you can embed SnowJapan.TV videos in threads on the SnowJapanForums. Please see below for instructions on how to do that;
• the videos now have more user-friendly names - for example:

  http://www.snowjapan.tv/sjtv/video/Powder_Treerun_at_Madarao

  ...rather than the confusing and meaningless code-like names they used to have;

• faster streaming and generally more responsive;
• simple search engine, filtering and sorting;
• you can actually very easily embed YouTube, GoogleVideos and DailyMotion videos within SnowJapan.TV (though we would prefer files to be uploaded direct to SnowJapan.TV);
• RSS feeds - Newest, Most Viewed and Top Rated;
• you can comment on other people's videos or even reply with a video

Anyway, please take a look.

http://www.snowjapan.tv

 

More information about the site:

http://www.snowjapan.tv/sjtv/t/about.php

 

Here is the Help & FAQ page on SnowJapan.TV:

http://www.snowjapan.tv/sjtv/t/help.php

 

So the work is done and it's gone online. Now, it's over to you!

If you do have any Japan video clips, please do consider registering to the site and uploading them to SnowJapan.TV. The more the better of course. While we are confident that a few months of testing has eliminated most bugs, a project of this size and complexity means that at this early stage especially it would help us troubleshoot any potential small issues that you might encounter. But hopefully there are none!

 

Clips don't have to be new or from this winter season - older clips from previous season are most welcome.

 

You will need to register a new account on the site - it's easy and should only take a minute or two, which brings us to...

 

If you were previously registered or had videos on SnowJapan.TV:

 

PLEASE READ THIS if you previously had an account/video on the old version of SnowJapan.

 

 

SnowJapan.TV Competition:

 

To celebrate the re-launch, we are running a "Best Video" competition. Details here:

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/351263/SnowJapan_TV_Video_Competition.html

 

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Hope you like it.

 

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How to embed SnowJapan.TV videos on a thread in these SnowJapanForums:

 

You can now embed videos uploaded to SnowJapan.TV on these Forums like the one shown below. Below the video are some simple instructions on how to do that.

 

 

 

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To avoid two threads with comments, please post any comments here:

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/351260/2010_UPDATES_a_completely_new_.html

 

Thank you