WomensAutomotiveNetwork.TV in a Pickle?

Yes, but not the kind you’re thinking of!

The Pickle video sharing web site is a winner! We are very pleased to utilize their video sharing technology and format on our web site. Pickle is owned by The Scripps Networks. Scripps Networks owns and operates several avenues of media in print, on television and online. Their stations include HGTV, DIY, Food Networks and several others.

We have been testing several video embedding technologies such as VEOH, Google, MSN, AOL or Video Egg, Yahoo, Motionbox and now “Pickle.”

We have decided to use a mix of our own Windows Media Video Player installed directly on our site, VEOH’s channel variety and now we welcome the use of Pickle as a multi-video player so that our viewers can watch our videos as if it were an actual television channel.

The problem the Internet world is experiencing with multi video sharing contains several elements:
1. Clear quality viewing with quick page loading.
2. What kind of Internet connection, computer hardware and firewall protection the viewers are using.
3. How many viewers can be on a site and watch the video.

In our testing, we found that businesses operating on T1 systems and using high filters to prevent employees from watching videos while at work poses a large problem, especially if we are to make any training videos or video presentations work for the managers to watch. Most of the managers now use notebooks and laptops and while connected to the T1 with stealth filters, they cannot view our video player that is installed directly on our web site…but they can watch our videos on VEOH. Other companies complained they couldn’t see VEOH but instead could see our videos on Yahoo, MSN and Google formats…

Our other problem is that many of our viewers have not yet upgraded their computer technology hardware and are still on dial up…cable Internet connections are still under construction in many communities across the states and are more available in larger cities such as Southern California and parts of Northern California. Guess we will utilize our good ol’ fashioned “radio program” technique so they can listen to our inspiring and motivating messages.

Right now, we are pleased with the ease of using Pickle and are betting more of our viewers are able to watch the videos with the Pickle player and have their video pages load faster and can view the videos as long as they have the proper Internet connection and equipment.

With Pickle, we are able to upload several videos at one time and play several videos in a row on our site pages. Web masters and bloggers are able to embed our Pickle player with our video station selection right onto their sites.

The only three items we critique as very slight little bugs to be worked out with Pickle are that (1) videos seem to be slightly frame choppy and not as smooth as our own player and the pixels are not as clear as our own player, but still very good; (2) We cannot choose our own thumbnail photo as we can with VEOH; (3) On VEOH, viewers can download the videos to their ipods, where with Pickle cannot.

For now, to reach everyone we can, we will be using several formats and welcome feed back from our viewers as to which video players on our site work best for them by telling us which player, what type of Internet connection they use and what computer hardware and browser and firewall protection they have.

Visit our dot TV Shows page to view our videos in a row, just as if watching a TV channel. Don’t forget to place your order for yummy cookies and other desserts from David’s Cookies online at the bottom of the page! You’ll get 15% off and free shipping!