wordpress plugin for interactive video -
a first look

Kaltura has released a plugin for Wordpress that let’s bloggers:

• Upload, and import videos directly to the blog post (this is what I did a moment ago);
• Edit and remix videos using Kaltura’s online full-featured video editor;
• Easily import video and other forms of rich-media from other sites and social networks, and;
• Allow readers and subscribers to add video and audio comments, and to participate in collaborative videos.

You can find the plugin at the Wordpress Plugins Download Page.

Given that there are plugins that provide for uploading of videos and images, Kaltura’s offering seems most interesting with regard to the editing capabilities they offer. Will be adding to this post once I have the opportunity to try out the 1.0 version of their plugin to see how robust it is and what types of editing capabilities they offer up to bloggers.

I’m a bit concerned that Kaltura’s limiting free video bandwidth to 3Gb. It doesn’t seem like very much data before one has to begin to pay Kaltura for the use of their servers.

I’m downloading it right now and ought to have it up and running here any time now. Feel free to upload a video comment!