Extremely Important-MUST READ!-STAGE 6 Shuting Down!

[sunny]

*****Extremely Important-MUST READ!!!!-STAGE 6 Shuting Down!!!******

from www.dailypaul.com:

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/39948

[BoBoDuFlachi]

its a shame stage 6 is shutting down :( so much great content over there.

[Elijah]

Thats where I first saw Loose Change.

[BoBoDuFlachi]

Tons of ron paul content. Get it while you can.
http://www.stage6.com/videos/search:ron+paul

[Agora]

Lotsa work !
I've found great Zappa interview!!!
I'm downloading Zappa - watch http://www.stage6.com/Liberty/video/1970018/Frank-Zappa-on-CrossFire-(1986)-avi

[BoBoDuFlachi]

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

http://www.stage6.com/user/WolfinSheeps/video/2206849/PFaP

[Agent CSL]

Damn.

[amy31416]

why are they shutting down?

[Mark]

Well, that sucks, the first thing I started to do with RonPaul.cc was make it a DivX RP Vid site.

I've got several uploaded now to the site now, but large files I was just embeding off of Stage6.


why are they shutting down?

http://www.stage6.com/blog/107/

I’m Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I’m writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Upload functionality has already been turned off, and you’ll be able to view and download videos until Thursday.

I know this news will come as a shock and disappointment to many Stage6 users, and I’d like to take a few moments to explain the reasons behind our decision.

We created Stage6 with the mission of empowering content creators and viewers to discover a new kind of video experience. Stage6 began as an experiment, and we always knew there was a chance that it might not succeed.

In many ways, though, the service did succeed, beyond even our own initial expectations. Stage6 became very popular very quickly. We helped gain exposure for some talented filmmakers who brought great videos to the attention of an engaged community. We helped prove that it’s possible to distribute true high definition video on the Internet. And we helped broaden the Internet video experience by offering content that is compatible with DVD players, mobile devices and other products beyond the PC.

So why are we shutting the service down? Well, the short answer is that the continued operation of Stage6 is a very expensive enterprise that requires an enormous amount of attention and resources that we are not in a position to continue to provide. There are a lot of other details involved, but at the end of the day it’s really as simple as that.

Now, why didn’t we think of that before we decided to create Stage6 in the first place, you may ask? That’s a good question. When we first created Stage6, there was a clear need for a service that would offer a true high quality video experience online because other video destinations on the Internet simply weren’t providing that to users. A gap existed, and Stage6 arrived to fill it.

As Stage6 grew quickly and dramatically (accompanied by an explosion of other sites delivering high quality video), it became clear that operating the service as a part of the larger DivX business no longer made sense. We couldn’t continue to run Stage6 and focus on our broader strategy to make it possible for anyone to enjoy high quality video on any device. So, in July of last year we announced that we were kicking off an effort to explore strategic alternatives for Stage6, which is a fancy way of saying we decided we would either have to sell it, spin it out into a private company or shut it down.

I won’t (and can’t, really) go into too much detail on those first two options other than to say that we tried really hard to find a way to keep Stage6 alive, either as its own private entity or by selling it to another company. Ultimately neither of those two scenarios was possible, and we made the hard decision to turn the lights off and cease operation of the service.

So that’s where we are today. After February 28, Stage6 will cease to exist as an online destination. But the larger DivX universe will continue to thrive. Every day new DivX Certified devices arrive on the market making it easy to move video beyond the PC. Products powered by DivX Connected, our new initiative that lets users stream video, photos, music and Internet services from the PC to the TV, are hitting retail outlets. We remain committed to empowering content creators to deliver high quality video to a wide audience, and we’ll continue to offer services that will make it easy to find videos online in the DivX format.

It’s been a wild ride, and none of it would have been possible without the support of our users. Thank you for making Stage6 everything that it was.

--Tom

[Mark]

Petition to keep it online, has over 6000 sigs, looking for 10,000 by the 29th

http://www.petitiononline.com/pros599/petition.html

[jmdrake]

This sucks. We need alternative video sites. Pakistan has already said it's blocking YouTube because of "content offensive to Muslims". Some school filters already block YouTube and Google video for various reasons (content, bandwidth etc). Ah well. It was good while it lasted. Don't forget other video sites:

http://www.vimeo.com
http://www.veoh.com

Any others? We can't put all of our eggs in the Google / YouTube basket.

Regards,

John M. Drake

[ladyliberty3]

How can I download documentaries. I've tried with vixy.net but it doesn't seem to want to download anything of any length. Please help before time runs out. Oh, I have a mac.

[Unspun]

How can I download documentaries. I've tried with vixy.net but it doesn't seem to want to download anything of any length. Please help before time runs out. Oh, I have a mac.

If it's for stage6 then just click "Download" on the screen...

[pdavis]

How can I download documentaries. I've tried with vixy.net but it doesn't seem to want to download anything of any length. Please help before time runs out. Oh, I have a mac.

There is a big button on the media player screen that says Download.

[Shink]

How can I download documentaries. I've tried with vixy.net but it doesn't seem to want to download anything of any length. Please help before time runs out. Oh, I have a mac.

This MIGHT help you. It has size restrictions, so you may need to find documentaries in pieces. http://media-convert.com/ others: http://www.applian.com/flvplayer/index_martijn.php vixy.net let me get endgame from youtube to my itunes-->ipod (and acts stupid pretty often, it should work with diligence, it took me quite awhile to get it all)

Here's a couple google search results:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=free+FLV+file+conversion+ipod&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=free+FLV+media+conversion+ipod&btnG=Google+Search

[ladyliberty3]

I downloaded the app that stage 6 required to play the video then I clicked "download". I have a doc. in my downloads that I can't open????? I thought I was downloading the video.

[ladyliberty3]

bump

[Kludge]

Hm. I've never heard of this site. A shame really, there's some good stuff on there.

[Mark]

I downloaded the app that stage 6 required to play the video then I clicked "download". I have a doc. in my downloads that I can't open????? I thought I was downloading the video.

That's probably just the software required to play DivX videos.

If you go to the link below, if the video plays, you've got the software installed. If it doesn't play, just click on the MAC link to install.

http://ronpaul.cc/video/ronpaul/hope/John_Mappin_-_Inner_Truth.htm

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To download Ron Paul videos from stage 6, go here:

http://www.stage6.com/videos/tag:ron+paul?page=1

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To download the video player for a MAC, go here:

http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

[ladyliberty3]

I downloaded the video player, then instead of clicking the play button on the movei I clicked the download button and what I got was a document in my downloads that I can't figure out how to open, or what to open it with.

[pdavis]

I downloaded the video player, then instead of clicking the play button on the movei I clicked the download button and what I got was a document in my downloads that I can't figure out how to open, or what to open it with.

Did you install just the web player? If you only install the web player, you also need to download and install the Divx media player and codecs to play the video.

For Mac:
http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/ (http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/)

For Windows:
http://www.divx.com/divx/windows/download/

[pdavis]

I would highly recommend to any one who loves liberty and science fiction to download and watch the series Firefly. Firefly was the best show to ever be canceled on television.

http://www.stage6.com/videos/search:firefly/order:length

[ladyliberty3]

I must have downloaded the right thing as the video played. What I want to know is how do you download it to save on your computer or put on a dvd???????

[Mark]

I must have downloaded the right thing as the video played. What I want to know is how do you download it to save on your computer or put on a dvd???????

Well, if you went to this page:

http://ronpaul.cc/video/ronpaul/hope/John_Mappin_-_Inner_Truth.htm

just click on the funky looking "X" on the right bottom of the player and select "save video as"

If you go here:

http://www.stage6.com/videos/tag:ron+paul?page=1

just click on each video you want to download or watch and it will open the video's page, and then click where it says "download" on the video.
(or, though I'm not sure about a MAC, I think you can "right click" and open the video in a new window or tab,
that way you still have the main page with multiple videos on it open )


If you still have problems, post the link of what page you're on, then we can see what you're looking at, and provide specific instructions.

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[ladyliberty3]

That's exactly what I did, clicked the download button. Now how do I open the document it downloaded?

[Mark]

That's exactly what I did, clicked the download button. Now how do I open the document it downloaded?

I'm a bit lost, it's just like any other download.

Like here: http://www.stage6.com/Liberty/video/1751881/Ron-Paul---A-New-Hope-avi

You click where it says download, you choose to save the file, and when it finishes downloading, you click on the file to play it.
(There's a very big "picture" in the middle of the video screen that says "download")

That's they way it is for Windows XP, I don't know the specifics about a MAC


You should be saving a file with the .divx extention, I don't know where you're getting a .doc file from,
can you post the link of the page you're on?

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[Cleaner44]

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

http://www.stage6.com/user/WolfinSheeps/video/2206849/PFaP

I used to have that on Beta.