Overstream News

Vimeo.com support added.

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:16:46 CDT

Vimeo.com is now supported by Overstream.

Client Services page added.

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:27:34 CDT

Overstream now offers the Overstream Client Services.

Archive.org support added.

Wed, 13 May 2009 01:24:06 CDT

Archive.org is now supported by Overstream. More details in the forum.

Blip.tv support added.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:34:56 CST

Blip.tv is supported by Overstream now, and Megavideo is no longer supported. More details about this in our blog.

Two Year Anniversary!

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:46:14 CST

Overstream celebrates the Two Year Anniversary since its beta launch on December 12, 2006! Read all about it in our blog.

Overstream Editor 0.62 released.

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:03:53 CST

Overstream Editor 0.62 has been released. For more details, see the this forum thread.

20,000 Registered Users.

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:27:20 CST

We have reached 20,000 Registered Users, and have over 20,000 overstreams in total. Way to go!

New Overstream Team blog.

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:09:42 CST

We have started the Overstream Team Blog to be able to stay in touch with you guys better. There is a link to it in the bottom menu of the site.

Overstream helps in creation of ARTE documentary: Gaza/Sderot.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:05:56 CDT

Overstream is participating in the creation of a great and innovative web documentary Gaza/Sderot: Life in Spite of Everything by ARTE France. We are helping the awesome web studio Upian to streamline their custom video subtitling process for the project.

10,000 Registered Users.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:32:38 CDT

We are proud to announce that Overstream.net has hit 10,000 Registered Users. We also now have over 4,000 public overstreams in many different languages. The community is thriving - congratulations, everybody!

Moved to Better Hosting.

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:27:27 CDT

We have just moved to a more reliable hosting, MyRackspace. Details in this forum thread.

Moved to a Dedicated Server.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:32:48 CST

Overstream users have gotten too numerous for our previous shared hosting environment, and so a couple of days ago we have made the transition to a bigger and faster dedicated server. Details in this forum thread.

Sorting Controls on Profile Page.

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:37:29 CST

Sorting controls have been added to the User Profile page, allowing to browse through a user's overstreams in a specified order.

Megavideo supported.

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:24:26 CST

Megavideo has been added to the list video providers supported by Overstream.

Veoh supported.

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:59:25 CST

Veoh has been added to the list video providers supported by Overstream. For details, see this forum thread.

5000 Registered Users.

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:48:54 CST

Overstream.net hits 5000 Registered Users. We also now have over 1000 public overstreams.

Forum Profile linked from Overstream Profile.

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:10:36 CST

A user's Forum Profile page is now linked from their Overstream Profile page, details in this forum thread.

New Year's Site Update: Languages.

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:19:02 CST

The site has been updated to allow for explicitly specifying a language when creating, searching and browsing overstreams. The update includes a number of other small features, for details see this forum thread.

An overstream reaches one million views.

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 05:18:18 CST

This overstream is the first one to receive one million views, over a period of three and a half months following its creation.

Personal RSS Feed added.

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:16:36 CST

A personal RSS Overstream Publication Feed link is now available on each user's Profile Page. Subscribe to it to receive all the public overstreams created by this user.

One Year Anniversary!

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:07:48 CST

Overstream celebrates the One Year Anniversary since its beta launch on December 12, 2006! To mark the occasion, a member of our community has created this overstream.

2000 Registered Users.

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:16:55 CST

Overstream.net hits 2000 Registered Users.

View Page title augmented.

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:20:18 CDT

The name of the overstream has been added to the View Page title (showing in the title bar of your browser's window).

Overstream Editor 0.6 released.

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:07:54 CDT

Overstream Editor 0.6 has been released, with SRT Import and Export support. For more details, see the Editor v0.6 Forum Thread.

Overstream It! bookmarklet added.

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:35:50 CDT

You no longer have to copy-paste the video URL into the Overstream Editor: instead, get the Overstream It! bookmarklet for your browser. Simply click it while watching a video at your favorite video website and overstream that video. To get the Overstream It! bookmarklet, log in to the site and go to My Overstream section.

Full Screen mode support added.

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:16:52 CDT

Full Screen mode support has been added to the Overstream Player. If you are using Flash Player with version 9.0.28 or later (when the Full Screen mode started), you will see a new button appear in the Overstream Player. Also note that your previously created overstream video embeds need to be updated in order for the Full Screen mode to work.

Ratings and Comments can now be disabled.

Wed, 02 May 2007 10:17:55 CDT

Ratings and User Comments for an overstream can now be disabled by its creator from the Overstream Properties page in the Editor. Also, default ratings and comments preferences for new overstreams can be set globally in the User Profile on My Overstream page.

Addover.net is launched.

Tue, 01 May 2007 04:19:18 CDT

Addover.net, a sister site of Overstream.net which allows adding annotation to any website content, is launched.

LiveJournal embedding enabled.

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:47:50 CDT

Directly embedding Overstream videos into LiveJournal.com has been enabled by the LiveJournal team.

Overstream is out of Beta.

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:42:56 CDT

A little more than 4 months since its launch, Overstream has gone out of the Beta testing stage.

Dailymotion supported.

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:23:24 CDT

Dailymotion has been added to the list video providers supported by Overstream.

MySpace Video supported.

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:34:40 CDT

MySpace Video has been added to the list video providers supported by Overstream.

Favicon added.

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:59:21 CDT

A favicon with the overstream logo has been added to overstream.net.

Comments Enabled on the View Page.

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:17:12 CST

You can now leave comments for an overstream, and engage in lively discussions.

New Embed Codes on the View Page.

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:24:16 CST

For those wishing to embed an overstream on their website, embed codes have been added to the view page, right below the video. The embed codes are available in 3 sizes (Large, Medium and Small), for a perfect match to the amount of your webpage space that you want to contribute to the Overstream Player.

Overstream Player Updated to version 0.5.

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:09:24 CST

The Overstream Player has been updated to version 0.5. The size of the video display area of the Overstream Player has been drastically increased.

Valentine Card blanks and bookmarking sites support added.

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:39:09 CST

Valentine Video Postcard Blanks have been added. Time to send a custom video postcard for Valentine's Day!

Bookmarking sites (del.icio.us, digg, etc.) support has been added. You can now add an overstream to one of the supported bookmarking sites by clicking on the appropriate site icon underneath the overstream player on the view page.

News Page created and multiple RSS feeds set up.

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:54:39 CST

The News Page has been created to display latest Overstream.net website and technology news.

The following RSS Feeds have been set up:

Featured Overstreams (the overstreams featured on the front page enter this feed).
Published Overstreams (the first time an overstream is made public it enters into this feed).
Modified Overstreams (every time a public overstream is modified it enters into this feed).
Overstream News Feed (overstream.net website and technology news).
Overstream Forum Feed (a single feed of posts from all forums).