There Is Never Anything Good On Television
That is what my family is always saying, and we have over two hundred channels. They point to informercials on four consecutive channels to prove their point. They beleaguer that point with the old movies that we have seen a dozen times, the commercial breaks that seem to be longer than the show they are in, and the constant news coverage of the celebrity of the week. They ask me, "Why isn't there anything new and interesting on? Why are there commercials, when we have a monthly cable bill? Why can't television be enjoyable, rather than frustrating?"
The answer is that television isn't controlled by you. If you controlled television, it would show exactly what you wanted, when you wanted it. You wouldn't have to watch reruns because there would always be something new on. You wouldn't have to settle for watching a celebrity's trial, when what you wanted was news. You wouldn't be subjected to watching drug commercials, with their jingles about diarrhea, while you are having dinner.
What I am about to say may shock you. You might call me a heretic. Are you ready? You don't need television. There is an alternative. It is called the Internet. Yes, your friend, the Internet, can replace television. There are over six billion people on this planet, a lot of them have video cameras, and many of them are making new and interesting shows for you to watch right now.
I know what you are asking. You want to know how you can watch these shows. You want to know if you have to fire up your web browser, point it to a search engine, search for videos, wade through seven million hits, and hope you find the videos before you are blinded by popups and flash advertisements, or simply die of old age. No, there is an easier way. Let me introduce you to Seagull 3.
A Little History
In November of 2001, we released a small program called Seagull Video Player, which took a list of your videos and played them full screen on your computer screen. It was simple, but it solved a problem. The average bandwidth of a home Internet connection was increasing, which made downloading videos off the Internet easy. Many people, including us, wanted to be able to watch those videos without having to open them, resize their windows, and press play over, and over again. We released Seagull Video Player, and the people rejoiced.
That was good enough for 2001, but now, we need a lot more. The introduction of RSS, peer to peer networks, BitTorrent, and the H.264 codec have made it possible for individuals to become broadcasters, which means more choices for us viewers. Since all of these videos are spread across the Internet, we need a way to enjoy them, and minimize the time spent looking for them. That is what Seagull 3 does.
Seagull 3 Makes It Easy
Here are a few of the ways that Seagull 3 turns watching videos from the Internet, into an experience that is better than television.
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In addition to your standard video library and playlists, the source list in Seagull 3 now includes smart playlists, and vidcasts, the video equivalent of a podcast. You can subscribe to one of the included vidcasts, or enter the address to any vidcast, and it will be added to your source list. The vidcasts are regularly checked for new videos automatically. When new videos are found, they are downloaded to your computer, added to the vidcast playlist, and ready to be viewed. While all this is happening, you don't have to wait, and you don't have to do any work. Instead, you can just watch your videos and the new ones will just show up. |
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In addition to downloading your vidcasts for you, Seagull 3 can also scan a webpage and download all of the videos that it finds. You no longer have to manually download each video in your web browser, and then add it to your library. The work is done for you, giving you more time to watch your videos. |
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If you went to a video store, would you prefer to read a list of the videos that you could purchase, or browse through the videos themselves? We would prefer to see the videos, and we think you will too. You can still see a list in Seagull 3, if you want, but most of the time, you'll want to use the Rack View to browse through a rack of televisions showing your videos. |
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Requirements
Seagull 3 requires a Macintosh running MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger) or later. It also requires QuickTime 7 or later. A broadband Internet connection, such as DSL or Cable Modem, is recommended for downloading content off of the Internet.
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Please remember that Seagull 3 is currently still in the Beta stage of development. It is being made publicly available in order to receive feedback from its users, which will help us to make it even better. This public beta may, and probably does, have bugs in it. Use at your own risk.
If you are a Windows user, please note that we have officially ceased to support the Windows platform for Seagull 3. Seagull 3 will not be available for Windows.
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A Note Regarding Copyrighted Material
We care about our users, and therefore, we want you to remember that downloading copyrighted material from the Internet, without the copyright holder's consent, is illegal. You could be sued, or even arrested. And if you lose all of your money in a lawsuit, or go to jail for a few years, who will buy our products? So, please make sure what you are downloading is either not copyrighted, or is being made available with the copyright holder's consent.
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