Grab the new Desktop Uploader App on Vimeo Staff Blog

by dalas verdugo
October 26th, 2009

Hey folks,

You may remember that a few weeks back we announced that we were testing our new Desktop Uploader application. Well, we've squashed a lot of bugs (thanks, early testers!), made the app quite stable, and now we're ready to move on to a public beta stage.

This means that you no longer need an invitation to download the Desktop Uploader. Just head on over to the download page, and you can grab your very own copy.

The Desktop Uploader is based on Adobe® AIR™ technology, so it works on a variety of operating systems. It allows you to upload multiple videos in one batch, pause and resume uploading, add titles, tags, descriptions, and basic privacy settings to your videos. We hope to add even more features in the near future. For those who are curious about how it works, the Uploader communicates with Vimeo entirely through our new API.

After you've installed the application, if you have any troubles, please use the "Report a bug" button in the application itself to let us know. We'll fix whatever problems remain during this public beta period with your help.

We hope you enjoy how easy it is to post videos to Vimeo with the Desktop Uploader!

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- Eric E. Anderson 2 years ago
  
  Cooleo!
- Mark 2 years ago
  
  Right on!!!
- gnarly bay productions, Inc. 2 months ago
  
  nice head
- michaschmidt 2 years ago
  
  can't wait to test it !!!! ... thx for this :)
- Michel Araújo 2 years ago
  
  Thanks!
- Mathias Røyrvik 2 years ago
  
  Hell yes! I've been waiting for this =D
  
  It's a reason why I, sorry. WE, love Vimeo =)
- Erick 2 years ago
  
  Nice! Can't wait to get home and try it out!
- Calvin Hill 2 years ago
  
  Cool! I look forward to using it soon.
- Tommy Penner 2 years ago
  
  I love the vimeo, vimeo, vimeo, vimeo...
  
  Vimeooooooooooooooooo!
- David Hoffman 2 years ago
  
  Awesome!
- Jedd Goble 2 years ago
  
  Looks great! Thanks for your hard work making Vimeo more awesome, staff peoples.
- Cody Smith 2 years ago
  
  I'm getting an error before install.. it says the air file is damaged.
- Andrew Pile 2 years ago
  
  Woah, never heard of this. Have you tried restarting your browsers and installing again? How about going to get.adobe.com/air/ and installing the latest version of AIR first?
- Cody Smith 2 years ago
  
  Alright, so I uninstalled and re-installed AIR from Adobe's site, and tried downloading the app in both Firefox and Safari; still no luck. I'm running on OSX 10.5.8 . My VimeoUploader.air file is only 80kb when saved to the desktop...does that sound correct? I don't know what I could be doing wrong...
- Blake Whitman 2 years ago
  
  can you email help at vimeo, we'll get ya squared away. Sorry for the trouble!
- Cody Smith 2 years ago
  
  You got it. No worries Blake :]
- Johnny Hall 2 years ago
  
  Vimeo Desktop Uploader FTW <3
- InsProductions 2 years ago
  
  great news! i'm gonna love it, i'm sure :)
- Phoric 2 years ago
  
  Sweeeet, testing right now...
- Matt Pavone 2 years ago
  
  Great stuff....testing now
- Johnny Hall 2 years ago
  
  It works great! It fixed the problems I was having with uploading h.264 files <3
- Morris 2 years ago
  
  whoooooooooooooooo!
- Sammy Halimi 2 years ago
  
  Bravo!!
- Pigfish★ 2 years ago
  
  awesome!!! thanks guys! lol i know this is the least of your concerns with the vimeo uploader but could the icon be a darker blue? haha it looks too faded for my liking, but thats just me. Thanks!!!!!!!! =D
- Belinda Jane Video 2 years ago
  
  Hi, l'm getting the following error...
  
  "Uh oh! The vimeo uploader has encountered an error. A bug report has automatically been sent to the Vimeo staff"
- Blake Whitman 2 years ago
  
  try restarting your computer and see if that helps.
- Zack McTee 2 years ago
  
  huzzah
- Jerry Stith 2 years ago
  
  Most excellent!
- Josh Reichlin 2 years ago
  
  This is completely awesome! Thanks Vimeo for re-inventing rad!
  
  Does this app mean I can upload videos greater than 1gig in size but still within my 5gig/wk limit?
- Daniel Hayek 2 years ago
  
  We're experimenting with allowing uploads up to 2.5GB. It's not totally reliable just yet but we're working on it.
- ailatanotos 2 years ago
  
  Always on top!! Love all!
- Jordan Megahy 2 years ago
  
  Yiippeeee!!!!!!!
- Terence Beal 2 years ago
  
  Miam !
- PIX IN MOTION by Leo Bar 2 years ago
  
  I have been using the app for about a month, since you invited me. All my experiences were positive. I did not experience any problems at all.
  Great move!
- Daniel Hayek 2 years ago
  
  Excellent.
- PIX IN MOTION by Leo Bar 2 years ago
  
  Good job!
  Thank all the IT folks at Vimeo with a great...
  
  WellDoneO !!
- Phach 2 years ago
  
  great, I'll give a try !
- Phach 2 years ago
  
  There is a bug with stressed letters (i'm french) on title and description. I send a bug report from the app.
- Boris Krzic 2 years ago
  
  Nice guys! Nice :)
- Duncan Birnie 2 years ago
  
  Awesome! Will try this out now...
- Thaddeus Hunt 2 years ago
  
  SWEET! Thank you all wonderful and dedicated Vimeo employed peeps! :o)
- G&M Producciones, C.A 2 years ago
  
  Work flawlees for me. i upload this:
  vimeo.com/7276126
  Thxs Vimeo u rock !!!
- Henning Hoenicke 2 years ago
  
  Wow! Thank you so much, guys! You just made my life 1000 times easier! I'm impressed how well this works on Ubuntu - thanks a lot for remembering that a lot of people use Linux!
- Muadib 2 years ago
  
  It´s work very very well! (I can pause upload!) Congratulations.
- Guillaume Kayacan 2 years ago
  
  great im gonna check it out closer!
- Buğra Akpınar 2 years ago
  
  Nice.
- Thomas Lew 2 years ago
  
  Pretty sweet! Looking fowards to downloading it now.
- b gd73 2 years ago
  
  I was hoping to see an app like this, it works great for me. Thanks.
- Jess A. 2 years ago
  
  Too awesome...!!
- tynie626 2 years ago
  
  i just spent 27 hours uploading a 716mb video that failed in the finishing stages, and now i restart the app and it says there's an update, but i cannot install the update because it keeps saying there is a problem with the air file.
  
  I'M LIVID!!!!
- Daniel Hayek 2 years ago
  
  Hi, for help issues, go to the help center. vimeo.com/help
- Adam Holwerda 2 years ago
  
  That must have been a long 27 hours. Uploading by hand, minute after minute without a computer anywhere to help...
  
  I got the same AIR-ror, but after it tried installing the update a few times it seemed to fix itself.
  
  Bummer about the big video though.
- Russ Sakauye 2 years ago
  
  Ohhhh joooy!!! :3
- Davin Leivonen 2 years ago
  
  The desktop uploader is fantastic. It's great little tool for someone who hardly has to visit the original site (Flickr, Face, YouTube) when they're accustomed to uploading straight from the Mac applications (iPhoto, iMovie). Makes uploading all that more appealing.
- Michael Fawke 2 years ago
  
  how long till the offline vimeo is here?
- Daniel Hayek 2 years ago
  
  Where is here?
- Michael Fawke 2 years ago
  
  here is in front of me, behind & both sides too. more importantly, on my laptop.
- Daniel Hayek 2 years ago
  
  i see.
- Adam Holwerda 2 years ago
  
  I just want to say, thanks so much for this. I've had so much trouble with the web uploader (dropped uploads) over the past year or so that I've almost given up trying. Not anymore! Muahahaha.
- Paolo Conti 2 years ago
  
  Congratulations.
- sean 2 years ago
  
  great well done
- Daniel Hayek 2 years ago
  
  Thanks!
- BigCrow (Crow Pictures) 2 years ago
  
  It gives me an error. (see the screen: img21.imageshack.us/img21/258/10292009150638.jpg )
  
  I tried to turn it on 20 or 25 times and it only works 1 or 2 times, all other tries ended with this error. hm...
- Blake Whitman 2 years ago
  
  Please use the "Report a bug" button in the application itself and let us know what happened. Sorry for the trouble.
- BigCrow (Crow Pictures) 2 years ago
  
  I cannot use it, becouse then this error occures, no interface is loaded.
- Chris O'Konski 2 years ago
  
  way to be, vimeo. changing the internet one vimivaiton at a time.
- Northwood Media 2 years ago
  
  I keep getting errors. Says the installer is misconfigured and to contact the manufacturer. ?
- Blake Whitman 2 years ago
  
  Please use the "Report a bug" button in the application itself and let us know what happened.
- Northwood Media 2 years ago
  
  I'd love to Blake, but every time the program loads, it tells me I have to upgrade. When it tries to upgrade, I get the error. It won't let me do anything. I've uninstalled and reinstalled to no avail.
- Bob Fitzgerald 2 years ago
  
  Not everyone in the world has an Iphone, so it would be great if there was also a WM mobile app also..
  
  And this Uploader rocks, I've never been a part of something run so smoothly and without problems.. Thx Vim.
- Ally Video 2 years ago
  
  i'm proud to be using the air app to upload our videos. it's really sweet, keep it up you smarty pants
- Cubeqtio 2 years ago
  
  Sweet,
  
  Goood development. :) Thanks!
- Belinda Jane Video 2 years ago
  
  nope it didn't help, any other suggestions ?
- drew 2 years ago
  
  Error #96 Invalid Signature
  
  and I cant report a bug since there is no interface. :(
- Eric Jinks 4 months ago
  
  i guess this is no longer in existence?
- Matt Jennings 4 months ago
  
  Erm... Eek. Where's it at?
- Graham King 4 months ago
  
  Also wondering what happened to it! Used to use it often.
- Liam 4 months ago
  
  What have you done to the uploader?
- Edward Einhorn 4 months ago
  
  seriously...where'd it go?
- Mihael Tominšek 4 months ago
  
  Vimeo! Uploader??
- Peter Jahn 3 months ago
  
  Could someone of vimeo staff provide an answer?
- eric moldero 3 months ago
  
  ?
- Lars H. Gathe 3 months ago
  
  VIMEO UPLOADER? PLEASE! I am having issues uploading the normal way.
- Edwin Allan 3 months ago
  
  Same here, the tool is inexistent!
- Cracking Productions 3 months ago
  
  Where do you hide this upload tool - arghh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Westframe 3 months ago
  
  WTF?! just paid Vimeo $10
  
  pls send my money back
- Zion Pictures 3 months ago
  
  I agree with everyone. The desktop uploader made it so convenient to work with Vimeo. When will you return it?
- Supreme Corporation 3 months ago
  
  Where is your uploader?
- Videal 2 months ago
  
  Indeed, the tool seems to have evaporated into thin air.
  Quite confusing, no statement of nulling the projects, as well.
  
  Would anyone from Vimeo provide at least some sort of feedback regarding the state of the uploader? Plz!
- Matthew Hyndman 2 months ago
  
  Same here? Any reason for the deletion of the app?
- Peter Nevill and Orlando Suazo 2 months ago
  
  where'd it go???
- Gabriel Bravo 2 months ago
  
  where's the app? I used to have vimeo uploader until I change my computer last week.. gives me much security than uploading through the navigator..
- Captain Courageous 2 months ago
  
  Looking for the uploader. Bit worried if it really has been pulled. Dang dangers of migrating to a new computer.
- Well Hung Pictures 2 months ago
  
  Uploader please. Or at least tell us why it was pulled...
- Urshan Graduate School 2 months ago
  
  Have a bunch of videos to upload and no app. What is the deal? Is it permanently dead?
- Dario Silva 1 month ago
  
  Where is it??
- bliss* productions 1 month ago
  
  This is lame, where did the app go? For large files it was crucial especially when setting privacy on a clip for upload. Using a browser means I have to wait until the clip finishes uploading before I can set privacy which in some cases can take an hour depending on length. Please bring the App back.
- FCTRS 1 month ago
  
  looking for this app again, used it last year. Where did it go? Why is the vimeo staff ignoring this thread? You guys are usually good at replying to our comments and questions.
- Tony Flanagan 1 month ago
  
  Don't know why it was taken down, but you can grab it here - mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Vimeo-Desktop-Uploader-Download-65920.html
  
  You'll need to instal Adobe Air first. Can get it here - get.adobe.com/air/thankyou/?installer=Adobe_AIR_3.1_for_Win32
  
  Itt all works well for me after a Win 7 re-instal
- Sandcastle Pictures 4 weeks ago
  
  Unfortunately, your link doesn't work anymore. Just get a screen filled with random characters.
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