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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 months ago
    We hear you guys loud and clear and want to let you know we're on the case!
  • Daniel Hayek staff 1 month ago
    It's not an app, but it's a start, check it out everyone- vimeo.com/6972563
  • Daniel Madaler 1 year ago
    Because of the weird flash policy by apple there is no possibility to use vimeo (except the community stuff) on the iPhone/iPod touch. But the widescreendisplay should be perfect for vimeo videos.
    What about a vimeo application? Or is it unlikely that apple accepts a non-youtube-application?
  • Blake Whitman staff 1 year ago
    When h.264 becomes more viable for us, you bet your booty we'll be all over the iPhone.
  • Underground Planet plus 1 year ago
    I think he meant "bet" ... unless he really was saying you should "be your booty" which leaves quite a bit of room for interpretation.

    - Ray
  • Daniel Madaler 1 year ago
    Sounds promising. Not the being my booty, but the "sometimes" thing :)
  • Noah Hamann 9 months ago
    I know its not a video app, but if anyone is interested in a community focused app. My simple Vimeo app was accepted yesterday. Meo Manage allows you to see how many views, plays and comments on your last 20 uploaded videos. Thats it. See the Vimeo video here vimeo.com/3924345.
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  • Lizunlong 1 year ago
    How about just a webapp, like iphone.6.cn?
  • Daniel Madaler 1 year ago
    As far as i understand the webapps: no. Because you still need flash. And it seems that Adobe and Apple won't talk about that again soon.
  • lodi bill 6 months ago
    no it doesnt. have a look at that webapp he posted...
    vimeo just would have to allow web-streamed video
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  • August Lilleaas 1 year ago
    you'd need to make all the vids available in a format other than flv, no? Sounds nasty.

    (message written on an iPhone btw, yarr)
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  • Andrée Markefors 1 year ago
    I really want iPhone integration as well. But reading your responses I guess it's coming... =)
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  • Cody Smith 1 year ago
    seriously. I way rather watch the awesome and creative stuff on vimeo than all the YouTube nonsense. Please make an app!
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  • lukasz plus 1 year ago
    a vimeo iphone app would be sweet...
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  • Ben Hinc plus 1 year ago
    There is a solution out there - episodic will take any existing video RSS feed and convert the videos to H.264 AND make an iPhone-compatible page to access them. See an example here (access with iPhone or iPod touch): iphone.episodic.com/thebenshow and sign up for free here: iphoneapp.episodic.com/users/new

    and yes, the service appears to work fine with Vimeo RSS feeds
  • Derek Reynolds 1 year ago
    That's an awesome find. Thanks!
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  • Sylvain Gamel 1 year ago
    Maybe could you simply send h.264 when client is using an iPhone?
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  • Daniel Farrell 1 year ago
    Another vote for a Vimeo app. At least you could allow those videos that people uploaded as h264 to be viewable. I upload all my videos using h264 now.
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  • 2% 1 year ago
    I would be so happy with a vimeo iphone app, cause this youtube business is making me feel icky...
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  • spytunes 1 year ago
    so once this is sorted you can have free guitar lessons on your iphone!?! i love technology music is free :-)
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  • spytunes 1 year ago
    i'm always in h264 :-) anyone with an iphone let me know if it works x
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  • Anthony Stauffer plus 1 year ago
    Youtube has started adding a feature that when it detects the embed code for one of it's videos is being served up to an iPhone, it replaces the flash embed code with quicktime embed code, and streams the h.264 video directly. Oddly enough though, it only works for videos embedded offsite.
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  • Haye Heerten plus 1 year ago
    Vimeo on iPhone.

    Bring it on!

    :-)
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  • Bo Lorentzen plus 1 year ago
    yes definitely - vimeo app
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  • Jonatan Guillen 1 year ago
    Vimeo on IPHONE!!!!!
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  • William Jauregui 1 year ago
    vimeo on the ipod touch yeeaaa
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  • Frank Louwers 1 year ago
    +1
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  • Justus Bruns 1 year ago
    It's just waiting for apple. Think different? Think vimeo not youtube
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  • Eldar Bayburin plus 1 year ago
    Please make the Vimeo player on iPhone...please...!!
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  • fifth music 1 year ago
    me too
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  • Jonathan Salvo 1 year ago
    vimeo app for iphone would be lovely, to say the least. apple has youtube because of it's immense popularity and because it's a household name.
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  • Ruben van Dijk 1 year ago
    I think everybody just has to beg for flash for iphone some more would solve a lot problems!
  • Rudolf Boogerman plus 2 months ago
    I second that!
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  • Jenn and Adam 1 year ago
    Vimeo really should have an iPhone app, and they ought to be transcoding to H.264 on the servers, if only because it delivers a better experience. I've played with Viddler and YouTube and others hosts, and I'd really like to see Vimeo host H264 natively. In the meantime, I've moved to iphone.episodic.com because they deliver the right experience TODAY.

    Come on, guys. The demand exists now.
  • Blake Whitman staff 1 year ago
    We'll get there, don't you worry.
  • Benjamin Reece 1 year ago
    Woot :)
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  • Dirty Bastards 1 year ago
    +1
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  • Matthew Smith 1 year ago
    yes +++10!
    Thanks for the episodic link though.
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  • Radu 1 year ago
    +1 vote for Vimeo App on iPhone!
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  • vinceslas plus 1 year ago
    +1.02
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  • Jeremy Espiritu 1 year ago
    yay!
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  • jamesfeatherstone plus 1 year ago
    yeeeeehawwwwwwwwww
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  • Long River Review 1 year ago
    Here's another +1 for an iPhone Vimeo app.
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  • Benjamin Reece 1 year ago
    P.S. just saturday I had my iphone stolen. B****rds! :) Hello new iphone....
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  • Benjamin Reece 1 year ago
    Wow, actually this works pretty well: iphone.episodic.com
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  • James Rhodes plus 1 year ago
    iphone.episodic.com does seem to be genius, take the rss feed of your vimeo 'likes' and (i've not tested this yet) in theory you've got a dynamic drop box into your iphone of all your favourite videos on vimeo. However I can't live with the dramatic loss in audio quality... roll on Vimeo iPhone App.
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  • Trevor Meier 1 year ago
    +2(k)?
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  • Tom Hanson 1 year ago
    Vimeo App?!
    Yes please!!!
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  • Yes please give us Vimeo for the iPhone that would be an amazing app
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  • OOgle Flix plus 1 year ago
    Add my vote. :) If not a dedicated app, a web app would also work well.
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  • to me it would only make sense to have an app for the phone that was designed for "creative" people. Couldn't a quick app be built that only supports video uploaded in H.264, and then version 2 could address the rest. This would encourage uploading in H.264 format, which is a good thing no?
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  • Charles Skoda 1 year ago
    blip.tv just made videos work on iPhone. And it has nothing to do with flash. They basically made it so they have a quicktime .m4v stream for each new video that gets uploaded. Obviously it's hard to do this retroactively on the entire library of videos. But it's definitely something you can support for new uploads. Please do this. I really think to stay in the online video distribution game it's necessary. There are millions of iPhones out there.
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 1 year ago
    This feature is definitely on our list. Our list is rather lengthy but it's on there and we are working on it.
  • Alex Gollner plus 1 year ago
    According to vimeo.com/roadmap you have two projects: statistics and Groups 2.0. Big items I know. The status report says that Casey is the one working on Unicorn. Jack is working on Channels 2.0.

    That's two items for the list.

    I guess there's firefighting bugs and and looking over your shoulder at YouTube as well. How about putting more of that 'lengthy list' up at vimeo.com/roadmap ?

    In the 'not good news for those wanting an iPhone app' department, we have this posting from another IAC site:

    askcareers.com/askjeeves/jobboard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*F7A2A1FB1869EA7E

    Maybe you should start relying less on Flash. It seems to be going out of fashion...

    On the other hand, we users are spoiled. We expect internet products to be continually updated - providing all we want as the months go by. Maybe Vimeo should give less of an impression that their services will be constantly being improved. That might give you all a chance to get some basic work done.
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  • rainer kohlberger 1 year ago
    bump!
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  • Jonah Lee Walker plus 1 year ago
    After the Joost app, I really looking forward to one for Vimeo!
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  • BaseMOTION 1 year ago
    Yes! vimeo on iPhone.... Pllleeease :)
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  • Revolv 1 year ago
    My wish: Vimeo on the iPhone in 2009!
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  • Vimeo on the iPhone in 2009! fingers crossed
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  • Luka Stellwag 1 year ago
    Another vote ... And marry christmas from Germany :)
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  • Yes Please!!!!!
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  • Paul Stoltzfus plus 1 year ago
    iPhone Vimeo app, please. Where can I send the money. If it's good I'll pay $5.
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  • I also cast my vote!
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  • Luka Stellwag 1 year ago
    Yepp, I'd even pay for that
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  • Jackson Latka plus 1 year ago
    Agreed. Can't wait!
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  • javier plumey 1 year ago
    We need it! All of my videos are already uploaded in h.264, aren't most people's?
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  • nuzumaki 1 year ago
    I really second that request!!!

    Vimeo on iphone!
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  • Jorge Rivas 1 year ago
    please, please, please. I'd be willing to pay $5.99 for the vimeo app!
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  • Ken Loh plus 11 months ago
    Another request for Vimeo on iPhone. Would LOVE to have this feature!

    What about just serving the videos that are originally uploaded with Quicktime? Other sites such as beam.tv are allowing Quicktime movies to be played when accessed through mobile safari.
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  • Taylor Gillespie 11 months ago
    Just got an iPod touch today. It's really only missing one thing.

    Vimeo.
  • Alan Natale 11 months ago
    Me too, just got an iPod Touch... and me want my VIMEO on it.
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  • Trevor Meier 11 months ago
    I think Youtube's new HD and compatibility with the iPhone just put a huge dent in Vimeo's future. Youtube now beats Vimeo in ubiquity, matches in quality and exceeds in compatibility. Vimeo's only win (until they get an iPhone app) is beauty. But I fear it may be too late...
  • Chris Christensen 11 months ago
    vimeo is more of a community and I think that Youtube and its massive amount of users make it difficult to have something simlar to vimeo. Also, i may be wrong, but I don't think you can embed HD videos on Youtube.
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  • Will Weismantel 11 months ago
    I'll be the 1,000th person to add the iPhone request...
    so sick of watching youtube...
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  • Chris Christensen 11 months ago
    1,001.
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  • javier plumey 11 months ago
    Wow last update on this was several months ago. Any news? Or do we all need to start looking for alternatives?
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  • The Other Black Stuff 11 months ago
    Actually, I don't think the iPhone needs a Vimeo app. Just thought I'd put that out there.


    /kidding - an update on the progress would be great - if ever there was a device and a service meant to work together...
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  • Blake Whitman staff 11 months ago
    We're actively working on h.264 support and shortly thereafter, iPhone capabilities.
  • Andrew Pile staff 11 months ago
    Yes, we hope to have native video support for the iPhone soon, so you'll at least be able to watch videos via the site on your iPhone. An app will certainly come after.
  • pau.cc plus 8 months ago
    If only I could see the vimeo videos on the mobile safari that would be a great feature.
    Thanks!
  • Paul W. Rankin plus 7 months ago
    I look forward to the day when one will not need Abode to view the www. I would love to see Vimeo go 100% Flash-free before YouTube.
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  • Gragorin 11 months ago
    Ah, very cool as at the very least I want to be able to view vimeo video on my iphone through the site. The app can wait till later IMHO..
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  • jpglab 11 months ago
    i cant wait!
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  • Lasha Krikheli 11 months ago
    I would be an amazing addition to my app collection. Vimeo is awesome! Come on Apple, open up!

    Another thought that was mentioned above:
    Now that YouTube has HD support (that actually works well), what's the future of Vimeo?
  • pau.cc plus 8 months ago
    The big difference between vimeo and youtube rely on it's contents and users.
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  • David Mihal 11 months ago
    This would be really great, vimeo is so much better than youtube

    i thing of vimeo vs youtube like myspace vs facebook a few years ago before facebook was as popular

    everyone knew about myspace, most people were on it, but facebook was way better and slowly people figured that out. i think vimeo is the same way
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  • Mark Barner 11 months ago
    Im actually writing this on my iphone wishing a vimeo app on it. Hope you get your great video service up and running With HD and iphone support :-)

    Thanks for a great design and service
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  • Nate plus 11 months ago
    ditto
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  • Ricardo Carrera 11 months ago
    I'm really addicted to vimeo and my iphone I wish I could have both everywere, everytime.
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  • g-dcast plus 11 months ago
    I would prefer it if I could spawn an app that looks like it's mine but is "powered by vimeo" - I am trying to promote my brand so I would want to design my own icon, and then have an interface for users to pick an episode from my channel...I would happily display some sort of Vimeo branding somewhere but it would be meaningful - to the point where I would pay for it - to have the app be white label so that people think it's my own app, not Vimeo's.
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  • Jeff 11 months ago
    What is the main technological/logistic hurdle(s) standing in the way of getting H.264 happening on Vimeo?
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  • David Mihal 11 months ago
    When a vimeo app is developed, please include the community features of vimeo. The thing i dont like about the Youtube app is there is no way to log in to your youtube account, send members a message, look at others profiles or look at channels. Make your app more than just a video player. If the vimeo app does this it will dominate!
  • Andrew Pile staff 11 months ago
    I agree, we will!
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  • Juan Pons plus 11 months ago
    Wo do not need an iPhone app, what we need is the ability of vimeo to serve H.264 files to iphone users so we can use the built-in player on the iPhone. What good is is to require people to dowload, or worse PAY for an iPhone app to be able to view vimeo videos on the iPhone.

    Just MAKE vimeo compatible with the iPhone, this is easily accomplished by serving h.264 videos like blip.tv, YouTube and other already do.
  • Andrew Pile staff 11 months ago
    I don't think re-encoding hundreds of thousands of videos is "easily accomplished", but yes, we are working on it (both the iPhone app and the h.264 encoding).
  • Juan Pons plus 11 months ago
    Andrew, I agree that re-encoding hundreds of thousands of video is no trivial matter, but my point was that this does not require an enormous amount of development effort nor a dedicated iPhone application. Now it will require lots of CPU, storage and encoding time for sure...
  • Matthew Fredrick plus 7 months ago
    If not even creating an app that you can watch vimeo at least creat one that can access all of the community features that make vimeo different then other places. I'd pay 5 bucks for a vimeo app if it just had communtiy features and stat lists. Let alone with video player capabilities.

    All in all vimeo needs to step up to the plate. I'd hate to see vimeo disapear because the less awsome video communities are more in tune with upcomming tech.
  • Long Tran 6 months ago
    Re-encoding sucks but why not? YouTube's doing it.
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  • Sarah McQuaid plus 11 months ago
    I've been looking for ages for a video hosting site that would allow me to embed high quality video on my music website (www.sarahmcquaid.com). The first thing I did after embedding a Vimeo video on my site was to check how it looked on the iPhone ... only to discover that it won't play on the iPhone because of the Flash 9 problem! Can I second Juan Pons' request to simply make Vimeo iPhone compatible, rather than requiring an app? I'm going to put in a request to the iPhone people as well for Flash 9 support, needless to say ....
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  • pau.cc plus 11 months ago
    One more for the vimeo on iphone!!!!
    Would be awesome!
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  • Sami Sänpäkkilä plus 11 months ago
    definately, +1 for vimeo iphone app
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