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?

How about just a webapp, like iphone.6.cn?

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)

I really want iPhone integration as well. But reading your responses I guess it's coming... =)

seriously. I way rather watch the awesome and creative stuff on vimeo than all the YouTube nonsense. Please make an app!

a vimeo iphone app would be sweet...

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

Maybe could you simply send h.264 when client is using an iPhone?

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.

I would be so happy with a vimeo iphone app, cause this youtube business is making me feel icky...

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.

Vimeo on iPhone.

Bring it on!

:-)

yes definitely - vimeo app

Vimeo on IPHONE!!!!!

vimeo on the ipod touch yeeaaa

+1

It's just waiting for apple. Think different? Think vimeo not youtube

Please make the Vimeo player on iPhone...please...!!

me too

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.

I think everybody just has to beg for flash for iphone some more would solve a lot problems!

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.

+1

yes +++10!
Thanks for the episodic link though.

+1 vote for Vimeo App on iPhone!

+1.02

yay!

yeeeeehawwwwwwwwww

Here's another +1 for an iPhone Vimeo app.

P.S. just saturday I had my iphone stolen. B****rds! :) Hello new iphone....

Wow, actually this works pretty well: iphone.episodic.com

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.

+2(K)?

Vimeo App?!
Yes please!!!

Yes please give us Vimeo for the iPhone that would be an amazing app

Add my vote. :) If not a dedicated app, a web app would also work well.

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?

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.

bump!

After the Joost app, I really looking forward to one for Vimeo!

Yes! vimeo on iPhone.... Pllleeease :)

My wish: Vimeo on the iPhone in 2009!

Vimeo on the iPhone in 2009! fingers crossed

Another vote ... And marry christmas from Germany :)

Yes Please!!!!!

iPhone Vimeo app, please. Where can I send the money. If it's good I'll pay $5.

I also cast my vote!

Yepp, I'd even pay for that

Agreed. Can't wait!

We need it! All of my videos are already uploaded in h.264, aren't most people's?

I really second that request!!!

Vimeo on iphone!

please, please, please. I'd be willing to pay $5.99 for the vimeo app!

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.

Just got an iPod touch today. It's really only missing one thing.

Vimeo.

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...

I'll be the 1,000th person to add the iPhone request...
so sick of watching youtube...

1,001.

Wow last update on this was several months ago. Any news? Or do we all need to start looking for alternatives?

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...

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..

i cant wait!

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?

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

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

ditto

I'm really addicted to vimeo and my iphone I wish I could have both everywere, everytime.

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.

What is the main technological/logistic hurdle(s) standing in the way of getting H.264 happening on Vimeo?

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!

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.

I've been looking for ages for a video hosting site that would allow me to embed high quality video on my music website (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 ....

One more for the vimeo on iphone!!!!
Would be awesome!

definately, +1 for vimeo iphone app

Go vimeo app

amen

I came to the forum to post about an Iphone App version. I was shocked to see there was already a thread going. I joined today and first thing I did is look for an app and nothing. I could not believe it. Please guys. I want to show my vids on the fly with out navigating through Safari. I read the flash comment and maybe now since Adobe and Apple are really teaming up as reported all over the web as of 2/10/09 we can see some stuff from you guys.

I love Vimeo. Clean. Youtube has gotten so dirty. Vimeo is fresh and bright. Youtube seems dark gloomy and over crowded.

THX

I would love either an vimeo iPhone app.

So how come i can watch some vimeo videos now on RADAR on my iphone? ®on

And How do i get my vids to be also playable on Radar? Thanks... ®

LOL, this topic is still there?

Maybe for OS 4.0 :P

on my ipod now. Need vimeo

Would vimeo work on any internet based phone? i just got the samsung omnia and i can't get videos because of some flash player b.s. i'd love to get this site on my phone

Couldn't you choose the download option on the bottom of the page and view it on the iPhone if it's .mov file?

Just got myself an iPhone and I'm in for an APP as well

The last update I heard was Adobe was working to make flash not use up so much resource on the iPhone & then Apple would accept it. I really think Apple is just looking out for its users.

+1 !!!!

+1 for iPhone app!

Please?

Blip.tv has an elegant solution - you can upload multiple encodings for the same video.

If vimeo could implement this then those of us users that really need iPhone support can do it ourselves. We just enable downloads of the videos we want to be visible on iPhones, upload an iPhone compatible version (google 'handbrake') and use that link on blogs etc.

There are some flaws with this, vimeo pages won't stream video (they would have to make an edit in the site's code to swap out the flash for the mp4 embed if they detect an iPhone/iPod) and I can't imagine they'll be very happy with streaming happening from their servers in this manner (using their bandwidth, but with no *required* link back to vimeo).

I suppose I'm just saying, once the server-side support is there (in whatever form) please think about letting users 'fast track' their iPhone transcode by doing it themselves!

I think a Vimeo app on my iPod Touch would be awesome, for certain things.

But in reality, I use the youtube app when I'm sitting around bored and suddenly get the urge to see a cat riding a roomba or some idiot trying to jump off his roof through a basketball hoop.

For the type of content on Vimeo, I'm more likely to want to watch it on my computer monitor.

But yes, a Vimeo app would be nice in a pinch.

I need this app!

Vimeo on iPhone/iPod so I can show someone a video when I'm out of the house and don't already have it on my iPod Touch. I also have friends who want to view the video while they're "on the go." It would be nice if I could just send them a link to the video on Vimeo.

I doubt you have really been working on it as long as you have been claiming for months. I can understand that this requires more storage and more bandwidth than you can afford. But it can not be a matter of CPU or software architecture and development. This is trivial stuff. And yes I HAVE developped and run a website accepting many hundreds of concurrent uploads and downloads, probably not as big as Vimeo, but still hundreds of TB and millions of files.
I HATE FLASH.
I LOVE VIMEO.

Keep up !

Vimeo app for Ipod Touch! yeah I'm From PERU!!! Latin America!!

*Vimeo for the cool kids* would fit perfectly on the iPhone

agreed for iphone app

Bump !

stop bumbing, it always appears on my conversations list and then I race to the blog just do be disappointed.

it would be great if i could watch vimeo videos on my iphone

sorry, daniel. i just want to support the cause. :)

How about ANDROID?
It has a native app to view youtube. Yes, i know that google owns youtube, but there could be some workarroud, or some talking to goggle...

I really can't believe this still isn't here or even being seriously talked about by the staff...very confused. It's really holding me back from starting to use vimeo properly :(

I think we should all pick a time and all call apple at the same time and bitch about us not being able to get our vimeo fix for the day on our 500.00 or 600.00 $ phones we were more then happy to waste our money on lol lol so there mr steve

oh one more thing i thought youtube was flash is it not cus it plays on my iphone but im Addicted to Vimeo not youtube

Hey Blake, almost a year ago you wrote here that when "h.264 becomes more viable" for vimeo you'll integrate iPhone compatibility. How's that going? And what did you mean 'more viable'?

PS. Loving Vimeo by the way - just think that I'd be loving twice as much with iPhone support.

Just make it work in safari. No app needed please...

some news there??

Kinda scary that the iPhone 3G S does video now and uploads directly to YouTube. No Vimeo option viewing/uploading in sight.

yes for iphone app

I really will like this app.

I really hope this happens but at the very least you can watch your own videos if you link the rss to iphone.episodic.com theyll convert yourvideos for iphone on the fly. Check it out on your phones it works.
iphone.episodic.com/thatwascool#___1__
until vimeo gets it act together...

I would GLADLY pay to become a Plus member if you had iPhone 3G S support.

This thread started 11 months ago and you guys still have not h.264 support. I mean seriously?? WTF is the problem?

From Andrea at Vimeo 11 months ago -
"Hey everyone,
We're definitely interested in doing this. At the moment, though, we don't have time to devote to developing an iphone app.

But like I said, this is something we'd love to have in the future."

And this response to me in an email a few hours ago...
"We're definitely interested in doing this. At the moment, though, we don't have time to devote to developing an iphone app.

But like I said, this is something we'd love to have in the future."

I mean seriously guys, h.264 streaming on the server side?? WTF You could implement that in a few days - Youtube and QIK can do it. Many of my clients want to use the vimeo player on the site but also want a solution that will play on an iphone... Such a bummer!!

Could your app extract the h.264 stream from the FLV? (Provided the FLV is compressed with h.264 and not On6)

YouTube still spits out FLVs, but they are all h264 FLVs

Wow after reading all the above comments it seems vimeo has a huge demand for iPhone integration.

Unfortunately, vimeo IS NOT responding to the demand (they don't have the manpower, money, resources, support) but most of all they are not taking this seriously!

Much more emphasis should be placed on something so essential: mobile use of vimeo! Something that the competition has already done. PLEASE vimeo, stop pushing this "huge project" to a later date and responding with the same old comments (we really want this but have no time to devote BS!)

Wow, it is just amazing that this issue has languished and vimeo has done nothing about this. This is a genuine concern as none of my vimeo videos are viewable by iPhone users.

Today YouTube announced that they upped the upload limit to 2GB per file and THAT YOU CAN EMBED HD videos....

Between this and the TOS debacle that has yet to be resolved I am VERY seriously considering moving my content to YouTube.

-J

This is not as complex as an app. iPhones can play videos directly off the web, all you have to do is re-encode and write a little code to show iPhones that link. What I explained there cannot be more than a week of dev time for one guy. The encoding of course would be an issue, I suggest doing it on demand when an iPhone hits a video.

The App can come later.

I hope you get this done. I definitely prefer Vimeo to YouTube (except for the rule that says I am not supposed to post video game footage lol.)

would love an app for vimeo on the iphone...

I am working on a new vimeo upload app for the iphone. View the demo here:

vimeo.com/5542425

+ 2

Just adding my two cents for vimeo to support:

- uploading from iPhone to vimeo
- viewing vimeo videos on iPhone

Also add my 2 cents that Vimeo is a terrific site, characterized both by an exceptionally warm and friendly design, solid UI, and of course the terrific vimeo community

we need iphone support ¡¡ XD

I really like Vimeo and have always felt that it was ahead of the curve in almost every way (particularly when compared to the competition). But I also wanted to chime in on this thread to say that I'm stunned at the overall approach Vimeo has taken to this issue.

I agree with what Mike Daly said above: Vimeo is not responding to the demands of its users. To simply say, "it's hard, so we might have it someday...", while the "roadmap" sits untouched and we all wonder what is going on with Vimeo, seems to be a recipe for frustrated users, which this thread makes clear.

Bandwidth and processors for transcoding certainly cost money. There's no doubt that converting such a huge number of videos would be costly and time-consuming. But the fact that Vimeo is not RIGHT NOW encoding each and every NEW video that gets uploaded, into the proper format for the iPhone, and serving them up to iPhone users in Mobile Safari, to me, seems ludicrous.

Not to mention, we now have the iPhone 3Gs -- this should be the time when Vimeo really presents itself to the world as the clear alternative for high quality video -- uploading and viewing! Instead, you're two years behind (or at least it feels that way to those of us who don't know what the heck is going on).

Sorry for being long-winded. I'd just like to voice another "yes, please" for more attention to the chorus of demand for iPhone support.

(A large proportion of) Arty folk use iphones!

Please develop a vimeo iphone app.

Perhaps a balance could be struck in the meantime by letting +plus users encode their own second video to be used when an iPhone or iPod is detected.

I think this is a major feature that should be addressed.

Everyone, including me, appreciates the continued great work Vimeo does to keep the site the clear leader in online video. Personally I've always seen Vimeo as the Apple to YouTube's Microsoft (or the stylish café to YouTube's McDonalds). Given that like Apple, Vimeo caters to arguably a more discerning class of user, one could infer that Vimeo users are likely to also be iPhone users. This aside, and I may be completely wrong, but it appears that there are two main issues of miscommunication between users and staff on iPhone compatibility.

First, the task is understandably a large one, and I think we can all agree on this. I don't think this is the point of contention; rather, users are likely frustrated that Vimeo don't see iPhone compatibility as a top priority. While users surely appreciate the new messaging system and Categories, these things probably don't rate as a blip on the radar in comparison, so for us, it is difficult to understand why Vimeo isn't devoting the time these features took instead to iPhone compatibility. We understand the limited resources Vimeo has, we all like that you're a bunch of cool young people in NYC instead of part of Google's conglomerate in northern CA. We'd just like you cool young New Yorkers to more focused on this issue than some of the other things.

Of course, it's open to debate just what kind of audience really wants iPhone compatibility, which brings me to the second point:

Without an iPhone app, or iPhone compatibility, I assume Vimeo cannot have accurate data on exactly what size audience you're missing. There could be a huge percentage of Vimeo users with iPhones longing for this but not speaking up in the forums (and according to South Park isn't it every complaint equals two billion people?).

Is it possible to make the h.264 encoding available for all future uploads, and simply require users who wish to encode already existing video to manually update their own videos?

Just adding my voice to the thread. I'd love to see an iPhone app. Thanks for everything you do, Team Vimeo!

This would be great, Vimeo? Cmon respond ?

This is interesting:
vimeo.com/blog:215

If the source video files from basic accounts are going to be deleted soon and these would be needed to do a high-quality conversion into an iPhone compatible h.264 file, this could mean that having iPhone compatibility for videos already uploaded through basic accounts would be impossible.

since safari supports html 5 (video tag) i wonder how much trouble it would be to have a mobile version of the site once the h264 project completes.

Just got the 3G S... Now it's time for a Vimeo app so I can bring my portfolio along with me.

Hope to see it real soon... or *ugh*... I may have to upload everything to YouTube. That'd suck.

Add another vote for an iPhone app.

How can Vimeo not "have time" to do this? Some sort of successful iPhone integration really is key to their future.

can't understand why there is still no iphone app or h264 support.. should be top priority imho

We want an iPhone Vimeo app. Just another vote.

yes please iphone vimeo app... most interesting content is on vimeo these days and it would be so much use to view on an iphone... cmon!

We are waiting...

Love to see these videos playable on my iPhone. It would make me definitely signup for a pro account.

yep...i would go pro if there was iphone support and an app...we need to hear some strategy and plans vimeo. Think ahead, commnicate with your customers and start getting innovative. In terms of your website, i'm not really sure what your long list of things is. Anyhow, you could learn from Apple and try to be a little more on the leading edge of things

Waiting...

Considering that I got an iPhone today and I'm almost up to 200 videos on Vimeo, I would LOVE a Vimeo iPhone app!!!!!!!! I would donate to that cause.

Thing is, I just got on twitter. Fun.
Hey Vimeo on twitter, cool.
Get tweets to watch videos, super.
Cannot watch vimeo videos on iphone?
What is the point? I don't know the numbers
but who reads their tweets from there home computer?
Its a phone thing, why send us video links we can't
watch?

Luv you guys but you got o get on this.

Also Andrea Allen, I'm not a company guy
and all that but saying to us that you don't have time to do this. Not a really good way to put it, you might want to rephrase that.

sorry to add to the traffic - I just figure the more people shout the more vimeo might listen..

Yes, we need this!

honestly, the lack of iphone support on here is the only thing tethering me to youtube.
it would definitely make plus membership more appealing!

vimeo seems clearly best choice, but youtube is built into so many mobile devices.
To ignore support for the #1 gimicky gadget for the last 2 years (iphone/ipod touch) just seems incredibly shortsighted.
And Andrea Allen's reply is nothing short of dismissive, especially since she C&P'd it as a response multiple times - I'm sorry that many users asking for the same thing isn't worth your time!
Realistically, video hosting is the reason this site exists.
One would think compatibility with a large portion of users' attempts to access should be a major priority.

I just realized this all sounds pretty negative, but it isn't intended to be. I really like the site and the service, this is just a major flaw that keeps it from being all it could be!

I need my video on iPhone (and other mobile platforms). It's a pity Vimeo does not offer this.

I hate to do this, but what are some good iPhone supporting sites other than YouTube?

What is the problem with the iphone? Seriously we are now on the 3rd generation and vimeo still does not work on the iphone. I don't understand it from a business perspective. Your customers are begging for it... Seriously what is the problem??

You should make an app and then have an option on each individual video's page for wanting the video converted for iPhone for past videos and automatically convert them for new ones. That way you won't have a huge overload on the server and less popular videos won't take up unnecessary space on the servers.

Just dropping back in to say that this is still a big want for me.

It's not Love to have in the future!! it's a MUST!!!

Just wanted to add my vote for a Vimeo iphone app. Fantastic idea.

Sure, Vimeo playback on the iPhone would be great, but Apple doesn't make this easy and I can understand the resource hurdle for an org the size of Vimeo.

At this point, I'd love even a halfway app like an Upload to Vimeo option that integrates with the built-in video camera's export options.

*OPEN RANT*

I host my showreel on Vimeo for my clients to see becasue I would far rather point clients to Vimeo than to YouTube, but with most of my clients being iPhone users this move on my part is somewhat self-defeating because they cannot view my content unless teathered to their Desktop.

To not be able to view video on arguably the most important handset EVER created seems rather shortsighted on the part of Vimeo. If they were to poll their PRO account users - where they get a significant proportion of revenue that arguably helps keep Vimeo afloat - (and I propose that they DO poll their PRO users) about what features they would like to see implemented with Vimeo, I would put all the money I had on iPhone playback being the number one request by a LONG LONG WAY.

To ignore users in this way seems short sighted on the behalf of a company that needs PRO subscriptions to survive. iPhone playback could even be a 'PRO only' feature, bringing in even more revenue. Vimeo please, listen up or loose at least one PRO subscriber when my subscription is up for renewal.

Any other PRO users considering not renewing their PRO account becasue of no indication of timelines from Vimeo on when we could expect this integration?

*CLOSE RANT*

Count me a supporter as well! +1

Thought i'm pretty sure we all understand it's going to be quite a long way off...

I don't want an app, I just want vimeo to support h264 and/or html5 video tags. Then all vimeo content would work on the iPhone's built in media player. No yucky flash involved, no special app needed.

+1

+1

i want iphone app... :)

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A VIMEO IPHONE APP!!!!!

I want the embedded vimeo videos on my webpage to be viewable on an iphone. Is that ever going to happen?

Hi guys, can you give us a bit more guidance on when this might come please? It would really help to know how high of a priority this is for you beyond just being on your wish list.

Sent from an iPhone ;-)

I am waiting for it!!

The iPhone is long past novel - there's really no reason to NOT support it....especially when customers want it!

I post videos of my kids' band events - parents don't much care where I post them (heck, lots of them even watch the videos on a tiny thumbnail embedded on our band website, sigh), but the kids really want me to switch to youtube so they can show their friends on their iPod touches, iPhones etc.

Please - you started out heads and shoulders above youtube, and better than Viddler....but lately staff comments have focused on why your customers just don't understand why you aren't working on something important to us...SAVE VIMEO....SUPPORT iPhone!!

How long now guys? surely its not that hard?

Vimeo's H.264 encodes are Main Profile. In order for an H.264 file to play on the iPhone it would have to be Baseline Profile. That would mean EVERY FILE ON VIMEO would need to be encoded TWICE (once to each profile).

That would be a massive storage increase, longer encode time, the ability to detect the iPhone and play the correct video, probably increased bandwidth use given an increase in viewing at any given moment.

I suspect Vimeo would have to charge for this. It might work as an additional expense on top of Plus.

Vimeo staff might want to enumerate and expand on the above but I'm sure these are some of the hurdles they face.

Vimeo, your awesome, but you lack one thing - an iPhone app.

I'm sure there's lots of developers out there that would help code one. I could be one of them. So, how about an open-source Vimeo iPhone app to get things rolling.

Or maybe a Vimeo iPhone app contest. And the winner(s) get's two years of Vimeo Plus for free and a Starbucks Gift card! :)

Hmmm... now I want a latte. See ya!

Andrea, do you have an updated status on the possibility if an iPhone app? Thanks.

Iphone app please vimeo. Youtube does HD and supports iphone, some bluray players, apple tv, viera cast from panasonic.

Personally I'll take it or leave it, the sort of thing that goes onto Vimeo is stunning, i like watching it on my Mac, with a drink in comfort.

Also, working for a small startup, i seriously sympathise with the Vimeo guys, it's tough. Tougher than you'd think.

As awesome as a Vimeo App would be, I'm quite happy having "snacking" video on the iPhone (YouTube) and "gourmet" video on Vimeo.

My 2c.

You guys really need to find a way/funding to make this happen.

As much as I love Vimeo, I find myself no longer recommending it to other folks looking for the best place to host their content, because I know that doing so would mean recommending that they use a site that doesn't give the millions of iPhone users out there a way to see their content.

Why does that matter? 99% of the videos I watch now are videos that I have seen mentioned in Twitter or Facebook, or on pages linked to from mentions on those two services.

Why does that matter? Because I'm not the only person that regularly checks Twitter and Facebook posts while out and about (waiting in line, while out with my wife shopping, etc.).

I know it seems unimportant, but I would bet my house on your seeing a huge increase in traffic if iPhone users had a way to view your content. Just take a look at flickr's camera usage data for iPhone compared to every other mobile phone as well as every other dedicated camera...

flickr.com/cameras/

I have no doubt that there is a large overlap in users between flickr and vimeo.

Don't you think those iPhone users would like to be able to view your content without being chained to a desk or toting a laptop?

"Don't have time" reads as "don't care". It's not enough of a priority for you.

You're heavily missing out. As my media use gets more social, my laptop gets less and less of my online time. It's all on the iPhone - client reviews, portfolio, sharing, social media. And Vimeo's missing out. I'd be a pro account holder in about 0.5 seconds if you had iPhone support.

"Whenever anyone sees a vimeo link on facebook or twitter for the iPhone, they don't even bother to hit the link. So you're not seeing the true traffic potential."

exactly. I don't use vimeo embeds because they won't work on the iphone. And, why on earth would anyone visit a video site, using a device that they know won't work on the site. In this case you can't use existing metrics to determine the need. That's akin to saying "We see how many quality videos are on YouTube and there just isn't a market for a video site that tailors to quality videos"

And like Trevor said, we're just taking the time to ask for something we want.

Save the iphone app...save the world :)

Do a Paid closed beta.

You'd be surprised at the results for something this big.

Not that I would ever condone it, but there are already jailbroken apps that translate vimeo to iPhone viewable. The technology already exists, so you wouldn't really be having to reinvent the wheel.

Although, the costs to license an entire grid server to transcode into Apple's codec would get significantly expensive.

Also, it's been announced that Adobe Flash CS5 will allow you to export your Flash apps from SWF to an IPF native app, so that could actually help you guys significantly for development costs.

I still think a paid closed beta is a great opener if you guys are concerned about the financial sustainability part of things.

Please do and iPhone app, I can believe Vimeo doesn't have one yet, other brand new start up companies (motionbox) are doing it and very well.

I don't care to upload videos from iPhone to Vimeo, I just want to watch my videos on the phone with a native app.

And yes, they seem bothered buy us asking for this.

Yey. Good job to the staff for screaming we're on the case =)

an app would still be cool....VIMEO APP FOR IPHONE!!! pls!!

great to hear. thanks guys.

can't wait any longer.......must resist crappy youtube videos..........!!!

Vimeo MUST be on iPhone! Please make an app.

+1

any progress???

+1 vote from me!

How come some sites that use the Flash flv-format, like Youtube and Howcom, is delivering video to the iPhone, while others don´t, because "iPhone doesn´t support the Flash format". I don´t get this...

+1

Yeah I'm in multimedia development and Video Production, and really really can't wait... I can stream porn on my iphone, why can't I stream legit work... LOL

Hopefully this happens soon enough before I switch over to YouTube

The iPhone is not new, there is a 4th gen prototype probably out there and these people don;t even have a webapp that allow to watch the videos on the phone, I've read some of the staff comments, it's in the "labs", can you open the "lab" and let the app out?.

So can plus members now make vids available for the iPhone? How does it work? Sounds like high time for a blog post.....

great job everyone! looks and works beautifully!

How do you lookup your personal videos on the iPhone?

Writing this from my iphone. I have a Plus account and am one of the users who would greatly need my vids to be viweable on the iphone. And i'm not talking about a vimeo iphone app. I mean real compatibility. Bring on h264 encoding for the iphone for plussers at least! Ihave been checking this thread back and forth for over a year now! I can't beleive it's been that long already...

Wonder how much longer until Plus users can post videos to vimeo mobile for playback on the iPhone?

When are we going to be able to get the MP4 url in the video.getInfo so we can show our videos on other devices?

I see that your flash player actually uses MP4 and not FLV.

My system supports many third party free video hosts who do supply us with the MP4 url, so I can provide our iphone viewers to see them.

These other services are free. Yet many people including myself pay for vimeo.

Please. We want the url to the Mp4 files in the API.

how i convert my vimeo videos to make it work on iphone?

way to long... ;(

So excited!

what about the non-plus members ??

i really don't want to move at youtube.. =/ but how else could i show my work on iPhone ?!

No Chrimast Gift ?? ;-( ... Can I help with testing or something ?

If plussers get iPhone compatible streaming I'd sign up I'm an instant!

Yes, because of the iPhone's (3GS) easy ability for video and direct publishing to YouTube (which I like much less than Vimeo ;) I am wondering when I'll be able to directly upload videos to my Vimeo account. Thanks for working on this! Great news.

Yep, iPhone app needed for sure.

yes please iphone app immediately. ;0

Ja håller med ! VIMEO ON IPHONE!!!!!!
Snart är det val och då behövs alla kanaler.

Wow - 1 year has passed. Still no Vimeo iPhone embed?

This is dumb they aren't doing anything concerning the matter

So why is it I can see this vimeo video on my phone but not any other one????

vimeo.com/9976995

you guys are killing me! I just wanna watch videos from vimeo on my iPhone! I'll even go 'plus' if I had to.

doesn't iPhone support Html5? so why cant I watch my videos on the iPhone now?

Blip.tv is amazing it intergrates with Vimeo, iTunes, Youtube, ect. And I like the video quality and advanced options with RSS! :)

iphone app, iphone app, iphone app, iphone app, iphone app, iphone app, iphone app, iphone app, iphone app.....

you get the idea! Please let us stop stalking! We don't want to but we really want an iphone app for vimeo! And now with the iPad out, an iPad app as well. To compete with the awesome made youtube app. I am willing to pay for such an app and I think alot of other people too. Vimeo rocks! please give us this app so we can share the better quality to the rest of the world!

iPad app, iPad app, iPad app, iPad app, iPad app, iPad app..... you get the idea!

So Daniel Hayek, it's official that Plus members get iphone compatible videos? I don't see it listed on the features - vimeo.com/plus

Soooo… you're all h.264 now, and the iPad has a big ol' screen. Do I smell a Vimeo app?

Any update on this App ?! I just realized this morning (on the dentist chair) that I can finally watch vimeo videos on my iPhone - Whooop Whooop !

Vimoe app for iPhone please...

I agree. Vimeo app please!

Well, let me say this: Vimeo is running on my Iphone!
Check out: youtube.com/watch?v=bG9DlXVKs2c&feature=player_embedded

(sorry, Youtube.....)

VIMEO PLEASEEEEE MAKE THAT APP =)

Well this has been going on a couple of years now by the looks of the dates on these comments... Is there an iphone app yet? I've just uploaded a vid from my iPhone via my Macbook and the audio/video sync is way off.. crappy stuff guys. Please don't make me switch to Youtube for goodness sake!

The real issue here is that Flash as a video platform is degrading quickly - caused in part by mobile devices that are changing the world and HTML 5. It's nothing more than the tail that wags the dog. Mobile devices are here to stay and are increasingly replacing the desktop as a primary use tool. If Vimeo is not willing to acknowledge this reality, then someone else will, and like Real Networks, Vimeo will be fighting for their existence in this market because someone else beat them to the punch.

I, for one, would be happy if Vimeo would do away with their swf wrapper in the RSS feeds to make them iTunes compatible. How hard would that be? An few days work perhaps. Then videos would parse in iTunes and be playable on the iphone/ipad.

Desperately need an iphone/ipad-app! Please......
You 're so much more than youtube, but without this app this will be a dead end...

To bad I'm not a programmer I would love to have a iPad/iPhone app for Vimeo

LOVE the mobile version of Vimeo that displays on my iPhone, but WISH I had more control over the videos that display. Currently, there are only two choices:

1) Featured Videos (from all of Vimeo)
2) My Videos (only videos I've uploaded)

I'd LOVE to have a PREFERENCE to display:

- ONLY Channel Subscriptions
- ONLY Group Subscriptions
- ONLY Shared With Me
- ETC.

Would also LOVE a full-fledged app for iPad/iPhone.

Great job thus far guys! Videos play great on my iPhone and iPad. Just hoping for more LOVE.

Looks like its a good time to get back on the case. HD vid shooting on the iPhone 4. You guys gotta get on this, please!!!

Yes, we need a vimeo iphone app, especially with iphone 4 out now. The videos look awesome and would fit in beautifully with a native vimeo app.

As a few users have said before me, a Vimeo app that allowed HD uploads from the iPhone4 would be absolutely ideal.

Vimeo has been awesome for me. Thanks guys and I look forward to the development of an iPhone app.

Still no vimeo app or the ability to serve H.264 files to iphone users so we can use the built-in player on the iPhone.

wow, I'm amazed this isn't finished yet. Please hurry. The web version of the videos look terrible on the iPhone.

Yo where is the iPhone/IPad app?

Bump ... with rumors of Apple iTV running iOS, this would be a HUGE win for Vimeo. Common' guys! You've been "on the case" for 10 months. I think Rome was built in 8 1/2 months.

I agree, a Vimeo app would be ideal.

iphone vimeo apps common guys! we want it!

I still want this.

Would love a cute native Vimeo app on the iPhone :)

It's not a native Vimeo account but you can post to vimeo from your iPhone with an app called PicPosterous. You sign up for a free posterous acct and then set your account to autopost to Vimeo. It's not perfect but it will get you going until Vimeo gets us a native app.

All in bring me vimeo on my iphone

APP APP APP APP, But please make it beautiful pixels worthy. Vimeo is a really nicely designed place with lots of HD content, and you wouldnt want to spoil that!

Common lets grow Vimeo! We wont iPhone app

facebook.com/Vimeo They posted a photo of the app.

iPhone app would be awesome!

When oh when? And for all I hope...the screenshot looks nice.

Blake Whitman, 3 years ago:
"When h.264 becomes more viable for us, you bet your booty we'll be all over the iPhone".

Soxiam staff, 7 months ago
"i can tell you that we have begun moving forward on our mobile app project".

Congratulations.
So how many more years will it take you?

Seriously.
Out of curiosity I read every reply of this feature request. It's embarassing.
What is your problem guys, you keep people waiting for YEARS now.
WHY.
Every iPhone 4 over here comes bundled with a built-in YouTube app.
Maybe you start to realize in 2011 that the demand really is there NOW ?
Jesus. It's really screaming in your face and you don't seem to get it.

I want the app because the video on pages like Staff Pics dont load properly on my iPad...

You guys would sell a million licenses in a week if you had an iOS app. You're leaving money on the table. I really don't get it.

There is no iPhone or iPad app yet from Vimeo after millions of posts begging for this, I'm a plus subscriber (it doesn't really matter) and there is no excuse for us to not have a simple app to upload and view videos in a native way.

How you can ignore this? Actively working on one? for 3 years? Everybody will by this at a premium price.

Searching the Vimeo forums you can see thousands of similar posts like this...well put Scott ... "You guys would sell a million licenses in a week if you had an iOS app. You're leaving money on the table. I really don't get it."

I love Vimeo, and I think the staff is great, but when it comes to making an iPhone app...

I have a friend who makes iPhone apps (Kennys Apps, LLC) and it takes him about 6 months to make a game. I don't really understand why it takes Vimeo's staff which consists of more than just one person this long to make a website friendly app. It's ridiculous. And I don't want to hear "We're working on it", because if you truly were spending the necessary time on it that you should be, this would have been made years ago.

On that note, I do acknowledge that an iPhone/iPad/iPod TouchAndroid app is completely unnecessary. This is a gift that you're giving to us, and I (we) appreciate that and are willing to wait. All I'm trying to get across here is that apps really shouldn't take this long to make.

I remember going on a Skype blog about their iPad app. When the iPad was announced they posted that they couldn't wait to make an app. A year later they claimed to "still be working on it". How many people does Skype employ? How many that know anything about programming? Probably more than one.

My friend Kenny has you all beat.

Just sayin'.

Oh nice, I can't even watch Vimeo Videos on my iPhone regularly in the Browser, if the uploader didn't have a 'pro' account and specifically created a 'mobile version' of his video.
WTF, really.
What kind of elitist video club you think you are?

+1 for vimeo iphone app AND Air Play capability.
For now, only plays audio ... Video, please ... ASAP