Finding a Flixn Replacement
Posted by tektrekker on 5 March, 2008
I use Flixn.com quite a bit for quick updates to my learners, so I panicked when I found out they were phasing out their free video recording service. 
Of course, there are other services out there: Bubble Guru, Hellodeo, SeeTheFace, and Vlip to name a few. But, since I’d been relying on Flixn, I hadn’t paid any of them much attention. Now, I’ve got less than a month to find something new to replace my old standby. <sigh>
Must-have features for the new online recording service include:
- privacy - I don’t want these messages posted to the web or some social network unless I can make them available to only a select group of people.
- embed-ability (new word!) - I want to be able to paste the video code into my LMS or my private class blog or wiki.
- 3-5 minute record time - I want to have enough time to make a few quick statements and emote a bit.
- free - is that too much to ask, do you think?
A quick (and I do mean quick!) preview of the above-mentioned services revealed that Bubble Guru was not free, Hellodeo was buggy (will have to revisit this), and Vlip was not private. SeeTheFace looks promising but I’m not sure how long the recordings are or how many I can have on the free account. Stay tuned for more info.
In the interim, if you’ve got any suggestions that meet the requirements I’ve listed, please do let me know.
update: after saying that SeeTheFace looked promising, I spent some more time with it and, while it has some seriously cool features, can record for 5 minutes, and can be private, it’s doesn’t have embed-ability. <heavy sigh> The search continues.
6 March, 2008 at 8 am
Thanks, Tektrekker for updating me on the ‘phasing out of Free Flixn!’ Julz has sent me an Eyejot before and ’twas pretty cool - not exactly the same, but on the same vidoe vibe. http://www.eyejot.com/
6 March, 2008 at 11 am
Thanks for letting me know about flixn too. What are you using now to replace Flixn?
6 March, 2008 at 12 pm
I haven’t chosen a replacement yet.
Aside from those services listed in my post, I’m also checking eyejot and utterz (friends Julz and HollyRae mentioned them) as well as voxlite, viddix, veotag, and vimeo. Also have thought about YouTube (although I have my reservations!). Each has some unique features that I’ll review later; a few seem to be possibilities for the flixn replacement.
3 April, 2008 at 2 am
Bethany,
Would love to hear what features you like about the services you have looked at.
19 May, 2008 at 2 pm
Hey Bethany,
Wondered if you found any replacement yet? We’ve been looking for a video recorder / player for our users at PNN - flixn seemed like the only one we found that didn’t require the view to register - and we could embed the code on any user’s site.