Soapbox is now fully integrated with MSN video Beta. This means that soapbox is no longer a seperate and dedicated site but part of the next generation of MSN video.
So the web address for soapbox now redirects to the new location at https://next.video.msn.com. The new site now has a Soapbox user videos tab on the main navigation.
Some of the new features, courtesy of the Soapbox Team Blog:
- Single integrated site to view premium MSN Video content and your Soapbox User-Created Videos.
- Video Showcase – Highlights videos of interest, as well as most watched videos.
- Integrated Search – Integrated Search results for MSN Video, Soapbox User Videos and even Web Video results, all on one page.
- Improved Encoding Times – New Encoding servers to increase your encoding speeds.
- New Navigation – Find and search for videos using one navigation bar.
- Expandable Screensize – Expand the site on a 16×9 monitor and the video gallery will increase in size gracefully.
- Better Sort Filters – View Most Watched videos for Categories and Top Lists.
- Support of New Video Codecs and Extensions – Support for numerous types of disc drive cameras and video formats.
- Updated RSS feeds. Soapbox Videos display in RSS Readers with native embedded player.
- FullScreen option for Soapbox Embedded Player.
