*This post is brought to you by VIBLIO.
During the holidays I take so many videos of my three kids. Of course I love sharing the best ones with family and friends. Most of us probably just stick our kid videos on Facebook. I do this sometimes. Everyone sees them there, and I get tons of “likes” and fun comments on them. But one thing that bothers me about sharing kid videos on Facebook is that it isn’t really a private or secure place for these personal memories. Every time I upload a video there, I have to remember to set the privacy settings to avoid letting friends of my friends have access to it. And I don’t necessarily like that from a privacy or security point of view, when it comes to my kids.
So what is a mom to do? Well, I found this new site called VIBLIO, where I can not only keep all my videos in my own private online account, but I can also share them only with the people who I want to see them. There’s no possibility that friends of friends can see them there. They are only viewable by the people who I invite to each album. And the people who I invite to view my videos on VIBLIO, cannot download an original copy like when I try to send a video in an email or by text. So this keeps my videos private, while still letting me “share” them.
Here are 5 really awesome things about using VIBLIO to store, organize and share my videos:
1. It’s super easy to upload my videos. I just drag and drop through a web browser. Or I can automatically upload all of my videos on my phone using the iOS companion app. This also allows me to free up storage space on my smartphone to take MORE videos whenever I want!
2. It has a “smart” search feature.I can organize and search for my videos by date, title, person, or place. And with THREE kids, this is awesome. The videos can be tagged from the “faces” in them. I can also add my own custom tags for searching.
3. It’s so easy to PRIVATLEY share my videos.I can create “shared” video albums and invite friends and family to join them. I can also keep adding new videos to each album over time, and everyone who has already joined that album will see the new videos whenever they are uploaded.
4. I can invite different people to view different video albums.So, I can have an album shared with just the grandparents. I can have an album that is shared with my eldest child’s soccer team parents. You get the idea. As I make new videos, I just put them into the proper album and they are automatically shared with that group (and only that group) of people.
5. VIBLIO instantly makes awesome still photos for me from my videos! From any album, I just click on the “photos” button and lots of great photos are instantly created from the videos in that album. I love this feature so much. Have you ever taken a video of your kid blowing out the birthday candles on their cake? And then later you realized that you’d love to have a photo of that special moment, but you only took a video? Well, now you have photos of it too. They are automatically created. And they are also shared with the people who you have invited to each video album.
Oh, and here’s a bonus feature. You can get your original, full resolution videos back at any time. You just request a full copy backup of all of the videos in your account and they will send you an external drive of your entire video collection that you have uploaded (for a small fee to cover the cost of the flash drive). This gives me great peace of mind. I don’t have to worry about my precious video memories existing only on my smartphone, which my youngest child might find and throw in the toilet at any time! I can put my videos on VIBLIO, delete them from my smartphone and take more videos, all the while knowing that I can get an original copy back, any time that I want.
As a free user right now I get 15 GB of storage and unlimited sharing. What’s not to like? Free video storage and secure sharing, just in time for the holidays! You can try it out here: https://viblio.com/#signup
What do you think of VIBLIO? Is it something you would like to use?
Lily Kwan says
This website looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Michele P says
that is a great idea, with social media being available to so many people now I am also hesitant to share family photos and videos on sites where everyone can see them, so this service looks like a good option.
Emily says
This is absolutely something I’d use! I love how easy it seems to be. I take SO many little videos on my phone. And the back up flash drive is really nice too!
Robin Gagnon says
What a great service. I don’t always want videos of my daughter visible to just anyone, or even casual friends.
Melinda says
my family’s privacy is so important. Thanks for sharing
Audrey at Barking Mad! says
I can see how this would be especially great for sports parents who want to share the images or videos from an event with ONLY the parents of the athletes and not everyone on IG or Facebook. I know my daughter, being in the military, will really appreciate the ease of use, and the PRIVACY of Viblio! I can’t wait to share it with her.
Crystal says
That’s a really great idea. I know that I would love the opportunity to share more videos of my kids, but you’re right…there just hasn’t been the right forum for them yet. I have to check this out.
Valerie Remy-Milora says
Wow Viblio sounds amazing! Several of my family members are not on Facebook but they live in France and sharing videos is not easy. I can’t wait to try Viblio. It just might be the perfect solution for us 🙂
Sara P. (@SensiblySara) says
I’m not sure I’d use Viblio, but it sounds like a great option! I like that it has the face feature!
Digna D. says
Very cool idea. Never heard of this. Will have to check it out. Thank you for sharing.
NJ @ A Cookie Before Dinner says
This is just the kind of thing I’ve been looking for! Thank you so much for sharing this! So much of my life “lives” on Facebook- I’d love to be able to get a thumb drive with my content on it!
Liz Mays says
This is a cool idea. The young generations are victims of being over shared to the public.
Jennifer H says
Ooh I like this. I am not one for sharing videos in a non private way.
Kecia says
We take a ton of video here too. It’s nice that you can share it privately, and have different albums for different people to see.
Jennifer Hiles says
This is sometimes what I wish facebook was like. Sometimes I just want to share my posts, photos and videos with family and close friends. Glad you found this and shared. I know several people that would be interested in something like this.
Mona says
Hi Jennifer, Great to hear this! Yes, please spread the word to your friends about Viblio. We agree with you that Facebook is not ideal in certain situations for sharing videos, and that is why we created Viblio. Please try it and let us know what you think! – Mona
Stephanie Keeping says
This would be perfect for sharing with grandparents.
Andrea Kruse says
Nice option for concerned parents. It is great to see options like this as an alternative to videos being used or seen without permission.
Raijean says
Ok, I’m going to have to try this. I’ve been looking for an easy way to share the boychild’s videos.
Mona says
You should definitely try it! As a bonus, if you upload at least 10 videos, you’ll get a free “video mashup” which is super cute. Let us know if you have any questions! – Mona
vickie couturier says
interesting post,,not sure yet ,,I don’t have many videos but im sure the grown kids do so ill pass this along