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Q: Why not just reuse the hash from Youtube like this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mpaPBCBjSVc Would become: mootu.be/v/mpaPBCBjSVc

This way it would be even easier to share content fast through mootu.be...

Anyway, neat service. Will be sure to try it out!

And you can teach to users just put the "mootu.be/v/" instead of "http://youtube.com/watch?v= " beginning of the url.And please put the contact form into the mootu.be ok I really didn't understand why weren't you put it.

This is an excellent suggestion and something that I had actually implemented in my original version. After using it for a little bit, however, I wasn't a big fan of the long, garbled URLs. I wanted the URLs to be as clean as the site itself. But maybe I should add that functionality back in. Thanks!

I think it's neat. People know what it is when they see it and I think your service might be even more useable...

It would be extremely simple to build plugins around your service as well, because the only thing you need is your URL - then appending any Video ID...

Nice work!

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