reeplay.it

Reeplay.it was a web-based service established in 2008 by Italian internet entrepreneur and pioneer Giuseppe Stefano Quintarelli. The platform was designed to allow users to save videos from various online sources and play them back on a multitude of devices, including PCs, TVs, iPods, and mobile phones.

The service functioned by having users add a 'Replay It' bookmarklet to their browser. When a user found a video they wished to keep, they would click the bookmarklet, add a title, and save it to a playlist. Reeplay.it would then handle the necessary processing in the background, making the video accessible for playback on different hardware. This addressed a common issue at the time, where video formats were not universally compatible across the growing number of personal media devices.

The founder, Giuseppe Stefano Quintarelli, is a notable figure in the Italian technology scene, recognized as one of the pioneers of the internet in Italy. He founded the country's first commercial Internet Service Provider, I.NET, and has been actively involved in technology policy and digital rights, later serving as a member of the Italian Parliament. His work often explores the intersection of technology, regulation, and society. The Reeplay.it venture was one of his many projects within the evolving internet landscape of the 2000s, though it appears to be no longer active.

Keywords: video saving, video playback, cross-device compatibility, video bookmarking, online video tools, Giuseppe Stefano Quintarelli, web utility, media conversion, digital video, Italian internet history