Comments on: Video hosting services

By: Videopress | DavePress

Videopress | DavePress — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:34:49 +0000

[...] Video hosting is always a bit of a bother, as no one service does it all, as far as I am aware. [...]

By: b3rn

b3rn — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:36:05 +0000

For a consultation – especially a question and answer format – the video conversations of Seesmic look excellent

Plus there’s no uploading – it’s direct recording from your webcam to the Seesmic website

(you know this – I just spotted the ‘add a video comment with Seesmic’)

By: MJ Ray

MJ Ray — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:18:20 +0000

There are tools to download the video from youtube, but they don’t make it easy.

Vimeo’s failure to allow ordinary viewers to download should rule it out, in my opinion. What is the point of a video site which you can’t view on a personal video recorder? It’s like a teapot with no spout.

Blip seems OK. Clicking the RSS feed gives links to download mov-format files which play on a PVR.

I’m still watching new developments like TinyVid and Qik – there is still space in this market for a category killer.

By: Mike Amos-Simpson

Mike Amos-Simpson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:02:15 +0000

revver always seems to give the best quality compression of the ones I’ve used – unfortunately it has a limit too (think its 100mb) and it takes FOREVER to get films approved.

Youtube = crap quality – I’ve spent ages fiddling with settings and never yet managed to get one at a decent quality. Same with google video – quality is rubbish, but at least theres no limit so often end up using that. I’m always a bit bothered with some of the services about whether they’ll disappear and I’ll end up having to reupload vids to another place.

By: Alistair

Alistair — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:16:45 +0000

I prefer Vimeo to YouTube, especially the ease of putting a password on a video – for that reason, and the improved quality of uploaded material, I use it to show videos internally for feedback/approval.

But I (Parliament) use YouTube for our official channel – for the eyeballs really. Although I do think YouTube has improved lately, with widescreen and the high-quality option.

By: Whitehall Webby

Whitehall Webby — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:54:08 +0000

Have you looked at this Dave?: http://www.tubemogul.com

Allows you to publish to multiple video services simultaneously and get stats back.