I'm doing some quick research on how to get our videos from AstriCon available in a "reasonable" format that allows easy viewing, reduces our bandwidth costs, and allows good tracking for who/where/what is viewing the videos. YouTube seems to have a very nice set of tools and statistics collection methods, and might be perfect EXCEPT.... Their main limitation right now seems to be that they limit videos to 10 minutes, which clearly doesn't work for our longer presentations. I could "patch" them together in multiple 10-minute sessions, but... ugh. UGH. There are other video sites out there - lots, actually. I could spend hours digging through them all, or hopefully ask here on the list and have some people give me prior experiences based on their expertise with hosted video solutions. Requirements (not exhaustive list): - free or very close to free (we'll pay, but not a lot) - good statistical collection (who is linking? how many views? how much video watched each view? where do people stop?) - reasonably easy interaction (good upload tools, good UI) - good viewing experience from North America, Europe, Asia Before anyone suggests it, I'm not interested in Torrent-based distribution for various political reasons. I've started to look at Flowplayer, which is appealing due to it's OSS nature and customization capability, but it leaves us holding the bandwidth bill (which may not be horrible, but it's a concern.) What are your experiences? I can't say we'll end up actually using what you might think is best, but I'm very interested to hear what everyone might suggest for distributing Asterisk-focused video material. In the interests of keeping this thread from getting out of control, please limit yourself to factual, content-rich posts. "I hate YouTube" or "Why didn't you film blah" is something we can discuss off- list. JT --- John Todd email:jtodd at digium.com Digium, Inc. | Asterisk Open Source Community Director 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville AL 35806 - USA direct: +1-256-428-6083 http://www.digium.com/
I like viddler. Nice stats and as far as i know, no limit in length. Also a nice customizable player. On 10/23/09, John Todd <jtodd at digium.com> wrote:> > I'm doing some quick research on how to get our videos from AstriCon > available in a "reasonable" format that allows easy viewing, reduces > our bandwidth costs, and allows good tracking for who/where/what is > viewing the videos. > > YouTube seems to have a very nice set of tools and statistics > collection methods, and might be perfect EXCEPT.... Their main > limitation right now seems to be that they limit videos to 10 minutes, > which clearly doesn't work for our longer presentations. I could > "patch" them together in multiple 10-minute sessions, but... ugh. UGH. > > There are other video sites out there - lots, actually. I could spend > hours digging through them all, or hopefully ask here on the list and > have some people give me prior experiences based on their expertise > with hosted video solutions. > > Requirements (not exhaustive list): > - free or very close to free (we'll pay, but not a lot) > - good statistical collection (who is linking? how many views? how > much video watched each view? where do people stop?) > - reasonably easy interaction (good upload tools, good UI) > - good viewing experience from North America, Europe, Asia > > Before anyone suggests it, I'm not interested in Torrent-based > distribution for various political reasons. I've started to look at > Flowplayer, which is appealing due to it's OSS nature and > customization capability, but it leaves us holding the bandwidth bill > (which may not be horrible, but it's a concern.) > > What are your experiences? I can't say we'll end up actually using > what you might think is best, but I'm very interested to hear what > everyone might suggest for distributing Asterisk-focused video material. > > In the interests of keeping this thread from getting out of control, > please limit yourself to factual, content-rich posts. "I hate > YouTube" or "Why didn't you film blah" is something we can discuss off- > list. > > JT > > --- > John Todd email:jtodd at digium.com > Digium, Inc. | Asterisk Open Source Community Director > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville AL 35806 - USA > direct: +1-256-428-6083 http://www.digium.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
http://video.google.com/ Free, no length limit, and they seem to have plenty of bandwidth... Regards, Ron Arts NeoNova BV John Todd schreef:> I'm doing some quick research on how to get our videos from AstriCon > available in a "reasonable" format that allows easy viewing, reduces > our bandwidth costs, and allows good tracking for who/where/what is > viewing the videos. > > YouTube seems to have a very nice set of tools and statistics > collection methods, and might be perfect EXCEPT.... Their main > limitation right now seems to be that they limit videos to 10 minutes, > which clearly doesn't work for our longer presentations. I could > "patch" them together in multiple 10-minute sessions, but... ugh. UGH. > > There are other video sites out there - lots, actually. I could spend > hours digging through them all, or hopefully ask here on the list and > have some people give me prior experiences based on their expertise > with hosted video solutions. > > Requirements (not exhaustive list): > - free or very close to free (we'll pay, but not a lot) > - good statistical collection (who is linking? how many views? how > much video watched each view? where do people stop?) > - reasonably easy interaction (good upload tools, good UI) > - good viewing experience from North America, Europe, Asia > > Before anyone suggests it, I'm not interested in Torrent-based > distribution for various political reasons. I've started to look at > Flowplayer, which is appealing due to it's OSS nature and > customization capability, but it leaves us holding the bandwidth bill > (which may not be horrible, but it's a concern.) > > What are your experiences? I can't say we'll end up actually using > what you might think is best, but I'm very interested to hear what > everyone might suggest for distributing Asterisk-focused video material. > > In the interests of keeping this thread from getting out of control, > please limit yourself to factual, content-rich posts. "I hate > YouTube" or "Why didn't you film blah" is something we can discuss off- > list. > > JT > > --- > John Todd email:jtodd at digium.com > Digium, Inc. | Asterisk Open Source Community Director > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville AL 35806 - USA > direct: +1-256-428-6083 http://www.digium.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- NeoNova BV innovatieve internetoplossingen http://www.neonova.nl Science Park 140 1098 XG Amsterdam info: 020-5611300 servicedesk: 020-5611302 fax: 020-5611301 KvK Amsterdam 34151241 Op dit bericht is de volgende disclaimer van toepassing: http://www.neonova.nl/maildisclaimer
As others have said, John, Viddler is good. If you have any shorter-than 10 minute videos, you might put them on YouTube as well for the sheer exposure and then add something pointing to a Viddler URL for "additional, longer content". /r
Eric Chamberlain
2009-Oct-23 17:01 UTC
[asterisk-users] AstriCon videos: a question of method
Something that didn't require flash (works on the iPhone) would be nice. blip.tv may be an option. On Oct 22, 2009, at 3:34 PM, John Todd wrote:> > I'm doing some quick research on how to get our videos from AstriCon > available in a "reasonable" format that allows easy viewing, reduces > our bandwidth costs, and allows good tracking for who/where/what is > viewing the videos. > > YouTube seems to have a very nice set of tools and statistics > collection methods, and might be perfect EXCEPT.... Their main > limitation right now seems to be that they limit videos to 10 minutes, > which clearly doesn't work for our longer presentations. I could > "patch" them together in multiple 10-minute sessions, but... ugh. > UGH. > > There are other video sites out there - lots, actually. I could spend > hours digging through them all, or hopefully ask here on the list and > have some people give me prior experiences based on their expertise > with hosted video solutions. > > Requirements (not exhaustive list): > - free or very close to free (we'll pay, but not a lot) > - good statistical collection (who is linking? how many views? how > much video watched each view? where do people stop?) > - reasonably easy interaction (good upload tools, good UI) > - good viewing experience from North America, Europe, Asia > > Before anyone suggests it, I'm not interested in Torrent-based > distribution for various political reasons. I've started to look at > Flowplayer, which is appealing due to it's OSS nature and > customization capability, but it leaves us holding the bandwidth bill > (which may not be horrible, but it's a concern.) > > What are your experiences? I can't say we'll end up actually using > what you might think is best, but I'm very interested to hear what > everyone might suggest for distributing Asterisk-focused video > material. > > In the interests of keeping this thread from getting out of control, > please limit yourself to factual, content-rich posts. "I hate > YouTube" or "Why didn't you film blah" is something we can discuss > off- > list. > > JT > > --- > John Todd email:jtodd at digium.com > Digium, Inc. | Asterisk Open Source Community Director > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville AL 35806 - USA > direct: +1-256-428-6083 http://www.digium.com/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users