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drmatt drmatt
 
M$1 February 04, 2009 07:37 PM

How can I securely distribute a video over the 'net?

I'd like to sell a video over the 'net, but don't have much resources to pay for the bandwidth. I'm thinking of using a peer-to-peer distribution.

Any ideas how I can sell a video and then distribute it cost effectively?
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easyeboy easyeboy
 
 February 04, 2009 08:18 PM
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lookacleve... lookacleve...
 
February 04, 2009 07:55 PM
Consider the Vuse network.

http://www.vuze.com/Publish.html

It does all of what you have mentioned.

Monetize Your Content the Way You Want
-Ad supported
-Electronic Sell Through at the price you choose
-Or, you can offer it to viewers for free with no ads

Maintain Control & Flexibility
-Replicate your current monetization strategy
-Use Vuze to test new business models
-Content expiry gives you total control of content availability windows

And it is based on a P2P network.

Hope this helps
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robbrown robbrown
 
February 04, 2009 07:57 PM
You mention selling it...

This means that you'll have a limited audience (in relation to sales).

So, if properly encoded and compressed, the cost of bandwidth and distributing your videos will relate directly to your profit.

I'd use Flash and store the videos on your own website. I'd lock them down in a members area. Think private, secure, youtube. This isn't as complicated as it sounds and could be as easy as uploading whatever format your video camera spits out into the administration area of your website.

Technically everything from encoding (ffmpeg) to the web based members area (custom based on your needs) is pretty easy to setup. You could get a freelancer to complete the project for about $100 - $250 including the fronted website U.I, encoding, etc.

This would give you a significant amount of control / flexibility and would be the most secure. You would have full control over your content, pricing structure, etc and the only fees you would pay could be carefully calculated and infinitely expandable.

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