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Which company would you choose to host your video podcast and why?
I'm creating a new video review show and I'd like it to be available both on the web and as a subscription in iTunes. The two services I've seen so far and am considering are Viddler, vimeo and blip.tv.
Am I on the right track? Do you like these two? Any others? Why?
Am I on the right track? Do you like these two? Any others? Why?
voted interesting: tales, christhomson
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First things first, Please READ the Terms of Service. Scott Bourne has a great article about this on Photofocus.
http://photofocus.com/2009/04/01/what-does-tos-mean-anyway/
After you have read that article, you might have dropped of the Vimeo idea a bit. Myself I love blip.tv, if you upload your files in an iPhone / iTouch ready format, blip.tv will create an mobile device friendly webpage with all your videos on it. Just click a video and it will start streaming. You can also embed those videos on a webpage, and make them still viewable like with YouTube videos.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10106558-233.html
I wonder though. Why not think of Youtube? they recently upped there Standard Quality and it looks pretty, there are also options for HD video. Youtube has a big audience, and they have the mobile apps so most mobile devices would be able to support them, by visiting YouTube mobile. Or an app on there phone.
http://photofocus.com/2009/04/01/what-does-tos-mean-anyway/
After you have read that article, you might have dropped of the Vimeo idea a bit. Myself I love blip.tv, if you upload your files in an iPhone / iTouch ready format, blip.tv will create an mobile device friendly webpage with all your videos on it. Just click a video and it will start streaming. You can also embed those videos on a webpage, and make them still viewable like with YouTube videos.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10106558-233.html
I wonder though. Why not think of Youtube? they recently upped there Standard Quality and it looks pretty, there are also options for HD video. Youtube has a big audience, and they have the mobile apps so most mobile devices would be able to support them, by visiting YouTube mobile. Or an app on there phone.
voted helpful: michaelpaul
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I've had really good service from LibSyn. It's been great for my little podcast and would be great for a video podcast....
http://www.libsyn.com
http://www.libsyn.com
The only problem with Libsyn is that its storage is limited for the price, and video podcasts aren't always the smallest files in the world. Other than that, though, Libsyn's great.
Blip.tv for me. My friends and I had a dating advice podcast until we all got really busy with college stuff, but blip.tv managed everything for us. It was simple. The ad revenue feature is great and easy also.
Basically it came down to ease of use, set up time, and quality of video. The video quality was much better than all of the other sites.
You can sign up for tubemogul which is a service that will upload your video to tons of different video sharing sites you choose and then you can go take a look at the quality yourself. Blip.tv is the best in my opinion and offers the most.
TubeMogul is www.tubemogul.com and of course, www.blip.tv
Basically it came down to ease of use, set up time, and quality of video. The video quality was much better than all of the other sites.
You can sign up for tubemogul which is a service that will upload your video to tons of different video sharing sites you choose and then you can go take a look at the quality yourself. Blip.tv is the best in my opinion and offers the most.
TubeMogul is www.tubemogul.com and of course, www.blip.tv
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voted helpful: michaelpaul, philipy, wdawe
Nice answer.
You say it's not good for a one-off show? Could you elaborate on that?
You say it's not good for a one-off show? Could you elaborate on that?
But robbrown you posted your response on Youtube! Doesn't that demo your argument?
@wdawe: robbrown's answer was a one-off, not a series of episodes, which is why it deserves to be posted to YouTube--so it makes perfect sense why he'd host it there. Thanks for the video answer, @robbrown.
@philipy: I think he's saying that YouTube's great for a one-off "show" if by "show" you mean "post." I'm interested in doing a series of video podcasts, not just a one-time post about whatever. It's designed to be episodic, like TWiT, TWiSt, Diggnation, Wine Library TV, Buzz Out Loud, and others. I think he said that because blip.tv is designed for that kind of content and built its business model around it, whereas YouTube's model is more general, like "post your video and share it with the world." Does that make sense? I get the sense that blip.tv is more about building a tv show, and youtube is more about guys falling off skateboards and smashing their nuts into a high tension wire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq1z5yko5HI
@philipy: I think he's saying that YouTube's great for a one-off "show" if by "show" you mean "post." I'm interested in doing a series of video podcasts, not just a one-time post about whatever. It's designed to be episodic, like TWiT, TWiSt, Diggnation, Wine Library TV, Buzz Out Loud, and others. I think he said that because blip.tv is designed for that kind of content and built its business model around it, whereas YouTube's model is more general, like "post your video and share it with the world." Does that make sense? I get the sense that blip.tv is more about building a tv show, and youtube is more about guys falling off skateboards and smashing their nuts into a high tension wire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq1z5yko5HI
I recommend using Blip.tv for your video podcast. Blip is great because it automatically generates an iTunes feed for you, and will give you easy access to the raw files. In addition to that, it'll also encode your videos into flash for easy playback on the web. Best of all, it's free.
If you're interested in having a WordPress blog to go with it (or even if you don't want a blog) I would recommend VideoPress, their site says "when you upload a video of almost any format we’ll crunch it into several different formats just right for streaming on the web, DVD quality, HD quality, and even optimized for iTunes and Miro."
You use your Wordpress.com account to upload video (it is a premium upgrade for $59.97/year) and it's the best quality you can get.
You use your Wordpress.com account to upload video (it is a premium upgrade for $59.97/year) and it's the best quality you can get.
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I would use YouTube. It's widely known, and there's the possibility of making money off views, if you get popular enough.
Of course, there are also downsides to YouTube. Accounts getting suspended because of false flagging perhaps the biggest right now.
Of course, there are also downsides to YouTube. Accounts getting suspended because of false flagging perhaps the biggest right now.
If you have to choose one then I'd go with Youtube.com because 25% of Google searches are for videos on Youtube.com and Google is still the biggest search engine by far. That's why Mahalo uses Youtube.com http://www.youtube.com/user/mahalodotcom. As @chrismartien said if you use TubeMogul.com you can upload to multiple video hosts and not have to choose one particular hosting service so you get the best of both worlds.
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I guess I kinda left YouTube out of the running because all of the other video podcasts I watch are not hosted on YouTube, so there's a perception I have of "there must be a reason why." I'm certainly open to giving it another look.
The video podcasts I typically watch are:
this week in startups, this week in tech, cranky geeks, dl.tv, gary vaynerchuk, wine library tv, geekbrief.tv, and a bunch of stuff from Revision3.
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So basically it sounds like Vimeo: any content you upload can be used by us to make cash without you receiving a dime. Has this happened before? I don't know--but I do know that everyone knows that famous "dog on skateboard" video that was used to promote the YouTube application for the original iPhone. Not sure if the owner of that video got any cash, but I bet YouTube did.