Best Way to Post Video Clips to Share Publicly?

Hey Rob,

Before I give you a list, I recommend:
OurMedia.org - Yes it does allow you to upload and store unlimited video.
Google Video - Pretty good simple service.

For more fancy sites:
Sharkle.com - One of the best out there, with great quality, if 1GB storage isn't an issue with you.

Boltfolio - If you are a Flickr fan, you'll feel at home here.

For more video hosting options, read video sharing sites roundup :

http://25thdimension.blogsome.com/2005/11/01/the-creme-de-video-sharing-websites

If you want to get this done free, stick it out with OurMedia. I had a similar "nothings happening" experience with them, but finally logged in and uploaded. Try a small file first, just to see if you can get it working. I would have rather had the file NOT play automatically, cuz it slows down loading, so watch for that option.

Here's my OurMedia experiment video - an adorable clip of my kitten for my blog -

http://psk.funDiva.com

Christy and Klim: Thanks very much, sounds like I'm at least on the right track. I've now gotten further with Ourmedia, using its uploading software, so hope that will work....

Rob, if OurMedia is giving you pain, I suggest you try more user friendly sites. I had trouble with OurMedia a couple times before too. There is also Video.com that is geared to Vloggers, so it should be easy to upload and get things running.

oops... that should be VIMEO.com not video... should have used the preview feature.

Rob,

Try out www.Revver.com. (full disclosure, they are a client of Edelman).

Nice thing is once you post them, they can be downloaded by others, posted on their sites etc. Can even be pulled into iTunes.

Good luck,
Josh Morgan

Rob we have solved these problems but we are in beta at the moment. We will get your video's onto the web with a drag+drop. Check out www.omnidrive.com.au.

Might try www.YouTube.com. It's based on being able to easily upload and share clips--including directly on your blog--without software downloads or a long verification process. (FYI: I do work with YouTube).

Video Posting is complicated but with the tutorials provided on this site even your dog could have a Vlog:

freevlog.org

Oh and its free!

I just found dropshots.com last week while trying to post some video of a Rose Bowl party. I was able to easily link to it. They also host photos.

I found YouTube.com to work reasonably well.

I've had good results with vmix.com. They use swf format to play back, nice and smooth.

My friends swear by revver.com

I like YouTube, and have used it, and also like Audioblog.com (and currently use it).

With YouTube, you can take the coding and put it on your own site. Had a student do that for her final project, and it turned out nice.

You really should check out vSocial (disclaimer: I am a co-founder). I think the key takeaways after a 5-10 minutes test drive of the vSocial service are as follows:

1. vSocial makes the video upload, encode, publish and distribute process brain dead simple so it just works. Our users tell us that we have really nailed it from a user interface and usability perspective.

2. The service is differentiated from all others in the sense that the company provides browser based tools (i.e., no downloads required) that enable you to actually "do something" with videos after you have uploaded them.

You can integrate videos on the site into your video iPod in a click. You can create posts to Blogger and TypePad accounts via Blog It!, vSocial’s web based WYSIWYG editor.

User badges adorn MySpace, Xanga and other community pages and showcase your latest and favorite videos.

Best of all, the new “Play All Videos” feature in the company’s embedded video roll player allows consumers to watch an amalgam of clips as one continuous "reel." This enables consumers to become virtual broadcasters by compiling stories using multiple clips.

You can test this feature out by going to the About Page (http://www.vsocial.com/about.php) on vSocial and clicking on the "Play All Videos" button in the video roll embedded in the page.

There you can also see the standard embedded player, which provides remote viewers visibility to comments on your video, tags associated with it and controls for sharing and grabbing the clip.

Cheers,

Mark
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vSocial: The Video Clip Sharing Community: www.vsocial.com
Tell stories, start conversations, extend the web -- with video.

I've tested as many free video hosting sites/services as I could find, and in the end, Revver wins in my opinion.

The quality of the final compressed video was better than it's peers, and you get a revenue share of any click through ad revenue generated from the ad embedded at the end of your video file.

Here's a list of free video hosting sites to check out, some of which have already been mentioned:

www.revver.com

www.youtube.com

www.veoh.com

www.dailymotion.com

www.vsocial.com

www.vidilife.com

www.boltfolio.com

www.archive.org

www.sharkle.com

www.castpost.com

www.clipshack.com

www.zippyvideos.com

www.pixparty.com

www.evideoshare.com

www.ourmedia.org

www.vimeo.com

www.flukiest.com

www.nowpublic.com

Also useful: Video Search and Video Apps:

www.truveo.com

www.blinkx.tv

www.singingfish.com

www.brightcove.com

www.videoegg.com

www.lightningcast.com

www.shadowtv.com

Enjoy!

Ian

You could add your video to Time Netsule's Internet time capsule but you wouldn't be able to watch it for another 50 years. ;o)

Waoh. Thats an impressive list of video sites.

Thanks Ian. You have just cut down my sleeping hours. haha.

Thanks guys, you make my sleeping hours cut too! I already join some sharing video website! and some of them is cool! Thanks a lot dude!

Syed,
Jemput.Com

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You should try Viddler http://www.viddler.com
500 mb video file size limit, share videos, timed comments, it's new.

If you want the best video quality playback, try Stage6.com which is DIVX's YouTube copycat. The playback is almost DVD quality and the encoder/codec is only $20.

Once you have your videos you can embed them everywhere. If you have a fiction based video or series consider posting them on ComedyCaster

Hi all,

I have tried youtube and found it to be ok, but they excluded my wedding video as too long.

I Tried a great service called Veoh (free by the way) and it worked out great.

http://www.veoh.com

IMHO,

Andy

These are all great video sharing sites, sites such as Veoh and Dailymotion have come on top of the list recently as their video quality has improved and so on, i would love to see these companies advance their technologies into the next level.

I recently found a really good video sharing site (www.Buzdeo.com) which I have been using for the last few months. It enables me to upload videos that are fairly large (clips of 100Mb +) and then share them either privately with friends and family or publicly (on a blog etc) .
What I really liked about the site was how easy it was since Buzdeo seems to just work whatever I upload clips onto it. The viewing history is also a nice feature which allows me to see straight away who and when had viewed my Video clip. I have friends and family in the US and Austrailia and its a really good way to stay in touch and share those memories.