Stream Your Videos on the Web for Free or from your Website

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Stream Your Videoson the Webfor Free or from
your Website!
Merrill Hessel Tom Hoopengardner Paul Silverman
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1. Create video2. Decide on Strategy for
Streaming3. Join a free streaming web site4.
Capture to hard drive5. Transcode (if necessary)
6. Upload to web7. Link to your video8.
Streaming Apps for the MAC
Steps to Streaming
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Your Strategy for Streaming

• Do you want a lot of Viewers?
• There are 240 Video Sharing Sites For a lot of
  people to view your videos you need to hit the
  top sites.
• Do you just want a limit viewers to go to your
  Website? Many sites allow you to limit viewers
• MSN, Vimeo, Youtube, Jumpcut,
• Your Own Website Linked to Others

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websitevideoguide.comThen click on Top Rankings
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Ranking Criteria by PC World

• Storage limit per user
• Acceptable file types formats for upload
• Site converts files to
• Revenue-sharing details
• Video sharing options (social networking)
• Support for upload via cell phone
• Ability to make videos private
• Embedded player supports wide-aspect video
  without letterboxing
• High-definition support
• Online video editing capabilities
• Supports playlist creation
• Supports customizable user channel/profile page

• Design and usability
• Ease of file upload
• Embedded player design
• User-selectable video thumbnail
• Embedded player viewing options
• Users can download video
• Overall Web site design
• Documentation and support
• Performance
• Video quality
• Audio quality
• Processing speed
• Features
• File size/length limits

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Ranking of Sites
Downloadsquad
PC World
DVGuru

• Blip.tv
• VideoEgg
• Dailymotion
• YouTube
• Veoh
• Google Video
• Grouper
• Jumpcut
• AOL
• Eyespot

• 1) Blip
• 2) Stage
• 3) Brightcove
• 4) Revver
• 5) Veoh
• 6) MSN
• 7) YouTube
• 8) Vimeo
• 9) Jumpcut
• 10) MySpace

• Eyespot
• Google
• Grouper
• Jumpcut
• Ourmedia
• Revver
• Vimeo
• vSocial
• YouTube
• Videoegg

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PC WORLD Top Ten Websites Limitations

• blip.tv
• stage6.divx.com
• brightcove.com
• one.revver.com
• veoh.com
• soapbox.msn.com
• youtube.com
• vimeo.com
• jumpcut.com
• vids.myspace.com

• 100 Mb- Any Length
• 2 Gb - Any Length
• 100 Mb- Any Length
• 100 Mb- Any Length
• Any Size- Any Length
• 100 Mb- Any Length
• 100 Mb- 10 Minutes
• 250 Mb- Any Length
• 100 Mb- Any Length
• 100 Mb- Any Length

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PC WORLD Top Ten Websites Files Accepted

• Blip.tv
• stage6.divx.com
• brightcove.com
• one.revver.com
• veoh.com
• soapbox.msn.com
• youtube.com
• vimeo.com
• jumpcut.com
• vids.myspace.com

• QT, wmv,Flash
• Divx, avi
• 3gp, avi, Mpeg 2 4, QT, wmv
• QT, MPEG, mpg, wmv, 3gp,avi
• avi, MPEG, QT, wmv
• 3gp, avi, Mpeg 2 4, QT, wmv
• avi, QT, mpg, wmv
• QT, MPEG, mpg, wmv, 3gp,avi
• avi, QT, MPEG 4,rm, wmv, 3gp
• Almost any format

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PC WORLD Top Ten Websites Revenue Sharing

• Blip.tv
• stage6.divx.com
• brightcove.com
• one.revver.com
• veoh.com
• soapbox.msn.com
• youtube.com
• vimeo.com
• jumpcut.com
• vids.myspace.com

• Optional 50/50 split
• No
• Some
• Compulsory Ads, split
• Optional ads, 50/50 split
• No
• Not now
• No
• No
• No

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Your Own Web Site

• You just upload your video to it in the proper
  format for streaming and it works
• Advantage can track usage and under your control
• E.g. Look at mcagfair.com/fair click on videos
  and shows that I uploaded will play in a Windows
  Media Format since 90 of the Computers are PCs,
  even MACS use wmv files

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1. Create video2. Decide on Strategy for
Streaming3. Join a free streaming web site4.
Capture to hard drive5. Transcode (if necessary)
6. Upload to web7. Link to your video8.
Streaming Apps for the MAC
Steps to Streaming
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1. Create video2. Decide on Strategy for
Streaming3. Join a free streaming web site4.
Capture to hard drive5. Transcode (if necessary)
6. Upload to web7. Link to your video8.
Streaming Apps for the MAC
Steps to Streaming
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Transcoding

• Capture directly to small format from tape or TV
• Transcode using NLE
• Rip a DVD

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TranscodingCapture Directly to Small Format

• MovieMaker, but not iMovie
• Adobe Premiere (Elements or Pro)
• FCP
• Sony Vegas
• Your NLE

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TranscodingCapture Directly to Small Format

• Source
• Tape from videocam or deck
• TV via a TV card
• Tapeless (P2 Card/Hard Drive)

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Demo Moviemaker
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TranscodingCapture Directly to Small Format

• Rip a DVD
• Download a DVD Ripper
• Google DVD Ripper

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1. Create video2. Decide on Strategy for
Streaming3. Join a free streaming web site4.
Capture to hard drive5. Transcode (if necessary)
6. Upload to web7. Link to your video
Steps to Streaming
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1. Create video2. Decide on Strategy for
Streaming3. Join a free streaming web site4.
Capture to hard drive5. Transcode (if necessary)
6. Upload to web7. Link to your video8.
Streaming Apps for the MAC
Steps to Streaming
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1. Create video2. Decide on Strategy for
Streaming3. Join a free streaming web site4.
Capture to hard drive5. Transcode (if necessary)
6. Upload to web7. Link to your video8.
Streaming Apps for the MAC
Steps to Streaming
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MAC Applications for the Web

• Dreamweaver
• Sandvox
• iWeb

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Web Streaming Preparation

• For Quicktime
• For FCP
• For iMovie 06
• For iMovie 08

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Websites for Information

• websitevideoguide.com
• pcworld.com/article/id,136021/article.html
• lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id100934
• dvguru.com/2006/04/07/ten-video-sharing-services-c
  ompared
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_hosting_service
• upload.video.google.com

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Contact Information

• www.dvug.org
• Email dvug_at_meral.com