Video Sharing

Video Sharing

Video Sharing is a type of web service that allows anyone to upload videos and share them with the world. When a video is uploaded, a Video Sharing service stores the video clip on its web servers. The service will then show the uploader a URL with which to share the video with others. Often an embed code is provided to allow the uploader the option of displaying the video directly onto his or her webpage, blog, or social networking profile.

Video Sharing is becoming more and more popular due to the fact that many people do not have a web hosting provider that offers enough bandwidth or storage space. Since the average video size is somewhere between 10 and 15 megabytes, most users cannot afford a hosting plan that can deal with thousands of video views per day. Dedicated servers that can handle high traffic videos can cost several hundreds of dollars per month and require expert knowledge to setup and maintain. Video Sharing popularity has also risen due to the fact that the number of user-generated videos has increased greatly due to the wide use of cellphones with video capability. Previous methods of sharing videos, such as DVD burning, are not practical and can be quite time consuming. Broadband ISPs, such as DSL and Cable, offer internet connections fast enough to upload or view videos taken with cellphones.

Users sign-up for an account and upload files to a Video Sharing service for a variety of reasons. As mentioned previously, the primary reason is to save on web hosting bandwidth fees. Since most Video Sharing is completely free, bandwidth costs are reduced to zero. Secondly, users want to create a common place for their videos. By sharing the URL to their Video Sharing profile, users can share all of their videos at one convenient location. Lastly, Video Sharing is used because it easy to use and does not have a steep learning curve. No previous programming experience is required since a web browser, such as Chrome or Firefox, is used to access the videos.

Video Sharing features depend on the company providing the service. The most common Video Sharing features include: account creation to manage video uploads, a comment system to communicate with other users, playlists to select multiple videos from several accounts, customizable member profile pages, keyword tagging, video editing tools, and live streaming capabilities.

Video Sharing limitations also vary depending on which service is used. The limitations that are commonly enforced include: video length, bandwidth used per video, total storage space taken up, video resolution, and video formats allowed. Most services allow for unlimited bandwidth and storage space, but limit an individual video's length to 15 minutes and the file size to 100 megabytes. The most common video formats are MPEG-4 (.mp4), Audio Video Interleave (.avi), Apple Quicktime (.mov), 3GPP (.3gp), and Flash Video (.flv). Other less common formats are Matroska Multimedia Container (.mpv), WebM (.webm), and Ogg (.ogg).

As of late, Video Sharing has focused on smart phones and tablets, where videos are easily searched for and quickly downloaded and watched. Most of the popular Video Sharing companies have added mobile versions of their websites. Mobile versions offer fewer features so the site loads faster and may also offer less videos due to compatability issues. Mobile apps are available that allow users to upload videos directly from their cellphones.

 



Video Sharing Sites

English:

Internet Archive Video at http://www.archive.org/details/opensource_movies
Youtube at http://www.youtube.com
Yahoo Video at http://video.yahoo.com
Photobucket at http://photobucket.com/recent/videos/
Flickr Video at http://www.flickr.com/explore/video/
Daily Motion at http://www.dailymotion.com
Metacafe at http://www.metacafe.com
Veoh at http://www.veoh.com
Justin TV at http://www.justin.tv
Break at http://www.break.com
Ebaums World at http://www.ebaumsworld.com
Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv
Live Leak at http://www.liveleak.com
Hulu at http://www.hulu.com
Vimeo


Russia:

Rambler Vision at http://vision.rambler.ru
RuTube at http://rutube.ru

China:

Youku at http://www.youku.com
V.qq at http://v.qq.com
V.sina.com.cn at http://v.sina.com.cn

India:

Rediff iShare at http://ishare.rediff.com/
India Video at http://www.indiavideo.org




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