[asterisk-users] AstriCon videos: a question of method

[Ron Arts]

http://video.google.com/

Free, no length limit, and they seem to have plenty of bandwidth...

Regards,
Ron Arts
NeoNova BV

John Todd schreef:
> I'm doing some quick research on how to get our videos from AstriCon  
> available in a "reasonable" format that allows easy viewing, reduces  
> our bandwidth costs, and allows good tracking for who/where/what is  
> viewing the videos.
> 
> YouTube seems to have a very nice set of tools and statistics  
> collection methods, and might be perfect EXCEPT....  Their main  
> limitation right now seems to be that they limit videos to 10 minutes,  
> which clearly doesn't work for our longer presentations.  I could  
> "patch" them together in multiple 10-minute sessions, but... ugh.  UGH.
> 
> There are other video sites out there - lots, actually.  I could spend  
> hours digging through them all, or hopefully ask here on the list and  
> have some people give me prior experiences based on their expertise  
> with hosted video solutions.
> 
> Requirements (not exhaustive list):
>    - free or very close to free (we'll pay, but not a lot)
>    - good statistical collection (who is linking? how many views? how  
> much video watched each view? where do people stop?)
>    - reasonably easy interaction (good upload tools, good UI)
>    - good viewing experience from North America, Europe, Asia
> 
> Before anyone suggests it, I'm not interested in Torrent-based  
> distribution for various political reasons.  I've started to look at  
> Flowplayer, which is appealing due to it's OSS nature and  
> customization capability, but it leaves us holding the bandwidth bill  
> (which may not be horrible, but it's a concern.)
> 
> What are your experiences?  I can't say we'll end up actually using  
> what you might think is best, but I'm very interested to hear what  
> everyone might suggest for distributing Asterisk-focused video material.
> 
> In the interests of keeping this thread from getting out of control,  
> please limit yourself to factual, content-rich posts.  "I hate  
> YouTube" or "Why didn't you film blah" is something we can discuss off- 
> list.
> 
> JT
> 
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