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

[Eric Chamberlain]

Something that didn't require flash (works on the iPhone) would be nice.

blip.tv may be an option.

On Oct 22, 2009, at 3:34 PM, John Todd wrote:

>
> 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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