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A Table Comparing Different Video Hosting Sites

Melissa Ulbright Features Youtube [1] Vimeo [2] [3] [4] Bambuser [5] Archive.org [6] EngageMedia [7] 120 million monthly unique visitors to the "Hundreds of millions," More than 2 million unique IPs each day, An average of 16,500 monthly unique visitors Site visitors More than 1 billion each month. 100 million monthly unique views. [3]More than 1 billion each month. site. It also claims to be the most popular according to a Bambuser according to charts on archive.org. to the site European site across all categories. blog post. Open content licensing No No No No No Yes. Creative Commons or public domain. Yes There are currently no You can upload longer than 15 minutes but technical limits on how long Archive asks that you submit the highest you'll need to verify your YouTube account via mobile No time limit, as long as it fits For an unverified account, 10 minutes. Verfified you can broadcast, how quality format available, and then attempts Varies. The site also recommends settings for Time limit device. Keep in mind, you’ll only be able to upload long 60 minutes within the upload limit. accounts can upload up to 20 minutes. much you can broadcast, or to create smaller file sizes and formats low bandwidth situations. videos if your account is in good standing based on for how long the material is automatically with deriver program. YouTube community guidelines. stored. Vimeo Basic (free) allows an upload There are currently no limit of 500MB and 1 HD video per technical limits on how long Archive asks that you submit the highest Varies, depending on length and bitrate. The week. Vimeo Plus allows files up to For an unverified account, the limit is 100MB.Verified you can broadcast, how quality format available, and then attempts File size limit 20 GB and greater 4 GB site provides recommended settings for low 5GB. Vimeo PRO allows up to 20GB accounts can upload 1 GB. much you can broadcast or to create smaller file sizes and formats bandwidth situations of video per week, or up to 1040GB for how long the material is automatically with deriver program. per year. stored. Yes. EngageMedia focuses on video content No, although video content from Southeast Asia that cover social and Region or Yes, depending on the established page you post the can be sorted by map. There No No No No enviromental justice issues. There are videos issue based video. is also a channel for "Middle from other parts of the world as well but East" content. limited. Vimeo Basic (free), Vimeo Plus Base service is free to Cost Free ($9.95/month), and Vimeo PRO Free Free consumers and charity Free Free ($199/year) organizations. Yes, via Bambuser app. On select platforms (currently Android, iOS, Maemo and Yes. If you have an Android or iOS device, you can use Mobile device MeeGo), it is possible to save No, but you can access the site from a the YouTube app or YouTube Capture. For other Yes Yes Yes Yes, via mobile browser. uploads a recording to the phone and mobile browser. devices, you can use email or MMS to upload videos. upload it to Bambuser at a later time when internet connectivity is available. Yes, available for iOS, Bada, Nokia MeeGo, Maemo 5, Symbian^3, Symbian S60 5th Mobile device Yes, for iOS, Android, Windows Yes, for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Edition, Symbian S60 3rd Yes, for Android and iOS. Yes No No uploads Phone 7 and 8. 7. Edition, Symbian S60 2nd Edition, Symbian UIQ 3, Android, and Windows Mobile. Videos Check if the video is being hosted elsewhere, such as Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes embeddable YouTube. Sort of. Proceed at your own risk: you'll have to use third-party software, and downloading videos or using an external application to download videos that lack an Videos official button or similar link is a violation of YouTube You can use third party tools to download Facebook Only your video content is Yes No Yes Yes downloadable terms and the video owner’s copyright. YouTube is videos. downloadable by you. undertaking a pilot project to allow content owners the ability to make their content legally downloadable for free or for a fee. To live stream, a broadband connection is generally Vimeo does not provide a list of Supported MP4 is preferred, but the site generally recommended, but you can supported file formats, but states Archive suggests MPEG2 files but can MPEG4 is the most common, but EngageMedia input file MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, MPEGPS, FLV, 3GPP, WebM Facebook recommends MOV or MP4 format. accepts 3gp, avi, divx, m4v, mkv, mov, broadcast live video on that it "supports most major and accept other file formats. accepts multiple formats. formats mp4, mpeg, mpg, ogg, and wmv. Bambuser with as little as popular types." 100 Kbps of upload bandwidth. Upload audio Yes, but you'll first need to combine audio and image Yes Yes No No Yes Yes or image files files into a format that will work on YouTube. Non-Flash video formats Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Option available Yes To stream, a broadband connection is generally recommended, but you can YouTube accepts resolutions up to 4K and uses 16:9 Resolution: 640 pixels wide (SD) or broadcast live video on aspect ratio players. If you are uploading a non-16:9 1280 pixels wide (HD) Bambuser with as little as file, it will be processed and displayed with pillar boxes 100 Kbps of upload (black bars on the left and right) or letter boxes (black Common resolutions for SD video Facebook recommends H.264 video with AAC audio Format MP4 (file extension .mp4) bandwidth. Bambuser bars at the top and bottom) provided by the player. If include 640 x 480 px (4:3 aspect in MOV or MP4 format. Codec: H264 (High profile) 640x480 for standard definition 4:3 suggests you use no more you want to fit the player perfectly, encode at these ratio) and 640 x 360 px (16:9 Make sure the video isn't more than 1280px wide. Frame Rate: 24, 25 or 30 (Constant) Resolution video, 840x480 for standard definition than 320x240 pixels when Video (h.264): 640x480 (width scaled if resolutions: aspect ratio). The most common Try to keep your aspect ratio, or the length and width Frame Size / Resolution: 1280 x 720 (720p) and encoding 16:9 video, and 1280x720 or 1920x1080 having decent 3G coverage. wider/narrower than 4x3 ratio) setting for HD video is 1280 x 720 of the video, to multiples of 16px. Fields: Progressive for high definition. 1080p: 1920x1080 px (16:9 aspect ratio). Plus and PRO Keep the frame rate of your video at, or below, 30fps. Bitrate: 5,000 – 10,000 kbit/s If the broadcast application 720p: 1280x720 members have the option to present Use stereo audio with a sample rate of 44,100hz. indicates a speed of 20000 480p: 854x480 their videos at 1080p. 1920 x 1080 bytes/s or less, or the stream 360p: 640x360 px is the most common resolution health indicator goes below 240p: 426x240 for 1080p video. 50%, you might want to go down to a lower resolution such as 176x144. Compression https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171? http://vimeo.com/help/compression https://www.facebook.com/help/124738474272230 http://www.dailymotion.com/upload/faq http://bambuser.com/help https://archive.org/about/faqs.php#Movies http://www.engagemedia.org/help/help/how- guidelines hl=en [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] to-compress-video [14] Yes. Available in 18 different languages Yes, you can access different language and country Yes. EngageMedia also offers subtitles and Multilingual No Yes and 35 localised versions (local home No Yes options via computer or mobile device. translations online. pages and local content). Violations of any Vimeo guidelines Archive reserves the right to Censorship YouTube will remove videos that violate their Dailymotion can take down videos that violate their Bambuser deletes inappropriate or illegal Work must meet submission guildelines or may lead to the removal of your remove any submitted by site established community guidelines. terms. material which is against the terms of use. it will be rejected. videos and/or your Vimeo account. material. Vimeo has been reported to have DailyMotion has been reported to have Bambuser has been reported Archive.org has been reported to have been Blocked YouTube has been blocked in countries. Facebook has been blocked in countries. Not blocked in any country. been blocked in countries. been blocked in countries. to be blocked in countries. blocked in some countries.

file:///Users/c5c5/Documents/+work/current/+EM/+v4c/materials2014/6734.html[5/20/14 4:54:45 PM] Viewer search Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Videos can be shared publicly, privately with Private Mode, exclusively for Vimeo another Bambuser user or You can select your videos to be posted as public, Privacy PRO members, enables you to keep Facebook user, or unlisted private, or unlisted. Videos uploaded as public won’t go Public, friends, only you, or custom. You can select your video to be private. Videos are public. Videos are public. options your profile page and videos from (hidden) via the Bambuser live until you click publish. appearing on Vimeo.com. premium offering. You can also manage privacy-related settings such as geotagging. To live stream or upload, To upload a video, you need to have a Facebook To upload a video, you must sign up for To contribute to the digital archive, you'll you'll need to register with To upload a video, you need to sign in to YouTube, To upload a video, you need to join account, which requires first and last name, email, Dailymotion, which requires email, need to "get a library card" and join the To publish video, you'll need to register, Bambuser, which requires Access which requires a account. Google accounts Vimeo, which requires a first and password, birthday, and gender. To upload longer password, and birthdate. You choose your site, which requires email, screenname, which requires full name, user name, email, username, email, password, require first and last names. last name, email, and password. videos (up to 20 minutes), you'll need to verify your own username, which shows up alongside password, and accepting the site's terms of and password. country, and confirmation of account, which requires a mobile device. your video content. use. age. YouTube allows people to join the Partner Programme Yes, the premium version is Ads Vimeo is ad free for Plus users. No Yes No No to monetise content. Ads do appear on videos. ad-free. On your video, you can see Yes, via Facebook Page Insights, but you'll have to likes and views, including the You can see plays, likes, and Analytics or YouTube Analytics offers reports and data on views, establish a Facebook Page for an organization or number of people watching See number of downloads and See number of views, downloads and comments. Advanced statistics Basic statistics and views. insights engagement, traffic sources, demographics. campaign. Insight analytics are not available for live. Bambuser premium comments/reviews. comments. available for Plus and PRO. individual personal pages. provides comprehensive statistics. Terms of http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/terms http://bambuser.com/tou http://www.engagemedia.org/editorial-policy https://www.youtube.com/t/terms [15] http://vimeo.com/terms [16] https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy [17] https://archive.org/about/terms.php [20] service [18] [19] [21] Privacy https://www.youtube.com/static? http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/privacy http://bambuser.com/privacy http://www.engagemedia.org/editorial-policy http://vimeo.com/privacy [23] https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy [17] https://archive.org/about/terms.php [20] statement template=privacy_guidelines [22] [24] [25] [21] https://support.google.com/youtube/?hl=en- http://vimeo.com/help/guidelines https://www.facebook.com/help/249621638488458/ http://bambuser.com/help https://archive.org/about/faqs.php#Movies http://www.engagemedia.org/help/how-to- Help center http://www.dailymotion.com/us/faq [29] GB#topic=4489102 [26] [27] [28] [12] [13] upload-video [30] You can select to automatically post video Upload via web browser or FTP. Robust content to Twitter or selection of metadata for your video content. Facebook. You can also select Can also upload via FTP, though reports You can sign up to be a Motionmaker (free Easy sharing of your video on social media. to share your content with said this function was being phased out. but you must apply and be selected) which EngageMedia also offers a convenient way for Bambuser partner news Archive allows you to edit your URL and Vimeo allows upload via Dropbox If you already have a dedicated following or campaign provides unlimited size and length viewers to contact you directly via the site. Other Create and add captions. YouTube allows the use of agencies, allowing media you can add additional metadata to your and FTP. Create and ad captions in on Facebook, this might be a good venue for video uploads and promotion of your content. If Has features tags to format quality, scaling, cropping, and more. partners to contact you video. To remove a video from the Archive, multiple languages. distribution. it's important (and safe) to indicate the a built in Amara (Universal Subtitles) plug-in, directly. You can record and you must send an email request, and the location of your video, Dailymotion so viewers can access upload later via the app. On email address must match the one you provides a mapping feature. subtitles in a range of languages that an iPhone, switch from “Live” used to upload the video. EngageMedia volunteer subtitlers to “Rec.” On an Android add to videos. phone, launch the app and switch to “Offline Mode.” Distribution [31] Tags: video hosting sites [32] video distribution [33]

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Links: [1] https://www.youtube.com [2] https://vimeo.com/ [3] https://facebook.com [4] http://www.dailymotion.com/us [5] http://bambuser.com/ [6] https://archive.org/details/movies [7] https://engagemedia.org [8] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en [9] http://vimeo.com/help/compression [10] https://www.facebook.com/help/124738474272230 [11] http://www.dailymotion.com/upload/faq [12] http://bambuser.com/help [13] https://archive.org/about/faqs.php#Movies [14] http://www.engagemedia.org/help/help/how-to-compress-video [15] https://www.youtube.com/t/terms [16] http://vimeo.com/terms [17] https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy [18] http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/terms [19] http://bambuser.com/tou [20] https://archive.org/about/terms.php [21] http://www.engagemedia.org/editorial-policy [22] https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines [23] http://vimeo.com/privacy [24] http://www.dailymotion.com/legal/privacy [25] http://bambuser.com/privacy [26] https://support.google.com/youtube/?hl=en-GB#topic=4489102 [27] http://vimeo.com/help/guidelines [28] https://www.facebook.com/help/249621638488458/ [29] http://www.dailymotion.com/us/faq [30] http://www.engagemedia.org/help/how-to-upload-video [31] https://www.v4c.org/category/distribution [32] https://www.v4c.org/tags/video-hosting-sites [33] https://www.v4c.org/tags/video-distribution

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