.tv Showing vids or viewer uploads?

[smashfactory]

which way are alot of you going with your sites- YOU adding video for people to watch: no viewer uploads - or more based on viewer ability to upload like youtube, and when you do that, dont you have to have like mega space for your site to host all those videos??

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BDM1]

My sites, you upload your own video and then it is automatically converted on the server and placed into the appropriate catergory. Server prices will be a considerable
amount.
I want to give my sites their own identity/brand so to speak, so I chose, for the first hand user option. good luck..

 

[poiuytrewq]

Up till yesterday I was just grabbing vids But now I am making my own too - well kind of (check out my intro vid if u get chance - it is my first attempt at anything like that and I did the music too.)

But eventually I want visitors to be able to upload their own stuff - that is the holy grail! I am checking out some scripts as we speak. I don't think this is gonna be a me.tv tool because of the massive storage/bandwith involved.

So in answer to the post, mine is def a three phase plan.

And if anyone here does have script recommendations please let us know.

 

[TheBulldog]

If your users can't upload, you really only have a blog. To me the whole point of a rich media experience, is that your users can also experience it.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Yes, agreed. But are you saying DM should provide us with the tools to allow visitors to upload their material? Surely that is not feasible.

 

[smashfactory]

would it be feasible if they charged more? i would imagine the storage space would be huge and this would be a very expensive thing

 

[TheBulldog]

I would be happy if users could just link the way the owner can to youtube, google, etc.

 

[namewaiter]

yes, but if they want to be a social networking site .. like youtube and myspace, they need to allow for this and eat the storage costs ... it's the only way to be the next big thing. they already have an advantage in selling domains, revenue, the others just gave away subdomains.

 

[SKG]

As of know I am mostly using players that have streaming rss podcast feeds so content in the player is changing everyday automatically and I can select different feeds for different channels in the player This is not the youtube method nor is it the upload method, it is a third option without heavy storage or bandwidth constraints.

 

[localexperts]

We have two Network Appliance Storage Units to host the videos and 2X the bandwidth I had at my former company.

We are supporting both models. Link and Upload

It is best to find a technology provider and piggy back on them.

 

[poiuytrewq]

But then again, there's no reason why DM can't offer this service is there? No physical obstacle (server capacity not going to be a prob really) and costs can be covered because we will gladly pay!

 

[smashfactory]

unless i am wrong- i have to look at quinns past posts- wasnt that supposed to be something in the future with that? offering that ability?