Stan Zaslavsky Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'm looking at putting together some tutorials and workflows and recording them. what is the best medium you've found for storage and sharing of the files? i know that a lot of designers use vimeo, but youtube is obviously more prevalent. any particular tips and tricks will be much much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Vimeo for me, its more creator orientated and so more professional and serious about the content. I also find the file playback is better quality though that could just as easily be due to the quality of the files being uploaded than anything else. These are my files http://www.vimeo.com/user3310628/videos. I would be happy to send a client here to look at some work, don't think I would feel as comfortable doing that with Youtube. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 i second vimeo. i much prefer the compression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) If you do go down the Vimeo route, I recommend that you pay close attention to the format guidelines http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:3671 Some of my earlier uploads suffer because I didn't adhere to the optimal formats. Jim Edited October 5, 2010 by Jim Mann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil poppleton Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Vimeo gets my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Zaslavsky Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 what about vimeo's comment re guidelines - no commercial work to be uploaded? and i imagine people here are going for the pro version. thanks so much for those who replied in the meantime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil poppleton Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 I must admit ive not read the guidelines..... and just the normal free version for me so far.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Thomas Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 what about vimeo's comment re guidelines - no commercial work to be uploaded? and i imagine people here are going for the pro version. thanks so much for those who replied in the meantime My reading of that is that it refers to commercials i.e. advertisements for products rather than commercial work in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchrender Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 But it flash based so no mobiles can look at it.might be worth remembering. phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Zaslavsky Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 thanks Phil - thats a great point .. especially with the proliferation of ipads as mobile tools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasteland giant Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Mann Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 But it flash based so no mobiles can look at it.might be worth remembering. phil Can't comment for Youtube but Vimeo works on my iphone. I used the Vimeo mobile conversion tool and all my videos work on my iphone. They are loading up as Quicktimes, no Flash in sight. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattclinch Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Vimeo works on my HTC Desire too. And Vimeo gets my vote too as it also includes a download option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 I think it's just the iPhone that doesn't do Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Thomas Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 A lot of the less powerful smartphones too I'm afraid, Windows Mobile running Opera Mini for example. Though I can stream youtube videos by going to www.m.youtube.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockley91 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Everyone, I'm going to get a new phone....I have Sprint already. I got an OLD OLD flip phone...cheaped out back 2008. In your opinions, should I get the Spring HTC EVO 4G or should I switch to AT&T and get an iPhone 4? If I stick with Sprint I get a $150.00 rebate and I can get the HTC for $199.99. I've never had smartphone before, but they both look very similar. I was wanting to get the iPhone just for the sake of jumping on that bandwagon, but the HTC looks pretty good also... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Zaslavsky Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 also i've just read that Vimeo has released an HTML5 based viewer that will work on the iphone and the ipads - http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/08/watch-vimeo-videos-on-ipad-using-new-html5-universal-player/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fooch Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Quick note, vimeo is great if you get the pro option. If not, you can only upload a certain amount a week or so (there is a limit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianzajac Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I'm looking at putting together some tutorials and workflows and recording them. what is the best medium you've found for storage and sharing of the files? i know that a lot of designers use vimeo, but youtube is obviously more prevalent. any particular tips and tricks will be much much appreciated. Stan, It depends on what you really want to get out of it. Here are a few categories & my choices: 1. Marketing - Go with YouTube. I've compared all the major sites (vimeo, MetaCafe, YouTube, etc.) and YouTube always comes out way ahead in traffic. Plus they've never rejected any animations we've added. 2. Quality - Go with your own player. We use JW Player & embed the movies with a streaming service. That way we can control things and it makes us look more professional. If you cannot afford this solution, go with Vimeo. But the guys at Vimeo are a piece of work. I have seen them reject various amounts of educational arch. vis. videos, videos for contests and more. In fact I had a 3d animation channel that was doing well & they just cut me off one day. I contacted them numerous times & they would not reply to any of my emails. 3. Accessibility: YouTube. The worldwide exposure + the acceptance from various medias makes YouTube a definitive winner in accessibility. 4. Overall: Submit the same video to many sites. Audiences are different for each video sharing site. So why not submit to multiple ones? There are even services out there (i.e. TubeMogul) that you can submit one video to multiple video sharing sites at one time. However, they can disable your account at any time based on their "revolving policies". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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