Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? at DVinfo.net

Joe Riggs · November 7th, 2014, 09:27 PM

Any GOOD alternative video streaming sites to youtube and vimeo?

At the very least it should have the ability to password protect/private your upload.

Thanks

Seth Bloombaum · November 8th, 2014, 10:35 AM

A $60/yr Vimeo Plus account will get you very easy password protection; I use it all the time.

A slightly harder alternative for those who are web savvy is to create a privately hosted wordpress site that has user/password protection. That would also take about $60/yr for cheapest web hosting (?), as well as the time to build it. Much longer if one has to develop the wordpress skills first.

For those with more advanced web skills, Amazon Web Services and S3 storage are so inexpensive as to be almost free. But there's a lot of building your own without much support.

AFAIK there isn't a free hosting site that offers password protection.

Noa Put · November 8th, 2014, 12:41 PM

What's wrong with Vimeo? For youtube I can understand if you don't want that as Google can use your footage without your approval once you place it on youtube but at least on vimeo you stay the only owner.

Donald McPherson · November 9th, 2014, 04:47 AM

What's wrong with YouTube it has password.

Gary Huff · November 9th, 2014, 08:37 AM

Wistia.

Stefan Gill · November 14th, 2014, 02:59 PM

Wistia is OK but it doesn't allow for defaulting to HD, it "detects" your internet signal and predetermines if it should play HD or not .. for me, it almost always plays SD although it could easily play HD.

Chris Hurd · November 14th, 2014, 04:33 PM

Satisfied Vimeo Pro customer here. Well worth the $60/yr. in my opinion.

Joe Riggs · November 19th, 2014, 07:05 PM

I've experienced both the following issues with youtube:

To make a video private you have to put in the client's email address and it must be a gmail address. This won't work for people without gmail.

They now have some image copywrite protection, so regardless of the song, if you are using video content that belongs to major networks/film studios it won't allow it. Normally this won't matter but I was putting together a reel that featured shots from shows worked on and it is blocked.

I love Vimeo but read Vimeo will be adopting this too, so looking for alternatives.

November 7th, 2014, 09:27 PM	#1
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? Any GOOD alternative video streaming sites to youtube and vimeo? At the very least it should have the ability to password protect/private your upload. Thanks

November 8th, 2014, 10:35 AM	#2
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? A $60/yr Vimeo Plus account will get you very easy password protection; I use it all the time. A slightly harder alternative for those who are web savvy is to create a privately hosted wordpress site that has user/password protection. That would also take about $60/yr for cheapest web hosting (?), as well as the time to build it. Much longer if one has to develop the wordpress skills first. For those with more advanced web skills, Amazon Web Services and S3 storage are so inexpensive as to be almost free. But there's a lot of building your own without much support. AFAIK there isn't a free hosting site that offers password protection. __________________ 30 years of pro media production. Vegas user since 1.0. Webcaster since 1997. Freelancer since 2000. College instructor since 2001.

November 8th, 2014, 12:41 PM	#3
Noa Put Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Belgium Posts: 9,510	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? What's wrong with Vimeo? For youtube I can understand if you don't want that as Google can use your footage without your approval once you place it on youtube but at least on vimeo you stay the only owner.

November 9th, 2014, 04:47 AM	#4
Donald McPherson Major Player Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Aberdeen Scotland Posts: 815	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? What's wrong with YouTube it has password.

November 9th, 2014, 08:37 AM	#5
Gary Huff Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 2,006	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? Wistia.

November 14th, 2014, 02:59 PM	#6
Stefan Gill Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Levittown, New York Posts: 91	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? Wistia is OK but it doesn't allow for defaulting to HD, it "detects" your internet signal and predetermines if it should play HD or not .. for me, it almost always plays SD although it could easily play HD.

November 14th, 2014, 04:33 PM	#7
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,369 Images: 513	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? Satisfied Vimeo Pro customer here. Well worth the $60/yr. in my opinion. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

November 19th, 2014, 07:05 PM	#8
Joe Riggs Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 189	Re: Alternative sites to vimeo and youtube? I've experienced both the following issues with youtube: To make a video private you have to put in the client's email address and it must be a gmail address. This won't work for people without gmail. They now have some image copywrite protection, so regardless of the song, if you are using video content that belongs to major networks/film studios it won't allow it. Normally this won't matter but I was putting together a reel that featured shots from shows worked on and it is blocked. I love Vimeo but read Vimeo will be adopting this too, so looking for alternatives.