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Best Way To Distribute Video Online?

Posted by timothy on from the just-assume-others-will-mirror dept.

CHAMELEON_D_H writes "For some time now, I've been working on a short, geek/nerd oriented animation. It's nearing completion, and I'm starting to look for a method to share it with anyone willing to spare a minute. There are dozens of video sharing and streaming sites out there, making my choice very difficult. Looking for the best possible video and audio quality, while still having vast OS and browser compatibility leaves me dumbfounded. Having a download link would be a great bonus. Youtube is the default and most common choice, but has mediocre video quality and resolution. DivX Web Player has astounding quality, but requires users to download DivX's plugin and forces me to find hosting or purchase more bandwidth, as they no longer serve videos via stage6. Do Slashdotters have any experience with sharing or uploading videos? Problems you've encountered? What do your eyes say about different streaming video sites?"

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  1. duh! by jagdish · · Score: 4, Funny

    Name it "xxx-porn" and spread it on the interwebs.

  2. Re:Youtube has ruined reputation of flash. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, yes! The reputation of Flash. Such a highbrow platform, associated with such professional content as "Punch the Monkey" ads and so-called "websites" with zero HTML content.

    Too bad Youtube shattered our image of Flash.

  3. Re:Youtube has ruined reputation of flash. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ah, yes. The reputation of guns. Such a useful tool associated with such romps as WW2 and the Vietnam war.

    Too bad the Columbine High School Massacre shattered our image of the gun.

    Flash is just a tool, in the sense it can be used to build something. You, AC, are just a tool.