Best Way To Distribute Video Online?

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?"

Comments

shout and scream and moon people in the video

[commodoresloat]

At that point, distribution will take care of itself, though there may be some fallout afterwards. But at least people will see your video....

How about high definition video?

[Skapare]

I've been discussing a project with a friend that would involve distributing standard definition and high definition videos to TV stations around the world. This would not be live streaming; it would be video files to download and integrate into various TV station local productions and broadcast. The TV stations would need to use these videos typically through their non-linear editing systems. Any idea which file format would be most usable by TV stations in these video formats: 480i59.94, 576i50, 720p50, 720p59.94, 1080i50, 1080i59.94?