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What video encoding and streaming services are there out there?

I looking for something that I can either embed their uploader directly or send the video files to that will then encode the video and allow me to stream the video through a player on "my" website.

The services, I have found so far are:

  • Bits on the Run
  • Bright Cove
  • Video Streaming Services

The service cannot be like YouTube ewhere the video would also be posted on their website.

Are there any other out there? Has any one had experience with any of the above ones?

It would be also cool if the service could also encode audio and stream them through Flash video.

Edit: From the number of responses, it looks like this isn't a very common task, although most websites you go to these days have video some where. A lot of that is YouTube, but there are quite a few sites that don't use YouTube either. What are these other sites use?

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Darryl Hein Avatar asked Jan 17 '09 04:01

Darryl Hein


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1 Answers

www.blip.tv allows you to embed videos on your page. You can also make them "private," meaning nobody can watch them on blip, and therefore must go to your site to view them. Blip also allows you to brand your own player, which is better than having YOUTUBE or some other name watermarked on the video.

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Sampson Avatar answered Jun 11 '23 19:06

Sampson