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I understand that this is a UBB.Threads Discussion Forum but you guys are smart and video embedding software is not your competitor I tried doing my own research on the best video embedding software out there, but could not find any good info on this It is also referred to as a: Youtube Clone There are several out there that are free Here is one: http://www.vidiscript.comHere you can see VidiScript in action: http://ebnlive.net/edgetube/play/Da...Archive_2010/EBNs_Live_Show__13th_Feb_10And this is the main page of that site: http://www.theedgeam.com/I looked at the Server Requirements and spoke to my Web Hosting Company One would need a Dedicated Server to run this, because you have to change the php and mysql options on the server The part that I don't like about all of these Free Video Embedding Software programs is that you cannot appoint Moderators Would UBB.Threads ever be interested in creating a UBB.Threads Video Embedding Software Program, where one can appoint Moderators and change skins ? How hard would that be for you guys to create? I have no idea
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very hard to create from scratch.. i've used Clip Share and, so far it works great. where it really gets hard is if you want to venture into the HiDef world.. that requires a lot of installation at the server side. just assuming that one downloads mplayer/mencoder/ffmpeg, grabs some audio and video codecs via RPM or YUM ain't gonna cut it if you want to do it right.. then you run into the whole font overlays and getting that part to work for text ads etc.. i found that the Nero Encoder is the best for hidef, versus the h.264 one that you can find tutorials about on the web.. too many subtle things to check and also you have to solve the video upload issue where you have to open up the max_post_size and stuff like that to accept large videos to be encoded in the background.. after you get it working, then you also need to decide on a good player. mplayer is ok, but there are better ones out there.. (i recommend nuevo player) bla bla bla.. but its not for the faint of heart, nor is it easy to just upload a wmv and 'it works!' http://hsoshow.com/video/41/Click-HD-and-Full-Size--Caves-and-Ancient-Life is an example of a nice HD video with the player skinned to the customer's liking.. it took me longer than i wanted to get it right, but in the end, it can be a good thing... that project is still on-going with the next/final part to integrate the user DB from both softwares.. clip-share to/from ubbthreads. just to reiterate.. it's not a small task and using 'free stuff' out there prolly won't do you any better than just using YouTube and embedding from there
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What he said. If you have big bucks to go with a dedicated streaming server then go for it.
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very hard to create from scratch.. i've used Clip Share and, so far it works great. where it really gets hard is if you want to venture into the HiDef world.. that requires a lot of installation at the server side. just assuming that one downloads mplayer/mencoder/ffmpeg, grabs some audio and video codecs via RPM or YUM ain't gonna cut it if you want to do it right.. then you run into the whole font overlays and getting that part to work for text ads etc.. i found that the Nero Encoder is the best for hidef, versus the h.264 one that you can find tutorials about on the web.. too many subtle things to check and also you have to solve the video upload issue where you have to open up the max_post_size and stuff like that to accept large videos to be encoded in the background.. after you get it working, then you also need to decide on a good player. mplayer is ok, but there are better ones out there.. (i recommend nuevo player) bla bla bla.. but its not for the faint of heart, nor is it easy to just upload a wmv and 'it works!' http://hsoshow.com/video/41/Click-HD-and-Full-Size--Caves-and-Ancient-Life is an example of a nice HD video with the player skinned to the customer's liking.. it took me longer than i wanted to get it right, but in the end, it can be a good thing... that project is still on-going with the next/final part to integrate the user DB from both softwares.. clip-share to/from ubbthreads. just to reiterate.. it's not a small task and using 'free stuff' out there prolly won't do you any better than just using YouTube and embedding from there I didn't know it was that complicated That HD video was awesome... wow What he said. If you have big bucks to go with a dedicated streaming server then go for it. Big bucks? My web hosting company will charge $10 - $15 a month, extra, for a Dedicated Server Problem is these Free video embedding programs don't give you the ability to appoint Moderators
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Well just because it is a dedicated server plan does not mean it will be adequate. You have to consider bandwidth and storage space with the plan offered from your host.
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I'd say for most forum owners, you'd want to get 3rd party sites to foot the bandwidth bill for you. Amazon, YouTube are two good options.. Only if you are uber serious about hosting your own stuff, would i recommend what i talked about in the 1st post.. otherwise let the big guys host the stuff for you and you just do the embedding on your site
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I'd say for most forum owners, you'd want to get 3rd party sites to foot the bandwidth bill for you. Amazon, YouTube are two good options.. Only if you are uber serious about hosting your own stuff, would i recommend what i talked about in the 1st post.. otherwise let the big guys host the stuff for you and you just do the embedding on your site I would like to create an Alternative to Youtube Youtube bans anyone who speaks out against the militant homosexual agenda So I want a politically incorrect video site Problem is that I can't find any video embedding software that will allow you to appoint Moderators Appointing Moderators would be a big help in moderating the video site. I can not Moderate something like that. I would have to set it to pre-approve the video, and watch each video to approve it? I can't do that
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I've seen clipshare used a lot, it's not half bad... In fact, i think that's what the Snow Japan forums use.
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I've seen clipshare used a lot, it's not half bad... In fact, i think that's what the Snow Japan forums use. Ok I just looked at the clipshare features http://www.clip-share.com/product/features/wow that's a nice long list of features So I will assume that clipshare is better the vidiscript ?
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I havent tried vidiscript, but i did help with snowjapan's setup
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I've seen clipshare used a lot, it's not half bad... In fact, i think that's what the Snow Japan forums use. yep, i modified their development site (i'm 'mrdude' over there ), to add the BBcode in the view_video template and social bookmarks.. that's how i first came across the product. of course the embed initially gagged in IE, which really got me curious as to why.. IE is picky that way anyway the new clipshare v4 does embeds right now and i'm happy with the product.. i prefer it over vidscript... it definitely is STILL lacking on multiple user groups, but their software is at least easy to understand and they user Smarty too, which is a familiar thing!
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Ok I just Researched this again Many are saying that phpmotion is the best http://www.phpmotion.com/
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