Alternative to Vimeo for Business Use

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richmondfloyd

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Hi,

I wondered if anyone could recommend an alternative to Vimeo as they don't allow you to use their site for business use! Which is a real shame because the quality of the upload from QT to flash is fantastic and it streams great.

I want to be able to upload and convert to flash with all the great quality and compressing capabilities of Vimeo and be able to give my clients the HTML embedding code, plus get the stats like Vimeo gives you.

Any ideas?

Thanks
 
We're starting a new production company and we were wondering the same thing. In the end, we decided to build our own flash player and host it on our site ourselves. We based it on the open source JW FLV player so we didn't have to do much hard work. The biggest advantage, apart from having no limits, is that we get the choose the framerate of the player. Vimeo's runs at 30 fps, we live in PAL land so we prefer 25 fps. It's not public yet but the testing looks promising.
 
AndrewGentle said:
We're starting a new production company and we were wondering the same thing. In the end, we decided to build our own flash player and host it on our site ourselves. We based it on the open source JW FLV player so we didn't have to do much hard work. The biggest advantage, apart from having no limits, is that we get the choose the framerate of the player. Vimeo's runs at 30 fps, we live in PAL land so we prefer 25 fps. It's not public yet but the testing looks promising.
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Did you pay for a license for JW FLV Player?
 
i've downloaded the scripts for jw flv player as well, you're SUPPOSED to pay for a license if using it on a commercial site altho it doesnt seem to be enforced. it worked really well and even has a skin thats identical to vimeo altho i dont think it had a counter option.

i eventually gave up on that however and when we built a new site for my company, we made our own flash player.

exposure room is perfect quality since you can upload unlmited MB's! not sure if its okay for business but a quick check on the site should answer that...

anyways.. i believe using your own flash player is the most reliable way.
 
I've used the commercial version of Flowplayer for awhile now for a number of sites, works great. I've done some custom players, but Flowplayer works well, and you can buy a 'designer' license so you can use it on however many sites you need.
 
Yeah, I just read about Creative Cow. It's free and they say 1080p is coming soon. Anyone try it?

With all due respect, why isn't this available here? And why can't videos be embedded in posts? And while I'm asking questions, why isn't someone selling refreshments while I'm waiting for the search function to count to 60?

But seriously, why no embedding?
 
I use the JW player on my blog, it's great for me. Having full control over the encode and the player details is very nice. You can have any frame rate, resolution, aspect ratio, bitrate, etc. If you want to track plays, you can use your server or tie each video to a unique url and use google analytics. The JW player available now looks like it has more limitations than whatever version I installed on my pages.

I've been thinking about switching to an embedded Vimeo video since it would be easier to update and maintain, but I'm torn.
 
I read, and reread, and rereread the Vimeo license agreement. As near as I can tell, you can use them for business... with conditions. You can't use them... say... if you made a wonder bathroom cleaner and wanted them to host your commercial. You can use them if you were the production company that made the wonder bathroom commercial and wanted them to host it as part of your demo reel, and it's labeled accordingly. You can't use them to host your video promoting your latest get rich quick scheme. You can use them if you made the video for someone else's get rich quick scheme, and you need them to host it as part of your demo reel.

The key is how you're using it. If you're using it to host a video selling your product, that's the no-no. If you're using them to host a video you created, even for business (unless it's obscene or something like that)... so long as you're the creator and it's being hosted for the purposes of showing your reel or as a demo of your work, then it's okay.

At least that's how the license came across to me.
 
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