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The process of uploading video files to Vimeo is nearly identical to the process for
YouTube. You just choose your file and information, like the name and description.
Both sites will convert video from nearly any common format to the format used by their
player.
Here’s a list of some other popular video hosting services:
n Dailymotion —http://www.dailymotion.com/
n Flickr —https://www.flickr.com/
n SmugMug —https://www.smugmug.com/
n Viddler —http://www.viddler.com/
n VideoPress —http://videopress.com/Which video hosting site you choose is a matter of taste. Each site has its own video
player and its own community, and you should choose whichever suits you best. Be sure
to check out the restrictions on video length and video resolution when choosing. For
example, the maximum length of videos on Flickr is 90 seconds, and only users with Pro
accounts are allowed to view them in high definition (HD). There’s also no rule that says
that you can’t upload your videos to more than one site. You may want to upload your
videos to Vimeo for the purpose of embedding them on your own site and upload them to
YouTube to make them available to YouTube’s audience.
Hosting Your Own Video
For any number of reasons, you might want to host video yourself instead of relying on a
third-party service such as Vimeo or YouTube to host it for you. For one thing, you can
use your own player rather than using the one they provide. You also may not want to
include branding or advertising from a third party on your own site, and you might not
want to distract your users with a link to YouTube. As is the case with most third-party
services on the Web, hosting your own video gives you more control over the end result
but requires more work and expertise on your part.
At one time, a wide variety of methods were used to embed video in web pages, each
with its own browser plug-in and file format. These days, just two common methods are
in use. The first is to use a Flash movie to play back the video, and the second is to use
the HTML5