Web Video for Beginners (page 2)
Technology Choices
Now that you've answered why and where (and hopefully what) you're going to be putting up for all the world to see, you can start thinking about how you're going to make that available - which technologies you're going to use and how you're going to implement them. Your two major options are hosting the video yourself or using one of the major video-sharing sites like YouTube or Google Video.
Video Sharing
Using a video-sharing site is the easier solution. Just upload your file to the service, which will convert it to the correct format and provide you with a snippet of code you can use to embed the video in your site. Just look for the section that says Embed, then copy and paste. It's free to you and convenient for your viewers.
The downside? You have very little control over the size, quality or format of the video, and you may expose your viewers to various advertisements or cross-promotions from the hosting site (see the Video-Sharing Sites Specifications feature on our website for a site-by-site breakdown of the pluses and minuses). Additionally, your video may not fit within the guidelines or format requirements of a third-party s…
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