Video Sharing Sites Technical Specifications
Videomaker has been in the video sharing business for some time now, and has been using, testing, reviewing and writing about many sites now available. Below is a list of several sharing sites we've explored, and the technical specifications to each. There are many more out there, if you come across one that you think might be especially nice to add to our list, please contact us at editor@videomaker.com.
Size (pixels): up to 425 x 318
Video Compression format: YouTube accepts video files from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones in the .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG file formats.
Any artificial limits: Yes
Time: 10 minutes for all types of accounts, unless you signed up while YouTube was young. Special promotions may run longer
Size (MB): 100
Any Revenue sharing: Yes
Type of revenue sharing: Selective accounts. If YouTube likes you, look out for the cash falling from the sky.
Others:
Offers online editing and titles with YouTube's Remixer powered by Adobe Premiere Express.
Size (pixels): 320 x 240
Video Compression format: MPEG4 with MP3 audio, MPEG4 with MP4 audio, MPEG2 with MP3 audio, MPEG2 with MP4 audio
Any artificial limits: No
Time: No
Size (MB): No
Any Revenue sharing: n/a
Type of revenue sharing: n/a
Others:
Video compression is better overall quality than YouTube. Time limit not restricting. Has support for uploading QuickTime and Windows Media . Fits video to screen automatically, good.
Video Compression format: mpeg, avi, wmv, mov, mpg, divx, asf, mpa, mpe, m1v, wmf, m4a, mp4, flv, 3gp, rm, rmvb, rv, ram, mkv
Any artificial limits: Yes
Time: 8 minutes
Any Revenue sharing: Yes
Type of revenue sharing: Producer Rewards, Grade of 3.0 or better, Views of 5,000 or greater
Others:
Lets you choose your own thumbnail from a series of stills. Cool!
Size (pixels): 320 x 240
Video Compression format: mov, mpeg, mpg, mp4, wmv, asf, avi, 3gp 3g2 -
Audio compression format: assorted
Any artificial limits: Yes
Time: None
Size (MB): 100MB
Any Revenue sharing: Yes
Type of revenue sharing: ad-based. monthly pay-out after $20 is earned.
Others:
Choice of ad content that gets attached to your video. Ability to download a video in its original format.
Size (pixels): 445 x 334
Video Compression format: QuickTime (.mov)
Any artificial limits: Yes
Time: Yes (not specified)
Any Revenue sharing: No
Type of revenue sharing: n/a
Others:
LiveVideo XPRESS, a tool for batch uploading and managing, Windows only.
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