Fri 16 Jan 2009
Google Video Alternatives
Posted by Andrew Mitry under Streaming, Web/Tech
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On Wednesday, Google announced they will be no longer allowing uploads to their Google Video service. Google invites you to use YouTube or Picasa, but the issue for churches is that sermons often exceed the 10 minute cap on video length. There are several competitors on the market that allow free uploads of any length video (although they still have file size limits). They all have “premium” accounts available as well.
There are also several sites that specialize in servicing the church market such as GodTube, LightCastMedia and TruthCasting.
Who do you use for your video hosting?
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January 23rd, 2009 at 4:31 am[...] Google Video Alternatives [...]
January 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Truthcasting just added a one time fee option for their service or you can use the free service with your own hardware….maybe this is a viable option too??
http://www.truthcasting.com/getAChannel.asp
January 16th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Doesn’t Youtube allow you to upload longer content if you create a producer account?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Jason: TruthCasting looks great, just haven’t had a chance to try it. Do you know anyone who uses it?
Scott: YouTube took away the longer content option for producers in 2006. You can get an account with longer video support if you become a YouTube Partner but it is difficult to qualify. http://www.youtube.com/partners
January 16th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I posted a couple posts about "YouTube ‘Alternatives’" and "Vimeo: Streaming Videos in High Definition."
I had heard about Viddler last year at Podcamp Ohio, but never got around to playing around with it. Of the three that you mentioned, which do you prefer?
January 16th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Joshua, we currently use blip.tv at the church because their quotas are the best fit for the amount of video we upload. Blip.tv also has good video and audio podcast support. Personally I use Vimeo, they do a good job with High Definition videos.
January 18th, 2009 at 10:35 am
We just switched to blip.tv at KCBT. The integration is wonderful, and the podcast support was a major need!
January 19th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I’ve been using blip.tv, and been very happy with their support and features … so much that I upgraded to the Professional account ($96/year). My only concern is how long they can compete with the juggernaut that is Google :S
January 26th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
My church The Branch in Dallas has been using http://www.TruthCasting.com for a year and a half. It’s great, especially when I’ve been out of town for work or the Holidays. They also just launched a free iPhone/iPod Touch app in Dec. It doesn’t have any file size limitations and it’s totally free- check it out?