Topic: Host for Video

[notaclue]

Hopefully I should be going on a trip soon & am looking at borrowing a digital camcorder to take with me. Iv got video edtiting software which i want to add background music too etc. Then, so the other people on the trip can see the vid I would like to put it on the net.

I do not have a website or anything & currently use 'photobucket' & other simmilar hosts for any pics but I was wondering if there are any that will hosts videos for free?

Or is there some other way I can do this.

Thanks!

[Rodders]

Hmmm...  That's a pretty tall order!

Video files in any format are usually quite large.  You'll need webspace with a hosting provider which allows video streaming, while allowing you the bandwidth needed for people to view them.

Is it all beginning to sound a bit expensive now?  Why not burn the video to CD and post it, instead?  You'll save money and won't burst your brain building and maintaining a website.

[notaclue]

I'd quite like a website. Iv got dreamweaver,fireworks & flash to design pages with.
What do I need to do & how much will it cost?

[Barra]

Hi. I don't know if you have 56k dial-up or ADSL but Plusnet offer 250mb of webspace with their ADSL acounts. Hosting is £1 per month.

[Sandra]

Do you know how big this video is going to be, in mbs or gbs ?
Storage capacity is one thing, bandwith is another thing altogether.
If you had a 50mb vid file on and ten people downloaded it one day that may well excede your monthly bandwith limit  

[notaclue]

No idea how long it will be sorry. I would think about an hours worth of filming after editing possibly. The last time we took a VHS camcorder & I made copys but its a bit old & the battery life is poor. Next time Im hoping to borrow / buy a digital one.
I suppose at least then I can make DVD copys of it.

Im on wannado broadband current speed @ 576.0kbps.How will I know what my monthly bandwidth is?

Plusnet seems a good thing

[Barra]

Dunno mate but I can check for you

[Barra]

Ok. Basic cost is:-
512k - 10x faster   - Download a 5MB file in less than 2 minutes £14.99    
 
1Mb - 20x faster   - Download a 5MB file in less than 1 minute £23.99    
 
2Mb - 40x faster   - Download a 5MB file in less than 30 seconds £31.99  

These include 1gb bandwidth then it's £1.59 per gig extra up to 5gig at £6.00.
Then Premier account, add £7 for unlimited bandwidth which is what I have. Must use my own webspace instead of Sandra's

Hope this helps. If you go for Plusnet don't forget to meantion me as a referer  

[Sandra]

N hours worth of decent quality video would be at least 1 gig maybe 2gig so you would exceed your monthly allowance on No 6s basic plan as mentioned, as soon as one person downloaded it  

Are you sure that the bandwith you are talking abou is for webspace No 6 or for the normal ADSL usage  

[Barra]

Are you sure that the bandwith you are talking abou is for webspace No 6 or for the normal ADSL usage???

Ah, never thought of that :-[ :'(. I have posted a ticket on website explaining exactly what was required by Notaclue and I will post result as soon as info becomes available

[notaclue]

Thanks No.6

[Barra]

Bandwidth is directionaly proportionate to webspace eg; if webspace=250mb then bandwidth is 250mb

[Sandra]

Presumably thats per month ?
So you would have to split the vid into 4 chuncks, use 1 months allowance to upload setion 1 and then say 4 people could get it over the next 4 months and then upload section 2 and repeat the process over a total of 20 months, so I think its a no no on any webspace provided free by any ISP  

I cant remember how much storage/bandwith we get from the host that pals is on, can anyone,(Adept), let us know  

[Barra]

Presumably thats per month ?

No, that's daily.We're not all on Pipex

[Sandra]

Oh you could do it over 3 weeks then