How Do I Get Video On My Membership Site Without Slow Load Time?

Nickolie0990

14 years ago

There really are just two factors, your hosting account and your/their connection speed to the Internet.

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Don Schenk 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Nickolie0990

There really are just two factors, your hosting account and your/their connection speed to the Internet.

Doesn't the format (type of file of the video) also affect how long it takes to download and open? MOV, flv, avi, wmv, swf, mp4...

If you must wait for your video to download before playing, try a format with a greater compression, or convert it to flash so it will stream smoothly.

Your own internet connection speed would effect how quickly your computer receives the file too. The ISP we use at home is much faster than the ISP at my office. And I doubt there is much you can do for any of your members who happen to be stuck on dial-up!

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DeadRooster

14 years ago

Hey Chris,

You should look into hosting your videos at Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

You will also need a 3rd party video player such as Flowplayer:

Flowplayer - Flash Video Player for the Web : Flowplayer

It's also a good idea to optimize your videos with Handbrake:

http://handbrake.fr/

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Michael Mayhew

14 years ago

Originally Posted by DeadRooster

Hey Chris,

You should look into hosting your videos at Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

You will also need a 3rd party video player such as Flowplayer:

Flowplayer - Flash Video Player for the Web : Flowplayer

It's also a good idea to optimize your videos with Handbrake:

HandBrake

This is what I use along with EVP2.

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gasman

14 years ago

Even if you use a very fast video host, this will only help to a degree. If the people who are visiting your site have very slow Internet, then even with a fast host they may experience a bit of a wait to be able to see your video. This is just a downfall you have to live with with videos on your site.

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Local Jake

14 years ago

Easy man, just use Vimeo.com

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Chris C.

14 years ago

I created a camtasia video and its saying the camtasia video is 356 MB...that is enormous. Is there a way to compress the file size?

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WebPen

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Chris C.

I created a camtasia video and its saying the camtasia video is 356 MB...that is enormous. Is there a way to compress the file size?

Even at 18 minutes, I feel like 356MB is HUGE for a Camtasia video.

Do you mean CamStudio? It tends to make pretty large files.

Also, what kind of file is it? If you want to stream it online, .FLV is your best bet, and I think you need a converter to get it to that format.

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Chris C.

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Justin Stowe

Even at 18 minutes, I feel like 356MB is HUGE for a Camtasia video.

Do you mean CamStudio? It tends to make pretty large files.

Also, what kind of file is it? If you want to stream it online, .FLV is your best bet, and I think you need a converter to get it to that format.

It's camtasia: mac...I got it here....Download Camtasia Free Trial for Mac and Windows

it saved as a (.cmproj). It didn't save as a .mov or mp4 or anything normal =/

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Chris C.

14 years ago

The video is only 18 minutes long by the way

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AlphaOmegaMarketing

14 years ago

You need to save your file as "WEB-PROJECT" in camtasia after you finished your project. You can also share it directly to youtube with camtasia studio.

Saving in web-format wil produce a folder with a shokwave flashplayer and a mp4 file that you can easily implement on your site.

EDIT: you´ll find that option under produce and share.

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Chris C.

14 years ago

I'm not seeing the option where it allows you to save it as a web project. I'm going to file---save as- and i'm looking for web- project but it's not there.

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AlphaOmegaMarketing

14 years ago

Here you go

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getboris

14 years ago

If it is a screen capture you probably want to maintain high resolution so your prospects can see the details. The best compression format is MP4 for high resolution streaming. Amazon server cost pennies. You also can make your youtube video non public and only allow to stream from a particular website.

I use this option when I am recording a video for a client or when working on a project. As a title I enter some gibberish and same for tags. So, it never pops in YouTube search and is relatively private.
Google "free streaming" you should find something that is easy to use and will give you privacy.

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Chris C.

14 years ago

Cool...You guys are awesome...Thank you

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JayWiz

14 years ago

Here are few suggestions:
1. Use Amazon S3. Host video on their server so your web host won't scream for bandwidth issue.
2. I also use camtasia. When produce and share, set the format for "Web" so it's compressed and your video size will be minimized. You can also produce and share as custom format but i recommend as mp4 because this format is best for web.
3. Use cache in your site, if using wordpress use total cache or super cache plugin.

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