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

by Chris C.
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Hey guys, i'm trying to figure out how upload video to my site and get it to play pretty quickly for my visitors. When I tried this on a 100 MB file video it took like 3 minutes to load. Are there services out there that people use that hold their videos?

I don't want to use youtube because the video I'm trying to load is part of a paid product and I don't want everyone to be able to see it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nickolie0990
    There really are just two factors, your hosting account and your/their connection speed to the Internet.
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  • Profile picture of the author 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:

    http://handbrake.fr/
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  • Profile picture of the author gasman
    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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  • Profile picture of the author Local Jake
    Easy man, just use Vimeo.com
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  • Profile picture of the author 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?
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    • Profile picture of the author WebPen
      Originally Posted by Chris C. View Post

      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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      • Profile picture of the author Chris C.
        Originally Posted by Justin Stowe View Post

        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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  • Profile picture of the author Chris C.
    The video is only 18 minutes long by the way
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  • Profile picture of the author AlphaOmegaMarketing
    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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  • Profile picture of the author Chris C.
    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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  • Profile picture of the author AlphaOmegaMarketing
    Here you go



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  • Profile picture of the author getboris
    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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  • Profile picture of the author Chris C.
    Cool...You guys are awesome...Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author JayWiz
    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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