Hosting Videos on Mobile Website

tracourt · 5th Sep 2012, 11:17 PM

I need to have a mobile website featuring 5 high school football teams promoting the "play of the week" each week. I will be using the Lime Cellular mobile website builder.
My question is, can I successfully host them on my hostgator account or do I need to use Vimeo?
Any ideas will be appreciated.

PS this is time sensitive, I need to know soon.

WillR · 6th Sep 2012, 07:25 AM

Videos should never really be hosted on your website server nowadays. The web standard for videos is some type of CDN network such as Amazon S3. You can use free video services such as Youtube or Vimeo but they aren't recommended for this type of purpose because you will leak traffic back to those sites.

Kevin Z · 6th Sep 2012, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by tracourt

I need to have a mobile website featuring 5 high school football teams promoting the "play of the week" each week. I will be using the Lime Cellular mobile website builder.
My question is, can I successfully host them on my hostgator account or do I need to use Vimeo?
Any ideas will be appreciated.

PS this is time sensitive, I need to know soon.

Vimeo would be the better option over your hostgator account.

kevinclanton · 6th Sep 2012, 01:12 PM

Really anything is better than your own server/hosting account. If you are deadset on hosting it yourself for protection reasons you can use a CDN (like Amazon S3).
Otherwise as it was said previously vimeo.
But youtube, viddler, live leak, etc etc. are also options.
Good luck
PS remember to encode the videos in MP4 for your iOS friends

WillR · 6th Sep 2012, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by kevinclanton

remember to encode the videos in MP4 for your iOS friends

Yes, and the free program Handbrake will do this for you.

HandBrake

lint631 · 7th Sep 2012, 05:00 PM

You can use Youtube and take some of the video controls away so they can't click to the youtube website.

cdubay · 7th Sep 2012, 07:48 PM

Yes if your using a WP site, there are several good quality Video plugins available that will allow you to control the viewing options, and block them from going back to YouTube for example. That said, it doesn't sound like your to concerned about losing any traffic, however the cure is there for you

tracourt · 8th Sep 2012, 12:30 AM

Thanks for the advice. This customer is willing to pay so based on your advice will get a vimeo pro account at 199 yr. Can I post the mobile site here for critique without getting an infraction?

WillR · 8th Sep 2012, 04:55 AM

Originally Posted by tracourt

Thanks for the advice. This customer is willing to pay so based on your advice will get a vimeo pro account at 199 yr. Can I post the mobile site here for critique without getting an infraction?

So long as it's not a template or similar sold by someone on this forum who doesn't want their code shared on this forum. Images are usually best as opposed to the real code.

tracourt · 8th Sep 2012, 11:23 AM

Well, bad news. I spent the $200 and the vids wont play on my phone, Droid Bionic.

WillR · 8th Sep 2012, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by tracourt

Well, bad news. I spent the $200 and the vids wont play on my phone, Droid Bionic.

Is Vimeo mobile friendly?

Make sure there are no options you need to check that allow the video to be played on mobile devices. There is such as option in Youtube so it's possible Vimeo has the same option.

tracourt · 9th Sep 2012, 01:58 PM

Yes it is, but not "not paying attention" friendly. I was using the wrong link for mobile. Here it is....Permission Denied

WillR · 9th Sep 2012, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by tracourt

Yes it is, but not "not paying attention" friendly. I was using the wrong link for mobile. Here it is....Permission Denied

It says permission denied?

tracourt · 9th Sep 2012, 08:38 PM

No, I put a link in there to the vid your forum changed it to permission denied.

WillR · 9th Sep 2012, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by tracourt

No, I put a link in there to the vid your forum changed it to permission denied.

It's not MY forum but ok. I'm not sure why that's happening. Maybe your video can only be played on certain domains.

shoopt · 10th Sep 2012, 03:32 AM

Originally Posted by tracourt

I need to have a mobile website featuring 5 high school football teams promoting the "play of the week" each week. I will be using the Lime Cellular mobile website builder.
My question is, can I successfully host them on my hostgator account or do I need to use Vimeo?
Any ideas will be appreciated.

PS this is time sensitive, I need to know soon.

Hey Tracourt
Now a days you can not host your videos successfully on your own server. You have to use services like you tube or you can also use Vimeo, but you will transfer your traffic to these websites and if the videos are informative you will even get traffic from them.
Since these videos will be on a mobile website try to upload videos in MP4 format for people using iPhone devices.

Jay Moreno · 10th Sep 2012, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by shoopt

Hey Tracourt
Now a days you can not host your videos successfully on your own server. You have to use services like you tube or you can also use Vimeo, but you will transfer your traffic to these websites and if the videos are informative you will even get traffic from them.
Since these videos will be on a mobile website try to upload videos in MP4 format for people using iPhone devices.

Depends on your target audience - if your servers are based in the US and your wanting to deliver video globally you would be far better off with a CDN it would provide much faster download speeds than your regular hosting account say from Hostgator/Godaddy, etc.

5th Sep 2012, 11:17 PM	#1
tracourt Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 67 Thanks: 53 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: I need to have a mobile website featuring 5 high school football teams promoting the "play of the week" each week. I will be using the Lime Cellular mobile website builder. My question is, can I successfully host them on my hostgator account or do I need to use Vimeo? Any ideas will be appreciated. PS this is time sensitive, I need to know soon.

6th Sep 2012, 07:25 AM	#2
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6th Sep 2012, 01:12 PM	#4
kevinclanton Kevin Clanton War Room Member Join Date: 2012 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 54 Thanks: 5 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: Really anything is better than your own server/hosting account. If you are deadset on hosting it yourself for protection reasons you can use a CDN (like Amazon S3). Otherwise as it was said previously vimeo. But youtube, viddler, live leak, etc etc. are also options. Good luck PS remember to encode the videos in MP4 for your iOS friends

7th Sep 2012, 05:00 PM	#6
lint631 MobileWebRockstar War Room Member Join Date: 2011 Location: New York Posts: 253 Thanks: 41 Thanked 52 Times in 37 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: You can use Youtube and take some of the video controls away so they can't click to the youtube website.
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7th Sep 2012, 07:48 PM	#7
cdubay Christopher C. Dubay Join Date: 2012 Location: Greater Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: Yes if your using a WP site, there are several good quality Video plugins available that will allow you to control the viewing options, and block them from going back to YouTube for example. That said, it doesn't sound like your to concerned about losing any traffic, however the cure is there for you

8th Sep 2012, 12:30 AM	#8
tracourt Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 67 Thanks: 53 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: Thanks for the advice. This customer is willing to pay so based on your advice will get a vimeo pro account at 199 yr. Can I post the mobile site here for critique without getting an infraction?
	Jay Traylor Houston, TX

8th Sep 2012, 11:23 AM	#10
tracourt Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 67 Thanks: 53 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: Well, bad news. I spent the $200 and the vids wont play on my phone, Droid Bionic.
	Jay Traylor Houston, TX

9th Sep 2012, 01:58 PM	#12
tracourt Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 67 Thanks: 53 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: Yes it is, but not "not paying attention" friendly. I was using the wrong link for mobile. Here it is....Permission Denied
	Jay Traylor Houston, TX

9th Sep 2012, 08:38 PM	#14
tracourt Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 67 Thanks: 53 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Hosting Videos on Mobile Website Share on: No, I put a link in there to the vid your forum changed it to permission denied.
	Jay Traylor Houston, TX