The compression used by YouTube is definitely an issue for low light situations which end up being displayed as mosaic patterns. The ten minute time limit isn't so bad since you can divide a video up into multiple parts. I like YouTube's page format better than Vimeo, although Vimeo's page format is much better for combining access to common subject matter. It looks like you can control the access rather than just getting "suggestions" for similar videos such as provided by YouTube.
Alec, I haven't created an account yet on Vimeo...can you adjust the size of the video display? The one thing I personally hate is paging through multiple "pages" of links ( < 1 2 3 4 5 > ) without knowing what's behind them or if there's anything of interest to view. I'd personally prefer smaller thumbnail references requiring less paging to see all videos.
Jon On 12/28/2010 9:20 AM, Smyth, Alec wrote:
Hi Marc, Actually it has the same sort of functionality for description, comments, view counter, etc. as Youtube. It's just that the channel is a list of shortcuts. Click on the video title and it will take you to a details page for that piece. If you don't see a button for leaving comments, it might be that you need a Vimeo profile to do so, but that's free. It's been a while since I uploaded anything on Youtube, so this might have changed, but what killed me about it were two things; the ten minute cap on length, and (far worse) the fact I had to use compression settings that degrade the quality enormously. To give you an idea how much they degraded quality, in the 2009 PSUBS Convention video there is a long scene shot through the bow viewport of Aquarius, with the bottom moving by, and you see all sorts of things going past. When I tried uploading that one on Youtube, the compression had reduced the shot to a solid green color with no discernible objects at all. Vimeo has neither the time limit nor the quality downgrade. You can even upload 1280p footage, although few people have a monitor capable of such resolution yet. The other good thing about Vimeo is that it is where professional film makers and or film students post their work. I find the typical Youtube video to be someone's uncle falling off a chair, but in this place it's mostly worthwhile stuff to watch.
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