Vimeo: www.vimeo.com
Why:
Just as it is with photos -- see tutorial No. 3 on Flickr -- hosting and displaying your own videos would be impossible without a 3rd party hosting and uploading system. Luckily, there is a whole host of options when it comes to sharing video and as it becomes more and more commonplace for people to share their own videos, the technology only gets better.
Using a 3rd party system allows your readers to have their own accounts and you can then incorporate their videos on your site, as well as having your own newspaper account.
We looked at several free video sharing sites and the top three were Blip.tv, YouTube and Vimeo. Vimeo came out as the winner for its simplicity and the quality of the videos as they're converted to flash. It also worked a little faster in compressing videos and the player is slick and easy to embed.
How:
In this tutorial, we walk you through how to set up a Vimeo account, how to upload videos to your account and then how to embed those videos on your site. You can also download a PDF of the instructions here.
Uploading and Embedding Video from Rural News on Vimeo.
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