The results of our poll (“How Does Your Church Serve On-Demand Video?“) are in and seriously, thanks for voting!
I can say that I am not surprised by the results, Vimeo does have a great product at an incredible price point. Currently we are using Vimeo for our on demand message video at Gateway Church and I have had few complaints.
At 60 bucks a year it is tough to beat. Vimeo also seems to be working hard at preparing for the HTML5 revolution. I’d say the only weakness is an individual file size limit of 1GB which will limit the length of your HD offerings.
Check out who was #2 and more…
Coming in at a distant number two is the self hosting option. A great way to go if you want total control over your video and you have the people in place who can manage it. I love this as an option because of the control it gives you over quality, size and player options for each video. The downside is server space and speed. You need to be on a stout server in both size and delivery speed; some of the cloud options out there are helping with both.
The other options more or less showed similar adoption levels. I’d be interested in hearing what people are using as for ‘Other Free Solutions’ as it is the only other significant player form this poll.
Greg says
Being a very small church, we started with Ustream.tv and it still works for what we want. Yes, we have to deal with ads on the lower 1/3 occasionally but Ustream has done a better job with the ads lately.
Quality is really pretty good as long as we use Adobe’s Flash Media Encoder….especially considering we’re on a cable modem.
Vince Marotte says
I’m digging UStream more and more. We use them for smaller events and we have just begun testing on sending the live Internet Campus stream there simultaneously so people can tune in on Android and iphone.
Bill Whitt says
We use the free Vimeo plan for our weekly 30 minute TV show, which fits in just under their 500 MB weekly limit. We use YouTube for other HD video shorts that fit in under their 10 min. time limit. We also stream live on the free version of livestream.com!
We used to host our own flash video, but we’re phasing that out and embedding YouTube and Vimeo videos that better harness the power of social networking.
Vince Marotte says
right. I have had a lot of conversations with people that are really focused on being white label without considering the exposure you get when you use more social outposts for your content.
Phillip Gibb says
woot, go vimeo!
vimeo rocks
Bill Whitt says
I like that LiveStream.com gives you the ability to do lower thirds, full screen graphics, tickers and more. Plus, you can use multiple camera views and cut in pre-recorded (and pre-uploaded) videos right from the timeline. And you can create whatever playlist you want to air on auto pilot while you’re not live. Pretty cool. And all free!
Emily says
right. I have had a lot of conversations with people that are really focused on being white label without considering the exposure you get when you use more social outposts for your content.