Do I need ‘special’ web hosting to run a video website?

5 Responses

1. Stephen

   February 18th, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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   Because it is sure that the videos uploaded by people would be much unorderly, then your site must contain a video to flash video (.flv) converter that can convert all kinds of video files which are uploaded by all customers to flash video (.flv) format file.

   As far as I know, Adobe® Flash® Media Interactive Server 3 can complete these tasks if you can afford it. However I think there are plenty of other solutions to accomplish the same end goal.

   You will need a flash video player maker to make a flash video player to play these flash video files.

   To this point, Moyea Web Player Pro can do that.
   http://www.flash-video-mx.com/
   It can create a web page named index.html embedded with a web video (flash video) player named mwplayer.swf with scrollable thumbnail playlist and customizable control bar, you can add as many videos to the playlist of the player as you like. And this tutorial is for this program: http://www.flash-video-mx.com/webplayer-resources/add-videos-to-website.html

2. nookkin

   February 18th, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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   If you’re going to host a lot of videos, you probably need a dedicated server (as opposed to a shared hosting account, where many sites are hosted on a single server).

3. alexdedouk

   February 18th, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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   Hello,
   It depends..
   Will you host the videos?
   Then you want ffmpeg enabled in your server.
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4. David G

   February 18th, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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   You just need a web host supporting multimedia.

   Take a look at: http://www.threehosts.com/multimedia

   There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the multimedia web hosting industry.

5. Bital P

   February 18th, 2011 at 12:51 pm

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   If you like to create websites (usually you will end up more than 1 website, I got more than 100 websites in about 6 months’ time), go for multiple web hosting services where you could host all your websites in one account.

   I would like to suggest following webhosting which I use, they are excellent.

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   They offer hosting of "unlimited domains" and you will get massive webspace of 1500000 MB (1500 GB ). They only charge $5.95/month and they offer "a free Domain Name" and installing service called "Fantastico". By using Fantastico, you could create own forum, photo gallery, shopping cart (e-commerce),your own auction site and your own blogs within few seconds. They also offer "Free Website Builder" as well.
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