Ask HN: Easiest video embedding service (besides YouTube)

2 pointsby sam_in_nycvor 17 Jahren5 comments

I'm recording screen captures of my product, and now I want to put it on my website. I don't feel it's suitable to share it on YouTube... it just seems a bit unprofessional.

Are there any services that take a video, and wrap a standalone player around it?

4 comments

timfvor 17 Jahren

Some of the options are 'delve', 'flowplayer' and 'brightcove'. But you're going to have to pay I think.

cf. here about licensing fees on the codecs

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=451264

I've seen this free one recommended but it's not for commercial use:

http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/

aneeshvor 17 Jahren

Can't you make your video private on YouTube (http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en...), then embed it on your site?

timfvor 17 Jahren

I think he's worried about the branding on the embedded player. It will say "YouTube" and also have the extraneous features included in their player (like what on youtube to look at next, etc.).

menloparkbumvor 17 Jahren

Flowplayer is good. It's $95. If you don't want to pay and host your own player, Vimeo is nicer looking than Youtube.

http://flowplayer.org/index.html

sam_in_nycvor 17 Jahren

Looks pretty good, thanks

[deleted]vor 17 Jahren