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darshanpaul
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Video Website...

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I was planning to build a video website ... how should i go about building the website...

should i host the videos on my server or should i only put videos into the youtube server and then display those videos on the site... what are the factors which could affect that decision??

i should be able to search, sort and select a group of videos, from among the videos...

please help... looking forward for your replies..
ldougherty
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I suggest storing and streaming the videos from youtube as videos are large and require a lot of bandwidth.

If it were my project I'd upload the videos to youtube and store video information in a mySQL database so I can sort the output any way I wish. In the database Id have a URL field with a link to the video from YouTube.
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darshanpaul wrote:should i host the videos on my server or should i only put videos into the youtube server and then display those videos on the site... what are the factors which could affect that decision??
It will all come down to bandwidth. I would suggest implementing a streaming sever to reduce the used bandwidth, however that is slightly more complex.

Youtube seems like a good alternative, assuming your ok with the videos being under their control.
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