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..
Video Website...
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Re: Video Website...
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.
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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Re: Video Website...
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.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??
Youtube seems like a good alternative, assuming your ok with the videos being under their control.