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Re: Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store

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Two things: 1. Check your spelling. 2. Buffering...

I found that it did little to no buffering when I tried the demo films. What kind of connection are you using?

The conn should be fine but I'm in europe, perhaps that's the problem?

I get frequent stutters on this video (which is otherwise great btw!): http://wizardsmoke.vittyo.com/videos/98401

Re: Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found that it did little to no buffering when I tried the demo films. What kind of connection are you using?

The conn should be fine but I'm in europe, perhaps that's the problem? I get frequent stutters on this video (which is otherwise great btw!): http://wizardsmoke.vittyo.com/videos/98401

We're using Amazon Cloudfront so there should be an edge server in Europe, but maybe it takes awhile before it's distributed there. That being said, I've got a slower connection at home which can stutter on some of the HD stuff. It's a trade off on using RTMP; security vs the ability to buffer the entire video.

Re: Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store

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Looks pretty cool, congrats!

My main concern is how do you plan to compete with YouTube? They offer a rentals marketplace which may still be in beta. Also, they have serious money behind their technology for large scale streaming, and currently have a majority of the traffic in that space.

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Looks pretty cool, congrats! My main concern is how do you plan to compete with YouTube? They offer a rentals marketplace which may still be in beta. Also, they have serious money behind their technology for large scale streaming, and currently have a majority of the traffic in that space.

just like Vimeo, we are trying to target at the "indie" and more serious group of video makers than YouTube, by providing them lots more room of customization and personal branding.

the focus is very different: Vimeo and YouTube are more like a hub, while we try to be a service.

Re: Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store

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Looks pretty cool, congrats! My main concern is how do you plan to compete with YouTube? They offer a rentals marketplace which may still be in beta. Also, they have serious money behind their technology for large scale streaming, and currently have a majority of the traffic in that space.

Thanks, that's a good question.

We are more targeted towards small-time content producers than the major movie production companies. Think mom and pop store selling custom bags vs Nike bags sold at Walmart.

We run on Google Appengine & Amazon Cloudfront, so there shouldn't be any problem with scaling. We also use http://zencoder.com/ (ycombinator '10) for video encoding, and they've been great!

Re: Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store

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Looks pretty cool, congrats! My main concern is how do you plan to compete with YouTube? They offer a rentals marketplace which may still be in beta. Also, they have serious money behind their technology for large scale streaming, and currently have a majority of the traffic in that space.

just like Vimeo, we are trying to target at the "indie" and more serious group of video makers than YouTube, by providing them lots more room of customization and personal branding. the focus is very different: Vimeo and YouTube are more like a hub, while we try to be a service.

Thanks! guys for helping me understand a lil bit more.

We are currently in the YouTube Rentals program, may have to test it out and see how some of our content performs on your platform. Once we finish, off course.

Keep coding!

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