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Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by michaelrlitt » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:04 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #6

Pretty poor journalism, the article is written as if there were no alternatives to youtube for hosting. There are a couple of dozen companies in the video hosting/serving space from Brightcove to Viddler. Wikipedia even has a "List of video hosting services" page. What makes this company different ?

Our focus is on consolidating your web video. Many companies leverage YouTube, that makes sense. We help them kill the outbound link created by the YouTube embed on their site. You can host with us or YouTube and your video players will all look the same.

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by jeffreymcmanus » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:04 PM UTC

matdwyer wrote: post #9

philipkimmey wrote: post #8

This is why I love Hacker News - although there are other options out there, their feature set (and pricing) pretty much perfectly describes what I was looking for. I don't know whether this will be the eventual solution vs. ZenCoder (or something similar) and S3, but this certainly seems like a potential option.

Maybe I'm just cheap, but I don't see the pricing as very attractive relative to the free options available. I'm saying that from a relatively small business that is looking to do more video perspective. I'm small enough to be able to host this myself with my own player and not have problems, and not large enough to see the value in $20 or $50 a month. I could see doing the free trial, but 1 video makes it not seem a…

Almost anytime you see a product and your reaction is "I could do that myself slightly more cheaply," it means that that product isn't intended for your use.

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by jordanroher » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

What was behind the decision to use Starbucks' size names for your plans? I really like the site and the prices are reasonable, but the thought of signing up for a "Venti" video hosting service doesn't sound appealing to me.

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by michaelrlitt » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

jeffreymcmanus wrote: post #10

Article says they're using RTMP streaming. Doesn't that mean it won't work on iPhone/iPad because there's no Flash there?

We do HTML5 fall back for iOS/Android devices.

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by justinph » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:17 PM UTC

michaelrlitt wrote: post #11

ig1 wrote: post #6

Pretty poor journalism, the article is written as if there were no alternatives to youtube for hosting. There are a couple of dozen companies in the video hosting/serving space from Brightcove to Viddler. Wikipedia even has a "List of video hosting services" page. What makes this company different ?

Our focus is on consolidating your web video. Many companies leverage YouTube, that makes sense. We help them kill the outbound link created by the YouTube embed on their site. You can host with us or YouTube and your video players will all look the same.

So, essentially you're a front-end on the YouTube API?

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by michaelrlitt » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:23 PM UTC

justinph wrote: post #15

michaelrlitt wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our focus is on consolidating your web video. Many companies leverage YouTube, that makes sense. We help them kill the outbound link created by the YouTube embed on their site. You can host with us or YouTube and your video players will all look the same.

So, essentially you're a front-end on the YouTube API?

It's part of the product - customers are using it to transition from YouTube to a more professional (no outbound link, real-time data, customization, etc.) video platform (us).

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by tlogan » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:24 PM UTC

I have been wondering why YouTube have not started something like this.

BTW, there is also http://vidcaster.com which doing the same thing. Vimeo is doing the same thing now.

Personally, I think if you have multiple sites, then with Adobe Suite and Amazon CloudFront and a few dollars on odesk you can make excellent "video presentation" site for your business. Maybe there is a market for even more customizable service? Something like heroku for Video/FAQ/Tour part of your site?

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by jpdoctor » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:25 PM UTC

An entire company built around an incremental change to youtube/vimeo/100 other video sites?!

Really?

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by jcc80 » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:28 PM UTC

michaelrlitt wrote: post #3

zabeth24 wrote: post #2

Using vidyard on my site and Tumblr blog. Best part is seeing the viewing analytics.

Thanks (I'm a founder). We're super glad you're getting value!

I like the site - very nice. Has a somewhat similar look to mine...only better (http://www.growtap.com). Well done.

Re: Vidyard (YC S11) Is A YouTube For Businesses

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 22, 2011, 6:33 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #6

Pretty poor journalism, the article is written as if there were no alternatives to youtube for hosting. There are a couple of dozen companies in the video hosting/serving space from Brightcove to Viddler. Wikipedia even has a "List of video hosting services" page. What makes this company different ?

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