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Is there an alternative to Vimeo
  • peternappeternap

    Apparently Vimeo has eliminated it's old format now and the NEW VIMEO doesn't allow for Flash Uploading (Not to mention it's ugly and cluttered). The Ajax uploader doesn't work with Firefox and I'm not going to start using Chrome just because Vimeo has buggy software. So I'm going to cancel my paid account.

    I don't much care for you tube either but if there isn't anything else, I may have to go that route.

    Any suggestions?

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  • anacrofilosotecaanacrofilosoteca

    daylimotion?

  • peternappeternap

    @anacrofilosoteca Thanks! I'd never heard of them before but it looks interesting.

  • balazerbalazer

    Firefox has gone downhill. There is a reason more people are using Chrome now. Do yourself a favor and switch. It is fairly painless.

  • endotoxicendotoxic

    yes yes go on, usec chrome if you want to be more analized than you are today.

  • mozesmozes

    @peternap try http://exposureroom.com/

  • peternappeternap

    @endotoxic @balazer I've had it for a while and don't care for it. It is bad about telling me a site doesn't exist when it does. It's too late for Vimeo anyway, Refund is done and I'm basic.

    @mozes Thanks!

  • karlkarl

    Why not just use any file hosting service that does not tamper with the files you upload?

    If you don't mind asking people to enter the URL you give to them in their favorite player software - instead of entering the URL into their Web browser - then you can use any file hoster that allows "direct access" as listed e.g. under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_hosting_services

    If it's important for you that the hosting is video-specific (so people don't have to leave their Web browser at all), then this list might contain some options for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_video_hosting_services

  • RobertoRoberto

    The Internet Archive, (last I heard) is happy to host media files for free - because it saves the extra step of archiving them from other websites.

    http://wiki.creativecommons.org/HOWTO_Publish#Video

    [Edit] Your video can be set to auto play as in this example:

    http://archive.org/help/video.php?identifier=peril_of_doc_ock&ht=480&wd=640&url=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fembed%2Fperil_of_doc_ock%26autoplay%3D1

    See help at http://archive.org/help/video.php

  • luxisluxis

    thanks Roberto a cool idea ;)

    as far as chrome, its the worst idea for a browser - made by the same company that virtually decides what the internet is - based on their algorithms ...hell no! thanks, but NO! ; ) about vimeo, i am experiencing issues on firefox,opera and safari! The videos would stay at 0 seconds and nothing moves. it all started mysteriously tonight! Youtube works so it snot the flash player. Any ideas or similar stories? Sorry for the cross thread posting, i asked the same question in another thread about India blocking vimeo.

  • peternappeternap

    @luxis The cross posting doesn't bother me and I agree 100% on Chrome. I just didn't want to start that argument. The problem with Vimeo not starting the upload is a known bug and as usual, their staff is working on it, and have been for a good while....like since they came up with the new Vimeo.

    I'm guessing at the Flash conflict because until they removed the old Vimeo permanently today, I could upload using the Flash uploader but as you said, the Ajax uploader will just sit at zero.

    It really made me mad today and apparently I wasn't the only one. At least one other fellow canceled his paid account.

  • peternappeternap

    @Roberto Thanks....I think. I feel very old after reading that,

  • luxisluxis

    @peternap Well actually i cannot see any videos on vimeo! i wrote to them but who know when they will answer if at all.

  • peternappeternap

    Call the Corporate parent, I think that's what kicked them over the edge today with me.

  • kavadnikavadni

    This indicates my feelings towards the new vimeo https://vimeo.com/forums/topic:66133#comment_7205635

    It continued in PM and eventually .. i searched my history and page source and the answer was: https://vimeo.com/beta/opt_out .. they deleted the forum adn changed the link within 10 minutes.

    I created another help thread with the answer on how to get back to the old style which they deleted .. my irk was not so much the change .. I guess it's inevitable.

    It's the fact that it was not mean't to be enforced at the time

  • RobertoRoberto

    Wikipedia has a long list of video hosting services.

  • mozesmozes

    i use opera and have practical no problems with vimeo.
    sometimes a clip doesn't start, refreshing the page will or can help.
    In Site Preferences, i have not set
    I prefer to watch videos with the HTML5 player
    I prefer to watch videos in HD

  • Mr_MooreMr_Moore

    I have been Flash-free for a little over a year now and rarely felt like I was missing something. If anything, my Vimeo experience has always been leaps better than YouTube. (In fact, YouTube’s HTML5 implementation is vastly inferior to that of Vimeo.)

    What seems to be the actual problem? Uploading? The uploader works fine for me (in Safari). I repeat: there’s no Flash in my system.

  • DeShonDixonDeShonDixon

    Yeah I think vimeo's layout and design is wack now.

  • peaceonearthpeaceonearth

    @karl vimeo has much more features than just file hosting. First of all vimeo embeddeds a player. Try to upload a .mov or even .mp4 to your webspace and see how much people will complain that it cannot be played in their browser. I use vimeo mostly for password embedded preview for my clients. It's also easy to embedd videos into your homepage.

  • mozesmozes

    exposureroom offers 3 option's to embed your video, sd, md and hd, sadly no 1080.

  • luxisluxis

    ok, it came back today just like that! so obviously they were doing something they shouldn't(vimeo) releasing a live site, directly without the due extensive testing on all platforms/browsers and scenarios. This not exactly a professional service. If i were a paying customer , i would be quite upset about it! And no mater how we look at it, at this global scale vimeo has, is a big screw up, not even a beginner web designer/coder would do this!

  • luxisluxis

    and btw there is still no option to use html5 in firefox 12(one of the major browsers obviously) so that's a big chunk of not happy customers right there!

  • peternappeternap

    My biggest complaint is their idiot Staff. If there is a problem and you go to the help section and post...the answer, if you get one, is always...it must be your settings. More often than not they just ignore it or just say we;re looking into it, then lock the thread.

    That's fine for a non paid service, but if I pay for it, I'd like to get it or at least get an explanation.

    Yesterday, they just eliminated the old format without telling anyone, then when I asked about it and others jumped on the band wagon, they ignored the question. I had written an email the day before, also ignored so I looked up the parent company (Vimeo doesn't have phones) and blistered everyone that answered a phone. Most numbers just gave voice mail.

    Within 30 seconds of getting a human who finally gave me a number to get someone in the tech department, I got an email that said the old format was gone so I could not upload using Firefox.

    I posted the email on the help thread and they locked it. I PM'ed the Staff member and told him I'd had it, I wanted a refund. About 5 minutes later, I got one.

    I don't think they like their software being called buggy beta versions.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Btw, their main login screen do not accept mail in .info domain due to wrong JavaScript check:-)

    But their popup screen works ok.

  • JayB38JayB38

    I feel the OP's pain about Vimeo. It takes a while for them to upload. I tried many times, only to take days, weeks, month, to half a year for my videos to upload and shown in that site, or NONE at all...

    I may check out Exposureroom.

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