| Provider |
Format |
Total bitrate |
Native resolution |
Site resolution |
Audio Hertz |
Downloads |
Uploads |
To Phone |
From Phone |
Tagging |
Other Notes |
| Bolt |
Flash 7 |
462 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
44Khz S |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Brightcove |
Flash 8 |
480 |
480x350 |
480x350 |
44Khz M |
No |
N/A |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Clipshack |
Flash |
Low |
|
320x240 |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Video is most likely
streamed. File does not reside in browser cache. |
| Flixpo |
WM9 |
256 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
16Khz M |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Offers video downloads
for PSP and IPOD. |
| Flukiest |
Flash 7 |
450 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
22Khz M |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Google |
Flash 7 |
500 |
320x240 |
user defineable |
22Khz M |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Grouper |
WM9 |
254 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
22Khz S |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Myspace |
Flash |
NA |
430x330 |
320x240 |
22Khz S |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Video quality is poor
when stretched. |
| Pixparty |
WM9 |
512 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
44Khz S |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
very slow streaming.
5 mintues to buffer 1 video. |
| Revver |
Quicktime |
308 |
320x240 |
480x360 |
32Khz |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Sharkle |
Flash 7 |
500 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
44Khz |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
|
| Veoh |
Flash |
NA |
|
540x425 |
|
PTP |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Videos do not end up in the browser cache; this means an accurate bitrate
can not be determined. Veoh's quality seems poorer either because of a lower
bitrate or they are using Flash 7. |
| Videoegg |
Flash 8 |
700 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
44Khz M |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Little quality gain
above 500kbps at that resolution and it takes longer to buffer. Needs
to bump audio up to stereo. poor video controls. No time displayed.
Had to read from file manually. Fast forwarding works very poorly. |
| Vidiac |
Flash 8 |
528 |
428x320 |
428x320 |
44Khz S |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
tags can be entered
when uploading and searched on, but are not specifically listed on the
video page. |
| |
WM9 |
400/220 |
428x320 |
428x320 |
44Khz S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vidilife |
WM9 |
342 |
360x270 |
360x270 |
32Khz M |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Vimeo |
Flash 8 |
415 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
44Khz M |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
| Vsocial |
Flash 7 |
400 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
22Khz M |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
| Youtube |
Flash 7 |
330 |
320x240 |
|
22Khz M |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
full screen option |
| Zippyvideos |
WM9 |
512 |
320x240 |
320x240 |
44Khz S |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
20MB file upload limit,
100MB total severly limits usefulness. |
| Provider |
Format |
Total bitrate |
Video Quality |
Easy to use |
Sharing/Tagging/ Embed |
Share of market (alexa
ranking reach per million) - 5/3/06 |
Other notes |
| Bolt |
Flash 7 |
462 |
3.5 |
4 |
5 |
1300 |
Integration with Myspace,
etc. Supports video comments, though it wasn't working in our test.
Lengthy signup process. No video progress bar. |
| Brightcove |
Flash 8 |
480 |
5 |
N/A |
N/A |
75 |
Still in beta, difficult
to gauge easy of use and sharing features. |
| Flixpo |
WM9 |
256 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
Software has to be installed
to upload a video. No search bar for videos. No embed tags are shown. |
| Flukiest |
Flash 7 |
450 |
3.5 |
4 |
5 |
25 |
50MB file limit makes
uploading larger files difficult.Uploading a standard WM9 WMV file was
not supported. Uploading a standard MPEG4 file also timed out but was
uploaded and accepted to Veoh a moment later. No status bar on uploads. |
| Google |
Flash 7 |
500 |
3.5 |
2 |
4 |
N/A |
Google software must
be installed to upload a video. The software provides no functionality
that can not be embedded in a page. Plus Google says it can take several
days for your video to show up. They have embed tags, no comments. |
| Grouper |
WM9 |
240 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
260 |
|
| Myspace |
Flash 8 |
N/A |
4 |
5 |
5 |
38,600 |
video quality could
not be determined. Standard MPEG4 video was not successfully transcoded
by Myspace |
| Pixparty |
varies |
varies |
3 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
Too many questions are
asked during signup. They ask sexual orrientation!? Videos are limited
to 10 MB which presents the same problem as zippyvideos.com.Broken thumbnails
for videos. Videos don't appear to be transcoded so the user experience
is inconsistent. Searching for videos is difficult. |
| Revver |
Quicktime |
225 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
150 |
Revver software must
be installed to upload a video. The software provides no functionality
that can not be embedded in a page. |
| Sharkle |
Flash 7 |
500 |
3.5 |
4.5 |
5 |
65 |
No upload progress bar
makes it impossible to know how far along your video is. |
| Veoh |
Flash |
NA |
3.5 |
5 |
5 |
150 |
Category selection upon
upload is nice. They support Bittorrent for downloading of videos. Bittorrent
only works well for videos that are popular. |
| Videoegg |
Flash 8 |
700 |
5 |
NA |
NA |
25 |
Still in beta, difficult
to gauge easy of use and sharing features. |
| Vidiac |
WM9 |
400 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
740 |
Because of the network
model Vidiac is difficult to measure. Ranking is freevideoblog.com and
streetfire.net |
| Vidiac |
Flash 8 |
528 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
740 |
Vidiac is transitioning
from WM9 to Flash 8. Ease of use is high because a user doesn't need
an account to upload a video. Tagging is supported on uploads, but is
not well integrated into searching. Anonymous uploads are allowed and
the signup process is very quick. |
| Vidilife |
WM9 |
342 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
515 |
nice video email and
webcam features. Videos are permanently watermarked. Good category-based
searching features. |
| Vimeo |
Flash 8 |
415 |
4.5 |
4 |
5 |
185 |
Very easy signup process.Only
30 megs can be uploaded per week. Upload process is very easy but ease
of use is diminished because of the 30meg limit. Original source file
is immediately streamable while the file is being converted to Flash,
very nice feature. |
| Vsocial |
Flash 7 |
400 |
3.5 |
5 |
5 |
145 |
|
| Youtube |
Flash 7 |
330 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
23,800 |
|
| Zippyvideos |
WM9 |
512 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
765 |
Anonymous upload is
a nice feature but videos are limited to 20MB which means that users
may have to re-encode their videos or break them up. Very difficult.
Can't find any embed tags. |
| Ease of use is defined
by how many steps are required to upload a video. |
