5 Video Sharing Sites which are Better than YouTube
YouTube, owned by Google is the big daddy of videos and we can get virtually any kind of movies or videos in YouTube, from cricket or football matches to television soaps and top movies or even scandals. But still YouTube lacks behind in many aspects like clarity of video, limitation on size of video etc. So here are 5 Video sharing sites which are better than YouTube (not in terms of number of videos).
1. Blip.tv: Blip.tv Beta allows you to upload videos through its website or a desktop based software or through FTP or via mobile phone. Blip.tv is one of the best sites in terms of quality of video displayed.
Features;
- Excellent Video and audio quality
- Better upload options, via software, ftp or mobile phone
- Unlimited user storage
- Max file size 100 MB
- Very good embedded player for websites and blogs
- Also provides revenue sharing
2. DivX Stage 6: DivX stage 6 beta is developed by the people behind the DivX format and this site allows users to upload videos upto 2GB limit.
Features;
- Very good video and audio quality
- 2GB upload size
- Unlimited user storage
- Good Embedded player
3. Microsoft Soap Box: Microsoft’s Soapbox is integrated with MSN platform. This is again a good service which allows to share videos with almost all Microsoft services like Windows Live Spaces.
Features;
- Unlimited storage
- Uploads file size upto 100 MB
- Good quality audio and video
- Good sharing options and embedded player
4. BrightCove: BrightCove is another good video sharing site which offers revenue sharing via Brightcove network.
Features;
- Revenue sharing via network
- 100 MB file size
- Unlimited storage
- Superior quality player
- Good quality audio and video
5. Revver: The best feature of Revver are the revenue sharing for its users (50:50 split) and unlimited upload size. There is no limitation to the upload size. But the disadvantage of Revver is that all videos feature ads on them.
Features;
- Good Quality audio and video
- Revenue sharing
- Unlimited video storage
- Unlimited file size
- Superior embedded player
There are few other good sites for Video sharing like MySpace TV, JumpCut etc. If you like to add any more sites which are better than You Tube, please share it in comments.
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Dec 4th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Just to point out that Brightcove is not longer providing uploading and storage services to direct consumer. It is now only available to Brightcove media and business partners.
Dec 4th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Stage 6 is totally awesome… the video quality is wide screen and totally superior to that over YouTube. Unfortunately, these under dogs don’t get the traffic that YouTube has…
Dec 4th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
@Kuanhoong,
I tried using BrightCove to upload my video and I was successful in that.
@Garry,
Stage 6 is indeed wonderful with superior quality video and audio.
Dec 4th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
I don’t know why but I still prefer YouTube. Probably because now I am very much addicted to its player and all.
YouTube is fast compared to other site but Stage 6 is also one really good video sharing site.
Great List.
Dec 4th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
@DJ,
Yea, since we have been using YouTube for long time, we may not shift to any other site.
But disagree on the point YouTube is fast, which aspect is it fast when compared to others?
Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Hi Nirmal,
The service will terminate beginning 18th December 2007.
Refer to this announcement in Brightcove’s blog
http://blog.brightcove.com/blo.....tv-an.html
Dec 4th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Thank you for the list. Stumbled.
Jamy
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Aha finally some other sites to waste time on other than youtube. Well I have spend quite a lot of time watching videos this just adds up to the list. Stumbled
Dec 4th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Yep youtube is more popular if not the best in quality. I used blip.tv other than youtube, it is also good
Dec 5th, 2007 at 2:34 am
YouTube I heard is going to be increasing the quality of the videos very soon by detecting how fast your Internet connection is! That will be a welcome change.
Dec 5th, 2007 at 3:42 am
Youtube is also going to increse the upload size of videos but the length will remain the same.
In terms of quality Stage 6 rocks .
Dec 5th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Nirmal, might be you need to check out MegaVideo.com. The quality is fabulous!
Dec 5th, 2007 at 9:54 am
@Kuanhoong,
Just check this image. I was able to upload to Brightcove.
@Jamy,
Thanks for the Stumble.
@Keith,
Thanks for the Stumble, indeed few more sites to add up to videos.
@Aseem,
If you Tube is increasing quality, then thats good news.
@Madhur,
Stage 6 is definitely great one.
@Ben,
Good to see you back after a long time. I’ll check out mega video.
Dec 5th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
While Youtube is still king, these are nice alternatives! I’ve used Blip.tv for hosting my Flash slides, which I can’t do it in Youtube. Revver is also quite nice.
Dec 5th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
OMG,
I wonder did you actually read the blog that I gave to you?
As I said, the service will end in 18th December 2007. It is 6th December now. You can still upload you video. That is till 18th December 2007. 12 days to go.
Thank you.
Dec 6th, 2007 at 10:04 am
@Kuanhoong,
Sorry for that error, I thought it was terminated upto Dec 18.
Dec 6th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I’ve used Blip, and I really liked it. It’s quite better than YouTube.
Dec 7th, 2007 at 9:27 am
The video quality is quite good in blip.tv.. Youtube loses out on that big time.
Dec 7th, 2007 at 10:28 am
@Harris,
Blip is really good when compared to YouTube.
@Vijay,
Indeed YouTube misses out on one major thing and thats quality of videos.
Feb 13th, 2008 at 6:59 am
http://www.messagefromme.com
- proprietary streaming player delivering H264/VORBIS
- High Quality
- Unlimited storage
- Unlimited File size
Beta version
Feb 15th, 2008 at 2:04 am
Revver is really nice. I have been using it for a couple years now and they are always upgrading stuff. A lot of sharing options, widgets, etc. I have been using it to upload my own videos and share the videos of other creators. I have made some money while doing it.
Apr 20th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
I like them all and agree that youtube quality is not that good. However I prefer youtube and i have signed up with every video service (revver,westindiantube,veoh,break,google,yahoo,aol uncut,bliptv) just to name a few. But the bottom line for me is this. Youtube has a large viewing community and i have gotten national and international attention from major TV networks.
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