Current mood:

awake

Testing video embeds
I torrented and learned to use iMovie a few nights ago to edit the raw footage Jazmin took at the Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner #4 on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 in San Francisco.

Here is how various video hosting sites are displaying the same batch of videos. I thought it was interesting to see how they differ side by side. I prefer to be able to select directly (or from a wider variety, say 10 screenshots for Facebook instead of 3 screenshots for YouTube). I also like how information is displayed on Vimeo video embeds, with Facebook video embeds information display being a close second. That being said, I think I'm going with Vimeo. Plus, people can download the file from Vimeo whereas the other video hosting services don't allow downloading the video.

Vimeo (one presentation/video)

Pros:
Free account holders get 200MB of video files to upload a week
No cap on file length, really (14 minute videos are OK)
Ability to replace video easily
I can upload my own featured video screenshot or pick from 10 screenshots to choose from
Embedding video options are plentiful and super user-friendly :)

Cons:
Free account holders must wait an hour before uploaded videos are posted/available online



Facebook (one presentation/video)

Pros:
Maximum length of videos: 20 minutes
I can tag the speaker on Facebook to the video
Provides screenshots from the video for you to choose from for the featured video screenshot
Embedded video looks nice enough

Cons:
Can't replace the video file
Can't add the video to the Facebook fan page for Girl Geek Dinners, oddly enough



YouTube (one presentation/video)

Pros:
Hello, virality!
Ability to replace files easily

Cons:
Maximum length of video: 10 minutes (2 of 4 speakers run over 10 minutes)
Presents only three video screenshots to choose from for the featured video screenshot



YouTube (playlist format of four presentations/videos)

Pros:
All speaker presentations in one place

Cons:
Nobody (including me) can intuitively figure out how to USE this embedded video player



I should probably have put all the "pros" and "cons" into a table.. Oh well, it's 5AM, no time for that :P