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How to host videos on a server?

Hello,

I am in charge of a project (web base) to manage so many videos (400+). The goal is to search for and play different videos base on category a visitor will search for.

I will appreciate it if experts could answer following questions:

1- One way is to create the UI and host them on Youtube which sounds good but how can I sync my search with videos on Youtube?

2- If I setup my own server, what kind of hardware would i need? and what kind of bandwidth? (hint: I'm expecting hundreds of viewers on a monthly basis)

3- Which service should I pick maybe something like viemo? and if so, how can I create my own logic/search/administration page while using a 3rd part service?

Thanks,
Ak

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akohan

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Hello Scott,

I like your idea! I'm thinking of designing a site with search features plus categorizing video clips so from your comment I think they have sort of api. right?

Thanks.

Scott Fell

There is an api for just about everything... If you are talking about search though, I would use my own db and manage how results are shown unless of course you don't really care about that.

akohan

ASKER

Thank to you both for helping me with this question.

Regards.

akohan

ASKER

Thank you!

akohan

ASKER

Just few questions to add:

What kind of hosting do I need for my pages (which videos will be embedded in) ?
Does it matter its bandwidth? what would I need ? my videos are around 400
How can I get Google drive in Europe or Middle East. Will that be possible while I live here in CA?

Thanks,
ak

Scott Fell

The hosting for your webpages can be anything. It is important to not actually load all of your videos on one page. Rather, thumbnails and as the user clicks, load the video from a cdn.

I don't know what the availability is in Europe or middle east. If it is not available, you may need to use choices like http://www.level3.com/en/products-and-services/data-and-internet/cdn-content-delivery-network/ or http://www.akamai.com/

akohan

ASKER

Scott ,

I truly appreciate your help. One thing I'm not following this scenario is CDN.
Is it something that I have to provide or Google will give it to me or hosting company?

Please advise.

Scott Fell

A CDN is a content Delivery Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network

Google/drive/youtube uses their own CDN. If a country is blocking that service, you can try another 3rd party service as I provided.

If you can get a way with using google drive/youtube or vimeo and you are not maxing out any usage quotas, this will be free. The same goes for bing/onedrive or dropbox.

akohan

ASKER

got it! thanks. Yes the country I'm targeting for blocks it so I gotta go with Level3 or Akamai .

Thank you!