I’ve been working on the OpenX tutorials and since I don’t want to host the video on my own website to save the space and the bandwidth, I’ve been trying to find a service like YouTube. The problem with YouTube is they only allow 10 minute videos. You used to be able to pay extra to upload longer videos but not anymore.

Revver

I decided on Revver for a few reasons, no time limit, it’s free, but they stick ads in the videos. YouTube puts ads in their videos also. But it takes forever for them to approve your video because they have an actual person look at every single video. It’s been over 24 hours and I’m still waiting for the videos to be approved.

Vimeo

I found Vimeo recently. It’s free unless you want to do a lot of HD and upload more than 500 mb a week. I tried to upload the exact same video I uploaded to Revver, but it didn’t take. I then followed their instructions on the video settings and the file went from 23 mb to 144 mb, weird. There are no ads and they approve videos a lot faster, either I don’t understand their settings or they want large files. It may be better quality, but we’ll see if there’s much of a difference after Revver approves the same video.

Plus Vimeo is setup a lot like Flickr in that they have groups, you can add your videos to channels and albums. I kind of like the player that’s on Revver a little more. Plus Revver has more options for the embedded player.