Comparison of video services

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of video hosts. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.


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[edit] General information

Basic general information about the hosts: creator/company, license/price etc.

Service Creator Cost (USD) Software license Ads Videos Views Per Day Maximum size Censorship Language
blip.tv blip.tv Free (pro forthcoming) blip.tv TOS Opt-in  ?  ? No limit
Broadcaster.com Broadcaster.com Free Broadcaster TOS No  ?  ? 150 MB
Dailymotion Dailymotion Free  ?  ?  ?  ? 150 MB; 20 minutes in length Multilingual
DivX Stage6 DivX Free Stage6 TOS No  ?  ? 2 GB
Google Video Google Free Google Terms of Service Text 2,500,000  ? No limit; 100 MB when using the web-based uploader Multilingual
GoFish GoFish Free Go Fish TOS Yes  ?  ? 50 MB
iFilm acquired by MTV Networks Free  ? Yes  ? 2,000,000 100 MB
Internet Archive Internet Archive Free Creative Commons None  ?  ? No limit
LiveVideo LiveUniverse, Inc Free LiveVideo Terms of Service No  ?  ? 200 MB
Metacafe Metacafe Free Yes  ?  ? 100 MB
Multiply Multiply, Inc. Free Multiply Text  ?  ? 100 MB
Service Creator Cost (USD) Software license Ads Videos Views Per Day Maximum size Censorship Language
Ourmedia Ourmedia Free Any, default is Creative Commons Text 120,000  ? No limit
Putfile Putfile Ltd. Free  ? Text  ?  ? 25 MB
Revver Revver Free Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Text  ?  ? 100 MB
Sevenload Sevenload Free Sevenload Terms of Service Yes  ?  ? 200 MB
UVU Video Sharing WPBT Free uVu Terms of Service No  ?  ? 60 MB
Vimeo acquired by InterActiveCorp Free Vimero TOS Text  ?  ? 250 MB
vMix three ex-MP3.com employees Free vMix Terms of Service Yes  ?  ? 200 MB
YouAreTV YouAreTV Free YouAreTV Terms of Service No  ?  ?  ?  ?
YouTube three ex-PayPal employees; acquired by Google Free YouTube Terms of Service Yes  ? 100,000,000 100 MB; 10 minutes in length registration needed for "over 18" content English
Wideo M6 (Métropole Télévision) Free Wideo Terms of Service Yes  ?  ? 150 MB French
hungryflix.com hungryflix.com From $0.99 hungryflix.com TOS No  ?  ? 500MB
ToKillFor.com GoConnect Australia Pty Ltd[1]. Free ClipShare PHP Script No  ?  ? 100 MB - -

[edit] Files

Service MPEG MOV WMV AVI MP4 MOD RA RAM ASF Other
blip.tv Yes (converts to Flash, original available) Yes (converts to Flash, original available) Yes (converts to Flash, original available) Yes (converts to Flash, original available) Yes (converts to Flash, original available) Yes (no conversion) Yes (no conversion) Yes (no conversion) Yes (converts to Flash) OGG, 3GP, 3G2, DIVX
Broadcaster.com Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) No No No Yes (converts to Flash DV (converts to Flash), QT (converts to Flash), 3GP (converts to Flash), and FLV
DivX Stage6  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
Google Video Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Yes (converts to Google Video) Ogg Theora (converts to Google Video)
GoFish Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) Yes (converts to GoFlash) QT, 3GP, OGG Theora (all convert to GoFlash)
iFilm Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes 3GP, GVI, FLV
Internet Archive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Any
LiveVideo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes dvr-ms, mpe, mp2, asx, 3g2, flv, and divx
Metacafe Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) No No No No No QT (converts to Flash), MP2 (converts to Flash), 3GP (converts to Flash), All formats are converted to WMV, FLV, and MP4
Multiply Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes Yes Yes Yes (converts to Flash) 3GP FLV QT MP2 DV (these, among others convert to Flash; unsupported formats available for traditional file download)
Putfile Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ASX, 3G2
Revver Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No
Vimeo  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
vMix Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) No No No Yes (converts to Flash) 3GP, 3G2
YouAreTV Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) No No No Yes (converts to Flash) 3GP, M4V
YouTube Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) No Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) Yes (converts to Flash) 3GP, H.263
hungryflix.com Yes (MPEG4) Yes No No Yes No No No No H.264

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