(How to Host Video On A Website) Amazon S3, Cloudfront & S3 Fox

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[TheInfoExpert]

Wow, thanks for the clear explanation! Another quick question:

1. Do you use Wordpress? If so, so you need a player now, or can you just drop the video into the html?

2. How big is too big for video files? Should I reduce size, some of them are large - 200mb plus

3. What format do you put videos in? Is flash the best/most accepted?

Thank you thank you

Scott

[KevinMcKillop]

@TheInfoExpert

1. Yes I use WordPress. You'll need a 'player' of some kind in order to display the videos. There are plenty of options, some paid, some free.

2. Size is relative, depends on how long it is and how high of quality you want. 200MB is large, but if you have a 45-60 minute video, it's not that big at all.

3. The best solution is to save your videos in a MP4 format, with H.264 encoding (typical MP4 setting in most software)

[DrummerEtc]

Quick question...I go to my bucket, which contains folders. Each folder has a PDF and a video...is there anyway I can allow the folder to be downloaded instead of having to go inside the folder and create two separate download URL's? It's telling me it's "undefined" when I try to do it. Any help is appreciated!

[KevinMcKillop]

@DrummerEtc Unfortunately it's on a file by file basis, you can't 'download' a folder.

[DrummerEtc]

This is amazingly helpful. I had actually gone in and changed the meta data of every video and PDF file I had to enable them for download...and peeps are having problems with the video links. If I had only known it was this easy, it would have saved me TONS of time, lol. So glad I found this...Amazon S3 isn't the easiest thing for the casual user to navigate. Thanks!

-Stephen T.

[KevinMcKillop]

@DrummerEtc Glad it was of help for you Stephen!

[wizsoft]

Very clear thanks!

[DrummerEtc]

@KevinMcKillop Ok, I was afraid of that...that sucks. Thanks for the info though.

-ST

[KevinMcKillop]

@Thedestressguy I just chose one that was popular at the time. There isn't any huge benefit of one over the other. Buffering has everything to do with the encoding of the movie and nothing to do with how you upload it. So if it does or doesn't buffer as you want it to, it's an encoding issue.

[Thedestressguy]

Hi Kevin, I liked how you simplified the process. I will forward your link onto those who are now using my video marketing program and need help with "hosting". I have to ask why not just use the built-in "upload" feature of AS3 vrs Firefox? Will the standard player from Amazon buffer the video so it plays ASAP? Good work and thanks. RR PS: the cost is incredible low for hosting on AS3