Ask HN: Guidelines and template outlines for an online video capture service

[X-post from https://www.reddit.com/r/AskProgramming/comments/4df9dg/guidelines_and_template_outlines_for_an_online/] Too many characters to post. Summary: What are the common approaches with respect to architecture and tech stack when creating an online-video capture system? Unlike YouTube the end user does not have to wait for the video uploading process before proceeding to the next upload (which will definitely occur). Hence, that procedure will run in the background server side. There are long-term storage requirements. 3 years of the video content. Then it may be purged.