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Ask HN: Super fast video hosting?
I want to send product demo videos to prospective customers. I want the video links to load almost instantaneously so that they don't browse away for slow video loading times. Since keeping their attention is a delicate matter, I believe even a 1 second delay would be important.
Do you know any fast, possibly uncrowded video hosting sites to provide such a service? I have vimeo and youtube in mind, but are they good enough? (last time I checked vimeo would take some seconds to load)
- jacquesm 16y agoYoutube is pretty damn quick, they had their issues for a while but the last two years or so I haven't been able to pin any slowness on them if there was any (providers are another factor though).
- thomas 16y agoAgreed. I wouldn't overthink this one. The larger video sites have pretty great performance worldwide.
- dkuchar 16y agoWe use vimeo, mainly because I like it's interface better than youtube's. But yes there's a small delay.
- OpieCunningham 16y agoGenerally, this is more of a client-side bandwidth issue which is out of your control. To minimize load time, decrease the size of your video.
- jasoncartwright 16y agoIsn't the user expecting a short delay before video loads? Like the other videos they view on the web? If you want to host the file yourself (e.g. not use a video hosting service like YouTube or Vimeo), then you should consider a CDN.