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Bogus claims are an ongoing issue and this same basic article (about static videos in particular!) has been posted before -- which is not to say it shouldn't be
by Panino 9y ago
Bogus claims are an ongoing issue and this same basic article (about static videos in particular!) has been posted before -- which is not to say it shouldn't be posted, but rather that Youtube hasn't fixed this known, albeit difficult, problem. Is it considered WONTFIX?
It's one of the reasons that makes me self-host videos, which is actually very easy to do with HTML5. Check the examples section here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video
It's just a few lines of HTML and you're done. Try it with a test video -- it's surprisingly easy.
- JustSomeNobody 9y agoWhat if one of your videos goes viral? Would that not get very expensive?
- Panino 9y agoThe videos are only of interest to family and friends. That said, I've seen a few stats of top-page HN links generating 10,000 or more unexpected visitors, and a 1TB cap with a 20MB video would easily handle that. But if that weren't the case, if I were making professional videos intended for a mass audience, then I would just add more servers with appropriate bandwidth. Scaling for your own content is vastly different and easier than scaling for everyone's a la Youtube or imgur.