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That's interesting. I never could figure out why vimeo even existed as everyone uses youtube. But I guess it has a niche. Any idea why creative professionals g

by qiskit 5y ago

That's interesting. I never could figure out why vimeo even existed as everyone uses youtube. But I guess it has a niche. Any idea why creative professionals gravitated towards vimeo?

evan_ 5y ago
Couldn't say for sure but I would speculate it has to do with, you can link directly to a video and it won't show a bunch of links to other videos to watch, comments, ads, etc. Whereas if you post your serious acting monologue on Youtube, even unlisted, it's going to have a bunch of distractions and videos from other people that you probably don't want the casting director being pulled into. The fact that Vimeo doesn't have the same level of content match might play into it too, if you want to show off a clip from the episode of Modern Family where you had two lines you don't want ABC to pull it. I'm sure network effect drive it as well, if you're trying to break into an industry and you see that lots of already successful people are using Vimeo, you're going to use it too.
voltaireodactyl 5y ago
Video quality is significantly higher on Vimeo, and their support is much, MUCH more reachable than Google’s. Being able to contact someone to resolve issues is so critical to the film industry that even IMDb has added an option.
- max599 5y ago
  >Video quality is significantly higher on Vimeo it stopped being "significantly" better a long time ago. The bitrate used to be much higher than YouTube but now they are similar. People only keep repeating this because it was true in the earlier days of HD video hosting.
  - voltaireodactyl 5y ago
    True, but bitrate is only one part of the equation, and not the biggest factor for creative work. Preserving color space, frame rate, etc are of higher importance to anyone other than editors and the most-technical of DPs.
bdougherty 5y ago
Back in the day it was a true community of creatives and creative professionals. There was a lot of effort put into fostering a positive community, unlike what you saw on many sites at the time. Video quality was always much more of a priority than elsewhere, but basically everyone else has caught up now.

by qiskit 5y ago

That's interesting. I never could figure out why vimeo even existed as everyone uses youtube. But I guess it has a niche. Any idea why creative professionals gravitated towards vimeo?

evan_ 5y ago

Couldn't say for sure but I would speculate it has to do with, you can link directly to a video and it won't show a bunch of links to other videos to watch, comments, ads, etc. Whereas if you post your serious acting monologue on Youtube, even unlisted, it's going to have a bunch of distractions and videos from other people that you probably don't want the casting director being pulled into. The fact that Vimeo doesn't have the same level of content match might play into it too, if you want to show off a clip from the episode of Modern Family where you had two lines you don't want ABC to pull it. I'm sure network effect drive it as well, if you're trying to break into an industry and you see that lots of already successful people are using Vimeo, you're going to use it too.

voltaireodactyl 5y ago

Video quality is significantly higher on Vimeo, and their support is much, MUCH more reachable than Google’s. Being able to contact someone to resolve issues is so critical to the film industry that even IMDb has added an option.

max599 5y ago
>Video quality is significantly higher on Vimeo it stopped being "significantly" better a long time ago. The bitrate used to be much higher than YouTube but now they are similar. People only keep repeating this because it was true in the earlier days of HD video hosting.
- voltaireodactyl 5y ago
  True, but bitrate is only one part of the equation, and not the biggest factor for creative work. Preserving color space, frame rate, etc are of higher importance to anyone other than editors and the most-technical of DPs.

bdougherty 5y ago

Back in the day it was a true community of creatives and creative professionals. There was a lot of effort put into fostering a positive community, unlike what you saw on many sites at the time. Video quality was always much more of a priority than elsewhere, but basically everyone else has caught up now.