244 – Summer Software Showcase: Vimeo
This week on the WELSTech Podcast we look at the video hosting platform Vimeo.
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The discussion:
Video Hosting – Vimeo and Vimeo Plus are on the Summer Software Showcase stage as Martin and Sallie discuss many ministry uses and examples of the video hosting platform.
Ministry Uses
- Sermon videos
- Embed videos on your web site
- Promotional videos
- Bible class videos
- Flipped classroom
Picks of the week:
- (12:20) TypingWeb
- Browser Tab Switching Keyboard Shortcuts
- Control + Tab – cycle through tabs
- Control + Number – Go to a specific tab – In Safari use Command + Shilft + Left and Right Arrows
- Control/Command + W – Close a tab
- Control/Command + T – Opens a new tab
7 Best:
(19:52) Send us your favorite Ministry Gadgets for inclusion in our August 7 Best list
Community feedback:
- (21:04) Tony Vincent’s Show What You Know Using Web & Mobile Apps [Infographic]
- 3 Creative Ways Teachers Can Use Pinterest
- Talking Back to Facebook
- The Ultimate Simplified Guide to The Use of Evernote in Education
- Shepherd’s Study blog (RSS) from Grow in Grace, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s Continuing Ed web site
- Create Engaging Screencasts
- Concordia Technology Solutions is looking for beta testers of the latest versions of their Shepherd’s Staff, Church 360° and Unite software. E-mail [email protected] if you would like to be considered for participation.
Coming up on WELSTech:
(30:02) Episode 245 – Wear your biggest monkey grin to next week’s Summer Software Showcase podcast as Martin and Sallie talk about ministry uses for PicMonkey. (Release date – 07/18/12)
The featured artist:
(30:46) We close the podcast with the music of Mike Westendorf (www.mikewestendorf.com and mikewestendorf on Twitter) – Come
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There are positives and negatives to Vimeo:
Positives:
+Cleaner look when going to Vimeo.com
+More security customization (for paid account)
+Allow people to download easily
+Detailed Analytics
Negatives:
-Upload limit (for both paid and unpaid)
-Cost (for extra features)
-HD limit (free account)
-Lower exposure/discover-ability
-Lower SEO
-Price
Youtube has grown leaps and bounds in the past couple years when it comes to features:
+Once you are “verified”, your upload limit is gone.
+No HD limitations
+Good SEO
+Good exposure: people can discover your video more easily and it can help promote your ministry
+Built in video editor: http://www.youtube.com/editor
+Good video stabilization (for shaky videos)
+Always free
Disadvantages:
-related videos on the right
-Not as many security settings
-Not as detailed analytic data (but more than enough for most people)
I did extensive research into this for my job a few months ago and we tried both services. Because of IT restrictions for our intranet, we ended up hosting them ourselves and streaming with HTML5 video with a flash fallback for older browsers. (HTML5 will stream well on mobile devices, include iOS.) We use Leanback player (http://leanbackplayer.com/) but there are other good services out there. (Sublime [paid and free] is super easy to use and provides analytics http://sublimevideo.net)
Sorry for the length comment but I have a good amount of knowledge on the topic :)