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[[the Internet]]: [[Internet video|video]]
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[[page type::article]]
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==Overview==
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This page is about internet sites oriented towards providing video over the Internet. Such sites generally fall into the following categories:
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==About==
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[[Internet video]]. i.e. using the [[internet]] as a medium for viewing and transmitting video programs, is an increasingly large topic.
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It includes the following subtopics:
 
* [[video sharing]], i.e. sites which let you upload your own videos and view the uploaded videos of others
 
* [[video sharing]], i.e. sites which let you upload your own videos and view the uploaded videos of others
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* [[torrent sites]] which provide tracking for [[BitTorrent]] files (of which video is a very popular type)
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* [[video feed site]]s, i.e. sites providing produced content (with or without commercials): now mostly major TV networks that want to keep their content non-downloadable
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* '''video feed sites''', i.e. sites providing produced content (with or without commercials)
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* [[video file format]]s
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==Video Feed Sites==
 
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* [http://joost.com/ Joost]
 
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* [http://www.getmiro.com/ miro]: [[open source]] player with streams of free, non-[[digital rights management|DRM]] content
 
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** miro vs. Joost, adapted from information on the miro home page:
 
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*** '''miro''': 2500 channels, all unrestricted; '''Joost''': 250, all with DRM
 
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*** '''miro''' has a "huge selection" of [[high definition video|HD]] content; '''Joost''': no HD content
 
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*** '''miro''': [[open source]] player; '''Joost''': [[proprietary software]]
 
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*** '''miro''': players for Linux, [[Macintosh|Mac]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]; '''Joost''': Windows only
 
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*** However, Joost seems to have more desirable content (commercial TV shows etc.)
 
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* [http://www.vuze.com/ Vuze]
 
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** also allows audio and [[video sharing]]
 
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** some video content is for sale or rent, rather than free
 
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** sold/rented content is [[digital rights management|protected]]
 
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** protected content currently works with [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] only
 
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** very nice, interactive user interface written around the [[Azureus]] [[torrent]] application (written in [[Java (language)|Java]]; works well in [[Linux]])
 
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** site allows users to report apparent copyright violations, but does not show any indication of whether particular files have been checked and found to be authorized (maybe none of them have, but this should also be indicated)
 

Latest revision as of 01:01, 8 September 2017

About

Internet video. i.e. using the internet as a medium for viewing and transmitting video programs, is an increasingly large topic.

It includes the following subtopics:

  • video sharing, i.e. sites which let you upload your own videos and view the uploaded videos of others
  • video feed sites, i.e. sites providing produced content (with or without commercials): now mostly major TV networks that want to keep their content non-downloadable
  • video file formats
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