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==Navigation==
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[[the Internet]]: [[Internet video|video]]
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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
* [[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
* '''video feed sites''', i.e. sites providing produced content (with or without commercials)
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* [[video file format]]s
==Video Feed Sites==
 
* [http://joost.com/ Joost]
 
* [http://www.getmiro.com/ miro]: [[open source]] player with streams of free, non-[[digital rights management|DRM]] content
 
** miro vs. Joost, adapted from information on the miro home page:
 
*** '''miro''': 2500 channels, all unrestricted; '''Joost''': 250, all with DRM
 
*** '''miro''' has a "huge selection" of [[high definition video|HD]] content; '''Joost''': no HD content
 
*** '''miro''': [[open source]] player; '''Joost''': [[proprietary software]]
 
*** '''miro''': players for Linux, [[MacIntosh|Mac]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]; '''Joost''': Windows only
 
*** However, Joost seems to have more desirable content (commercial TV shows etc.)
 

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