*nod*. It's a lot better, but not fully WCAG conformant 😊. I'm obviously rather opinionated about what that means, but yes their new player is "way" better for sure.
President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc. Phone: 919-345-3832 https://www.PAC.bz Twitter: @SinaBahram Personal Website: https://www.sinabahram.com -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> On Behalf Of Tim Schwartz Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 12:53 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Video hosting question Vimeo announced last month that they upgraded their player to WCAG AA accessibility rating: https://vimeo.com/blog/post/accessibility-updates-to-the-vimeo-player/ While I haven't verified this myself it looks like a good step. -tim] On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:49 PM David Ertel <der...@gmail.com> wrote: > I also recommend Vimeo Pro for certain use cases, especially for static > sites or promotional sites. I can confirm that with Vimeo Pro you can > access signed URLs of the actual transcoded video files which you can use > to embed the video via the <video> tag or a third party player. > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:43 AM Sina Bahram <s...@sinabahram.com> wrote: > > > +1 on Vimeo pro over YouTube when it comes to business concerns, but > there > > definitely can be some accessibility issues with their native video > player; > > however, I believe that other video players such as VideoJS, AblePlayer, > > etc. can be backed by a Vimeo video, though this would require > verification. > > > > > > President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc. > > Phone: 919-345-3832 > > https://www.PAC.bz > > Twitter: @SinaBahram > > Personal Website: https://www.sinabahram.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mcn-l <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> On Behalf Of hoplist > > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:04 AM > > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu> > > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Video hosting question > > > > > > > On Oct 15, 2019, at 9:12 AM, Matt Morgan <m...@concretecomputing.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > It's worth mentioning Vimeo Pro, > > > > > > https://vimeo.com/professionals <https://vimeo.com/professionals> > > > > > > which is super cheap compared to self-hosting or the enterprise video > > providers but does everything most people want. > > > > I second Vimeo Pro and have used it for years. YouTube is a promotional > > platform and its pretty much the only game in town if promotion is your > > goal. But YouTube is a terrible host. It’s only advantage as a host is > that > > it is free. > > > > Vimeo Pro is inexpensive and offers sufficient tools to be a proper host > > service. My one complaint is that its video management tools leave a > great > > deal to be desired. > > > > Cheers, > > tod > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer > > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
