RE: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-04 Thread Ruud Elmendorp
Hi Daniel, Am quite happy with Dreamhost, although I hear complaints about down times, which I rarely experience. They're quite cheap and reliable, and offer a lot of disc space and bandwith. Also the software they offer is okay. I have a promotion code for you that will give you 50 USD

Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-04 Thread Rupert
I would say exactly what Rhett said. Also, Blip provides an opportunity for people looking for videos to stumble across yours, and they highlight shows they like. Plus they're good guys who get involved in the scene and the community their tech support is totally amazing. Oh, and they're free.

Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-04 Thread sull
If you want to minimize the time spent on setting up a site to output your video content and have the added benefit of being indexed and findable by other people more easily, then you should at least start with blip.tv. It's really the best first step to take for any serious videoblogger.

Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-03 Thread Kary Rogers
I use dreamhost as my web host and blip as my video host. I've been pretty happy with the arrangement thus far. I don't feel like I'm giving up any control using blip. I have more options than if I tried to implement many of their features on my own. -- Kary Rogers

Re: [videoblogging] Dreamhost vs blip.tv?

2007-04-03 Thread J. Rhett Aultman
Yes. Making QT my main format caused no end of headaches from people telling me they had trouble with QT, so I decided to go with Flash. Dreamhost also offers their own Flash transcoder, but I felt that Blip.tv offered more in the way of social support, such as serving as the mouthpiece of