Video Hosting- Play with Videos

A video hosting service allows a person to upload video content to place on a website or share. Users usually will upload via the hosting website like desktop or mobile applications or APIs. The video uploaded can be a short video clip or movies.

The video host stores the video on its server and display the links to allow others to view this video clip. The website used for video hosting is known as the Video Sharing Website.

Influence of Video Hosting:

In the increasing world of technology and the Internet, video hosting services serve as a doorway to different forms of entertainment. Video content may be both commercial product or user-generated. The entertainment industry uses this medium to launch music and videos directly to the public. Video hosting services are becoming more and more popular with the popularity of Internet forums, blogs and other interactive pages.

Purpose of Video Hosts:

• Creating a trivial place
• Saving hosting costs and bandwidth.
• Making a hassle-free experience for the users to upload a video.

Video Format Support:

Some websites choose to use open video formats such as WebM or Ogg.

History:

YouTube changed the style videos were hosted on the web. shareyourworld.com was the first Internet video hosting site. It was founded in 1997 by Chase Norlin and it ran till 2001.

Mobile Video Hosting:

Mobile web 2.0 Arena is a recent application where video and other mobile content can be easily delivered and accessed by mobile devices. DaCast and Ustream are some of the video hosting services that have developed means by which videos can be watched. Qik is a mobile live streaming software that allows the users to upload videos from mobile devices.

The videos are then stored online and can be shared to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. Videos are stored on the servers and can be watched from mobile devices as well as website.