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ldiebold's avatar

Direct access to video files - Vimeo

I just bought vimeo plus and realized that I have a dilemma. The videos on my website use video.js and a plugin that allows me to add keyframes.

In order to use this plugin, I need to access a videos mp4 directly. Vimeo only allows this in the pro version and that will cost me $150. I may end up paying that if I absolutely have to but am currently jut testing the waters with my app. $150 is steep! I don't expect a huge amount of traffic at first but would like to be prepared.

Does anyone know of a video hosting service that allows direct access to a videos files? I'll keep searching but just thought I'd look for some advice :)

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ldiebold's avatar

Seems like Amazon cloud front might be the way to go.

jekinney's avatar

Google has a cdn/file service to for storage unless you need the features from Vimeo.

ldiebold's avatar

Thanks for your reply @jekinney. I'm thinking aws might be the way to go, especially since it has so many other services that may be of use to me in the future.

If I can't figure it out, googles cdn service may be worth looking at.

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