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Youtube or Vimeo?

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MitchT
Posts: 560 - Karma: 4,095
As most of you know, there are two well known websites that allow you to post your videos online for the worlds viewing. Now, YouTube is usually the most popular among most people but Vimeo has a TON of high quality videos and some say is easier to navigate. Personally, I use YouTube for posting videos but I want to hear your thoughts on both sites and perhaps convince me to use Vimeo for my next post.

Cheers,
Mitch
Aug 27 2013 9:32PM
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gravel
Posts: 5518 - Karma: 42,202
Vimeo no doubt.
- Beautiful design
- Incredible community
- User control
- Player dependability
- Customization
Aug 27 2013 11:37PM
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MitchT
Posts: 560 - Karma: 4,095
Thanks for the feedback! It appears many users on here promote Vimeo over YouTube.
Aug 28 2013 12:24AM
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Noddard
Posts: 2652 - Karma: 3,831
Vimeo is so much better
Aug 28 2013 3:25AM
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RawrRawrRob
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 685
I use Youtube to upload and browse, but I do go on Vimeo sometimes
Aug 28 2013 9:40AM
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TijmenDal
Posts: 4849 - Karma: 1,295
Vimeo, of course. Youtube blows dick. It's a shame Vimeo's search engine sucks about as NS's
Aug 28 2013 9:42AM
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Joerga
Posts: 426 - Karma: 3,736
Definitely Vimeo!
Aug 28 2013 10:56AM
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James.Jenkins
Posts: 58 - Karma: 404
Spot on. The feed is what I love the most.
Aug 28 2013 12:05PM
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LikeALion
Posts: 132 - Karma: 12
this is not a serious question..
Aug 28 2013 1:37PM
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Tikayt
Posts: 1031 - Karma: 1,543
No doubt Vimeo.

Youtube = world wide people community
Vimeo = people who actually know how to appreciate videos.

That's the feeling I get. I never post my videos on youtube, it's throwing it in the trash for people to come and recycle it.
Aug 28 2013 2:18PM
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plorr
Posts: 3131 - Karma: 528
Why not both?

Youtube will get you more views.

Vimeo is a better site and is an actual community of people who care about creating things, not just cell phone videos of their cat farting.
Aug 28 2013 2:32PM
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t_rob
Posts: 6433 - Karma: 11,458
Finally. Vimeo vs. youtube is a which is right for you question.

Vimeo is geared towards quality of video.
Youtube is geared towards quantity of views.
Aug 28 2013 3:02PM
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cydwhit
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 43,007
I like Vimeo for these reasons as an uploader. As a watcher the biggest thing for me is being able to make an embedded video fullscreen, Vimeo always can, YouTube sometimes can.
Aug 28 2013 4:06PM
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eheath
Posts: 61602 - Karma: 123,042
If its skiing, upload it to newschoolers!

That being said, vimeo is my main choice (after ns) youtube is nice if you have a page with subscribers but otherwise your videos don't actually get more views than vimeo.
Aug 28 2013 4:54PM
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gravel
Posts: 5518 - Karma: 42,202
This too!
Aug 28 2013 8:21PM
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Forcillo
Posts: 3801 - Karma: 3,580
I use youtube more personally, mostly because you can play HD in embeds without paying, and because my videos wouldn't be considered so "high quality" that youtube doesn't deserve them, per say. I'm gonna start uploading to both, but I'll still share my youtube links
Aug 28 2013 8:27PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
This is the ONLY reason I'm not using vimeo.

although I'm quite tempted to switch to it anyway.
Aug 28 2013 8:43PM
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juicedrummer11
Posts: 1960 - Karma: 1,331
i got vimeo plus and love it. so worth it, plus i can upload my 1080p vids instead of having it play in 720. plus the hd embeds are awesome. well worth the money if you post lots of stuff on other sites and what not or have clients to look at stuff or whatever really
Aug 28 2013 10:37PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
Most of the stuff I do for myself though, I hardly post anything online and I have no clients(well kinda), so it's not worth it at the moment, + given the option of 720p streaming vs 1080p, I'm not sure which id choose actually. Il probably get it eventually though.
Aug 28 2013 10:40PM
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juicedrummer11
Posts: 1960 - Karma: 1,331
definitely somethin to consider down the road for sure. although sometimes youtube can be a better delivery for the masses
Aug 28 2013 10:44PM
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Freebird12
Posts: 114 - Karma: 295
I feel like vimeos videos playback is always slower and it takes a lot longer to wait to view them....is there a reason for this?
Aug 29 2013 2:54AM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 7,732
it's because youtube has their shit together unlike vimeo. Vimeo's player has screwed me over multiple times and I personally think it sucks
Aug 29 2013 4:29AM
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eheath
Posts: 61602 - Karma: 123,042
Ha how did it "screw you over"?

I've found HD vimeo (720 or 1080) load much faster than YouTube 720. I find myself going to 480 or 360 often to watch an entire video without letting it buffer. Right afterwards I clicked a 1080p video on vimeo (same exact one, guy on dvxuser posted same video on both players) and it played without buffer. I find its different for everyone though.

@freebird12 what may be happening is the video is 1080p on vimeo (doesn't say but if you full screen and turn of scaling and your screen res is higher than 720p, a 1080p video will stay full screen while a 720p video will appear smaller).
Aug 29 2013 4:34AM
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SSteezle
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 7,732
client complaints about the player not loading/glitching. I'm surprised it hasn't happened to you
Aug 29 2013 4:39AM
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eheath
Posts: 61602 - Karma: 123,042
Tell your clients to get a better computer/internet. Or send them the final product and let them upload it.
Aug 29 2013 4:43AM
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quixotic
Posts: 6937 - Karma: 2,978
I'd go with this. Third party Internet playback shouldn't be held against the creator of the video. Give the client your final product and let them figure out hosting (unless specifically agreed to at the beginning... but still, if they are complaining about Vimeo, which hosts massive amounts of professional content, they are very ignorant on the issue). What Heath said.. they most likely have a shit computer, shit Internet connection, or both.
Aug 29 2013 2:15PM
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