WpBlogHost, what if each video was on it’s on page within the site? Would the same problem occur just having it on my server? The problem is, this is supposed to be a video site…kind of, sort of a “how to” with video, so it needs to be greatly video based, and because it is an attempt at a new business, it will eventually (though not right now) be subscription only, I need to be able to password protect the pages and not have them where someone can find them elsewhere for free.
I believe that would give you the same problem (doesn’t matter which page it’s one, it matters which server and hosting account it’s on).
You might look into that amazon service. I’m not a video guru, you might ask them some of these questions.
The fact that I’m supposed to have unlimited bandwidth transfer and unlimited streaming video through my hosting company don’t matter?
Well it matters some, but yes in my experience, this is what most people only concern themselves with. Hosting companies know what sells and what confuses people. People can easily understand what *unlimited* disk space and bandwidth means, but will be confused when you try to start explaining to them the server’s CPU allocation. They want customers and a confused mind always says no.
To answer your question though, if you truly do have unlimited on those things, that means you theoretically upload any amount of videos on your site you want (disk space).
You could also have your videos streamed and viewed an unlimited amount of times (bandwidth).
Problem could be…
Bandwidth and CPU usage are close relatives. CPU usage comes into effect when your website has to work extra hard because of your traffic (or something your site is doing) which causes lots of CPU usage, usually all at one time.
Imagine trying to run 12 different programs on your home at the same time. What might happen?
Your computer might lock up or everything will run REALLY slow.
Your site is hosted on a computer with lots of other websites. You don’t own 100% of the CPU, John Doe next to you needs some too. So your site can only use so much at one time and then it must wait.
Make sense? Or do I need more coffee? 🙂
No, that does make sense. Thank you for explaining it clearly. So…what about big multi-media sites…do they host themselves? Is that even possible? (Though I would imagine INCREDIBLY expensive!!)
I guess I will have to look into it more with my web host.
I guess the big thing at this point is figuring out how to compress my videos so that I can get them uploaded to the server.
Thanks again for all the help.
No problem.
As for other media sites, like YouTube, they likely own their own servers and the files are spanned among many servers.
If you wanted, but it’s expensive, you can purchase virtual dedicated or dedicated hosting. That’s a ton of money and if you’re just starting out with no traffic, not logical.
Good luck.
