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More…Brightcove's traditional strength has been in providing Internet video services to big outfits like the New York Times, MTV, and Warner Music, but in February this year the company unveiled Brightcove Personal, opening its doors on its own video site. The service's motto is "Share your videos in style," a claim it backs up through the use of good-looking Flash 8 video conversions in a bold and well-designed embeddable player interface.
Brightcove (Personal) Brightcove (Personal)
| Pricing: | Free |
| Design and usability | Very Good: 88 |
| Ease of file upload | Very Good |
| Embedded player design | Very Good |
| User-selectable video thumbnail | Yes |
| Embedded player viewing options | Embedded in page, full-screen. |
| Users can download video | No (available only if you make your video a pay-to-download). |
| Overall Web site design | Very Good |
| Documentation and support | Superior |
| Performance | Very Good: 80 |
| Video quality | Good |
| Audio quality | Very Good |
| Processing speed (post-upload availability delay ) | Very Good |
| Features | Very Good: 80 |
| File size/length limits | 100MB/Any length |
| Storage limit per user | Unlimited |
| Acceptable file types and formats for upload | .3gp, .avi, .dv, .flv, .h264, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, QuickTime, .wmv |
| Site converts files to: | Flash 8; 480 by 360 (4:3); 480 by 270 (wide-screen) |
| Revenue-sharing details | Via free Brightcove Publisher account: Optional advertising within video (50/50 split), download sales or rentals using Brightcove's DRM system (you keep 70% of sale price). Third party syndication programs also available. |
| Video sharing options (social networking) | Embedded video code; page/profile permalink; one-click e-mail, social networking links; RSS feed, customizable Brightcove Takeout box and third-party Yourmini embedded video link widgets. |
| Support for upload via cell phone | No |
| Ability to make videos private | No |
| Embedded player supports wide-aspect video without letterboxing | Yes |
| High-definition support | High bit-rate support for users users selling content for download |
| Online video editing capabilities | Brightcove Aftermix online video editing/remixing application is currently in limited alpha. |
| Supports playlist creation | No |
| Supports customizable user channel/profile page | Yes |
Bottom Line
Brightcove provides professional video management tools and has a variety of revenue-sharing programs beyond opt-in advertising.
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Brightcove (Personal) Review, by Danny Allen August 21, 2007
If you're interested in making money from your content, you can sign up for a free Brightcove Network account with access to advertising (50/50 split), download sales and rentals using AOL Video distribution (you keep a 70 percent cut), and third-party syndication programs.
You can upload a range of file types via the Web site, or post and transcode content using Brightcove's own Publishpod desktop application. Brightcove Network account holders can use the Publishpod to upload videos of any file size and length.
Using the Web browser-based interface, our QuickTime test file took just 3 to 4 minutes to upload, and only another 10 minutes to become viewable on the site.
Brightcove has a variety of rich Web applications that help you use its service. The Brightcove Console lets you track your videos, design custom embeddable player interfaces from templates, and use ActionScript code to embed your player within larger Flash projects.
There's also the an easy-to-use flash-based online video editor called Aftermix that lets you record directly from your Webcam, finesse your own videos, import videos from YouTube and other Brightcove media partners, and use images from Flickr and Facebook.
Brightcove also has a customizable, embeddable Web page widget, dubbed the Takeout Box. You can use it to create thumbnail listings to promote a selection of Brightcove videos anywhere on the Web.
Bottom line: Brightcove provides professional video management tools and has a variety of revenue-sharing programs beyond opt-in advertising.
Resources: See our Top 10 Video Sharing Sites chart, find out how we tested, and visit our video-quality comparison page (requires QuickTime).
Danny Allen
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