Creating a website like Youtube but with a much larger vid files (45 mins of video) Any suggestions how?

Question

I want to create a website that allows customers to load and retrieve large amounts of video (roughly 45 minutes of video per clip). Does anyone know a service that can handle this or would I have to obtain my own servers? I look for this to be small at first, but as clients multiply I can see this turning into a Youtube type of website - for paying clients only. Really appreciate any suggestions who I might contact or what steps I would need to take. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

One person trying to replicate Youtube. Unless you have tons of time (Like years) and you know every kind of coding language out there, it would be a near impossible. If you have no experience whatsoever in Web Programming see this beginner article: http://flashcreations-faq.blogspot.com/2...

For video uploads I would suggest something like rapidshare. You can have a script upload all the clips to there. Still it would be a pretty large project. I would suggest buying Youtube form Google over trying to recreate it. :-)

Answer 2

I'm not completely sure about a service or anything but if you are going to attempt to make a website like this make sure you understand the costs before doing it. The reason youtube has shorter videos is because it costs money to have servers storing a ton of video. I would assume that you could pay someone to design a website for you, if you don't have the necessary knowledge to do it yourself, but I would suggest doing the research on this service yourself because making a website like the one you are suggesting is a difficult job. You need to find a service that suits your needs exactly.

Answer 3

You can go to weebly.com or synthasite.com  they are both step by step. I perfer weebly more because of the fact that it gives a graph number thing to show you how many people have visited you site.You can have a domain like: mydomainname.weebly.com or mydomainname.com -- but with this one you have to pay for.They are both like that.It's your decision if you want to pay for the domain name or not.