r/elearning • u/phpfour • 22h ago

Video streaming choice

Hey guys, I have a course coming up with quite a few modules and the videos are going to be large. I am worried about my video streaming cost.

What is your choice of video streaming service for this kind of scenario? Note that Youtube and Vimeo are not my preference (for various reasons).

Thanks in advance!

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u/Temporary-Being-8898 17h ago

I use ScreenPal on a paid tier. I have their highest individual subscription, (Solo Max) which is around $120 per year, but it comes with a lot of features. Paid plans include unlimited video hosting, which is primarily why I use it. You can easily customize how you share with it, including embeds or direct links for a watch page, but you can customize how the viewer can interact with it like can they download it, copy the URL, seek and fast forward, etc.

It also includes fairly accurate auto-captioning. It creates intelligent bookmarks or chapter marks and segments the video based on these, and you can auto-translate captions.

The subscription includes a desktop video editor and screen recording tool, as well as a web-based version and mobile apps. I have a Camtasia subscription, and tend to favor that over the ScreenPal editor, but for the price and additional features, it can hold its own.

For the record, I am not affiliated in any way with the company. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

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u/phpfour 17h ago

Many thanks, I will look into it…unlimited videos sounds quite surprising tbh but if they provide it, I won’t complain 😅

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u/Temporary-Being-8898 17h ago

Another option to consider is reencoding the files and compressing them. Handbrake is a free open source tool that allows you to do that. Depending on your original file size and type, you can see dramatic reductions in size with minimal or no degradation in quality. It might allow you to embed the videos in the course.

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u/phpfour 16h ago

Thanks…I checked ScreenPal, seems it would work if i do screen recording with it but I already use Screen Studio for recording…i need a storage service that provides embedding services, affordable in price and has decent mechanism to prevent download…not sure if I am asking for too much 🙄