Oct 20
If you are planning to rent dedicated server or Co-Locating a dedicated server you will have to decide if you want to manage it yourself or want to get a managed dedicated server. Most webhosting service provider will offer you managed dedicated servers as their standard feature so that you don?t have to worry for managing them but if you opt for unmanaged dedicated server hosting you may have to pay some less amount as compare to managed servers. If you are confident and have good knowledge of server management then you can opt for unmanaged servers else you should go with managed servers. You must be familiar with the operating system your dedicated server would be running on, you should know all the ins and outs of you?re the OS you would be using on your server.
You should also have good knowledge the hardware of your server and should know all technical stuffs and should know how to fix conflicts. You should be aware of all software patches, operating system upgrades, and security modifications which is must for all dedicated server and should be done on regular basis. It may be time consuming to deal with all such technical stuffs and you may not get enough time for concentrating on your business thus its always better to go with a host who is offering you a fully managed dedicated server at much cheaper rates.
A managed dedicated server is where you have full control over the server you?re your webhost have full control on your server and will take care of your server, that mean you have allowed someone else to take in charge of configuring, fixing, and maintaining your server at its best. You can consider managed dedicated server hosting as a cost effective solution which will ensure you a total satisfaction and peace of mind….
Oct 16
Putting videos on your websites can be a attractive way for getting traffic and popularity for your website but for such video embedded website you need to have highly configured server with enough bandwidth as processing such video files requires much more server resources as compare to normal webpages. If you want to host a website having many video files with heavy traffic then you would have to consider bigger hosting plans such as VPS or a dedicated server, normal shared hosting plans wont be sufficient for hosting such websites, if your hosting accounts is setup on shared server then your webhost may not allow you host video files on your site as such videos would eat up more bandwidth and would affect overall server performance moreover your shared hosting account may get suspended due to excessive server usage hence its always recommended to go with higher hosting plans if you are planning to host hundreds of video files or trying to create video sharing site like Youtube..
Video files consume much more diskspace as compare to other media formats hence you will also have to consider getting server with enough diskspace may be in terabytes if you are planning to implement Youtube like video sharing sites or trying to offer high resolution video for your website visitors. Another important aspect you should look for is the server hardware, make sure you have latest processor and good hardware with your server which can handle all video processing requests and can deliver requested video files to end user. As popularity of your website increases there would be thousands of online visitors trying to view your media simultaneously thus you will have to get your server hosted on high-speed network, with maximum uptime guarantee.
In conclusion, using video on your website is a good way for promoting and getting popularity for your video website but you will have to pay good hosting fees such video intensive websites. Usually dedicated server would be the best option if you your website have huge video files and have heavy traffic. Dedicated servers have huge server resources at your disposal hence can serve all video processing requests and can run smoothly without any errors.
Oct 02
In olden days if we want to publish video on website then all your website visitor who are interested for viewing them will have to first download entire video file on their local machine and then they can watch it, it was very time consuming process and no one want to wait for anything to download and view nowadays. Now you have a better option popularly known as STREAMING TECHNOLOGY. In this technology video is playback while it is downloading so no need to wait for long hours to get your favorite video clip download completely on your local machine. If you are using this Video Streaming technology all your webusers should have streaming video player installed on their system so that they can enjoy your video clip.
Currently there are three major players that all webmaster will most likely have: QuickTime, Real Player, and Windows Media. In Streaming technology media/video files are transmitted in a continuous stream of data which is processed by the receiving computer while the entire file is still in transmission process. Video Streaming technology uses data compression technique so as to deliver data faster at other end. Requesting computer should have video player which will accept all streaming data and will decompress it and will send proper signals to display and sound devices. Once downloading of streaming file starts from website on users computer it will start paying audio/video file without any delay, video playback also depends on your modem and internet connection speed you have for your system.
Thus Video Streaming technology is promising video technology for all webmasters who are related with audio and video industry.
Sep 24
Sometimes you may face issues with playing Flash embedded videos, either they will not play or they will play but without sound which can be very irritating. This may be due to your web browser settings or may be due to older version of Flash eg YouTube embedded videos does not play smoothly in Flash 9. So if you are facing such problem you may just try to update registry, update your Flash player settings and also sound settings of your computer. But if still your problem is not solved and you are not getting audio for your flash embedded videos then final solution would be by ditching Flash 9 and going straight to the Flash 10 Beta
I am sure now you can get sound and video playing smoothly with the flash player from youtube videos, embedded videos for Firefox and Chrome webbrowsers.
Mar 22
Due to usage of advance technology and hardware in website hosting industry you can now easily put full length movies, video clips on your site as you use to put text/graphics for your site. Most webhosting service provider have started offering you with a facility for embedding videos on webpages which can be viewed worldwide.
You can consider video hosting services as one of the demanding & important service in webhosting industry. For sharing all your video files with your friends/family and rest of the world all you need to have is to get a domain name and a reliable website hosting package where you can host your video website. Most webhost will allow you to host videos on their server, its always suggested to check if video files are allowed and supported on webhost server before you pay for hosting package.
Usage of Video over internet/websites is considered as an big achievement for all webmasters. As video files are heavy files which consume lot of diskspace and bandwidth thus you will have to consider higher video hosting plans if you want host hundreds of videos, full length movies on your site. A VPS or Dedicated server would be a good option for your video sharing website.
Once you got your server you just need to upload all your video files on your server which can be access by your website visitors. You can restrict access for your video files and only allowed members would be able to access your video files you can have such restriction for your videos files, you need to get help of a programmer or can password protect the directory which you want to hide from general visitors. There are thousands of free video hosting service provider but for a commercial web video business you should not host your site with such free hosting service provider as they have limitation and are not much reliable.
