Ok so you just made the greatest movie the world will ever know of. Your going to outdo leroy himself! But where to host it? Well let me help you out. Heres some websites that are useful, with some ratings and information.
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Google Video (
http://video.google.com)
*Live Stream*
File Limit: *Unlimited*
Signup Required: Yes
Up Side: Another popular one, and it's a Live Stream, great so your viewers don't have to spend time downloading. It's got a FANTASTIC way of uploading, via an uploader program on your computer. You just load the program, select the movie, and it uploads without having an annoying browser open. Uses virtually no resources either.
Down Side: (a) you have to signup and (b) you have to download the uploader_program. I't worth it in my opinion, but many people don't like going through the hastle of having an account for the upload website. Also, (c) To make videos load faster and cut down on google's file space, your movies get reduced in graphical quality by about 20%. The movie is still viewable and looks great... However, some text and small objects can become blurred and hard to read or see properly. Because of this, downloading a movie is always recommended, although streams are always preferred by the viewers.
Rating: ***** (4.8 Stars)
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Filefront (
http://www.filefront.com)
*Live Stream Optional*
File Limit: 1 GB
Signup Required: Nope!
Up Side: Fantastic and dependable host. If you signup, they keep track of your files, and almost all movies that are compressed right get free streaming. You can host any files, not just movies. Recommended for a download/stream host.
Down Side: Uploaded movies and files can be deleted if they are not downloaded at all in a month's time. If you have an account with filefront, you get an email about it along with the option to "Not Delete" the file... which is really an upside actually.
Rating: ****' (4.8 Stars)
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NoobFlicks (
http://www.noobflicks.com)
*Live Stream*
File Limit: *Unlimited*
Signup Required: Yes
Up Side: So far the site seem's fairly fast for browsing and downloading. Uploading was average and as expected. Overall nice site, few people using it and that keeps load times low and painless.
Down Side: So far it seems like a small site, so it's really just decent as a host for videos you post here, not getting exposure there as well. Also being a small site, we don't know how they will cope with the future growth of their company if they expand. Time will tell.
Rating: ****' (4.5 Stars)
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YouTube (
http://www.youtube.com)
*Live Stream*
File Limit: 100 MB
Signup Required: Yes
Up Side: Another live stream, better streaming quality than google by far, great for small videos. Fantastic streaming.
Down Side: Notice I said "great for SMALL videos". Thats the big downside, only 100MB limit, and you have to have an account on youtube to be able to upload.
Rating: **** (4 Stars)
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Rapidshare (com) (
http://www.rapidshare.com)
*Not to be confused with rapidshare.de*
File Limit: 100 MB
Signup Required: Nope!
Up Side: Nice uploader, quick, very easy, and not the best download speeds in my opinion... Note: There is an optional paying service with rapidshare which gives you Fantastic upload and download speeds without any wait.
Down Side: ...100mb file size, your not going to get very many wow movies on there. So if its a small movie and your looking for an additional host, sure use it, but don't make it your main one. Also, if you don't have the paying service, you can't download more than one or two movies per hour from them.
Rating: *** (3 Stars)
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MegaUpload (
http://www.megaupload.com)
File Limit: *Unlimited*
Signup Required: Nope!
Up Side: A very user-friendly and fast site. You upload right from the front page, and it's upload speed was fairly good. The download speed was even better. You do not have to sign up to upload but there is benefits to getting a free membership, such as 200GB storage. From what I can tell, a fantastic site.
Down Side: If you do not have a membership, you must wait 45 seconds to download a file. If you have a free membership, you wait 25 seconds. Premium membership has no wait. Also, the premium membership page shows that your files get unlimited bandwidth, which leads me to believe your files can only exceed so many downloads a day, but that is just speculation, so until I actually see that happen I won't make a big deal of it.
Rating: ****' (4.5 Stars)
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Abandoned Hosts
The following hosts have been shut down and are no longer hosting files.
This list is for reference only, and in case they one day return.
Mega-File (mega-file.net)
NOTICE: This website shut down without warning. It was probably due to financial reasons. This host is no longer available.
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Free-File-Host (free-file-host.com)
NOTICE: This website shut down without warning. It was probably due to financial reasons. This host is no longer available.
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File (SC) (file.sc)
NOTICE: Due to financial reasons, file.sc went out of business. They are not likely to make an appearance again.
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Upcoming Reviews:
None at the moment...
Lastest Updates:
Apr 02, 09 Filefront's original owners have repurchased the company after learning that Ziff Davis Media was going to shut it down. Filefront is once again back online and fully operational. The origianl review has been updated and re-added to the list.
Mar 29, 09 MegaUpload Added
Mar 26, 09 Working on list updates as many sites on this list shut down this year. The economic crisis has caused a majority of free hosting sites to shutdown, and filefront being one of the biggest, is a real turn for the worst. I will be re-working this list over the next several weeks. Stay tuned!
Mar 26, 09 Filefront.com suspended operations due to economic conditions.
Dec 16, 07 Mega-File listing changed, Apparently they have since stopped hosting files.
Nov 10, 07 File.sc listing changed, File.sc has gone out of business.
Nov 10, 07 Google re-evaluated, details and rating changed.
Nov 10, 07 Filefront re-evaluated, details and rating changed.
Nov 7, 06 Free-File-Host: down side updated. Rating downgraded to 4.5 stars.