YouTube.com
Youtube.com is a good site to watch clips that are homemade. The video plays in no time at all and did not buffer in the middle of the video. The sound and video quality are not that great because anyone can upload videos onto this site. While viewing the video you can choose to watch it in 3 different screen sizes from small, medium, and full screen. Youtube.com also gives you the option to post vides directly onto facebook, twitter, or myspace. Youtube gives the viewer suggestions of other videos to watch. It also gives the viewer the option to sign up for the site for additional perks like viewing mature content, and subscribing to a person's videos. On youtube you can search for videos by channels, shows, and categories. However, youtube does not show full TV shows and movies like other sites can do. Youtube also has an option to embed a video onto another site, and gives you many options on how you want to do it.
veoh.com
Veoh.com is a good site for viewing TV shows, TV show clips, and older movies. There no homemade videos to view on this site like on youtube. When viewing a video there is a short delay while the video loads, and short commercials that play before the video, and if you are watching a full TV show or movie there are commercials that come on and interrupt the show periodically. You can search for videos on this site by genera, network, or by just typing the correct name of the show in the search box. Like youtube you can also create a username and password for additional perks.
Hulu.com
Hulu.com is like veoh.com, you can only watch TV shows and clips.
However, hulu does not allow you to watch movies. To view shows intended for older audiences you must have a username and password. You do not have to wait for a show to buffer, but there are short commercials that interrupt TV shows periodically. Hulu gives you options to share videos on myspace, facebook, and twitter. You can also embed videos onto sites. Hulu gives the viewer many viewing options like the size of the screen, brightness of picture, and even the option to watch in high resolution. You can browse shows by category, channels, and popularity. When it comes to watching TV shows i prefer hulu over veoh because of the options and ease of use.
Excercise 2.
Here is the Hulu.com embedded video. Embedding a video from hulu.com is very easy. You click on the video to watch is and right to the side of the video is the option to embed the video. You would click the embed option, and then it tells you to just copy and paste this code onto your page or blog, and from there it works. However, on some videos you want to watch hulu will redirect you to another page (like comedy central below) and you have to find the embedding option on the page that hulu redirects you to.
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Here is the Youtube.com embedded video. Embedding a video from youtube.com was also very easy. to the left of the video it gives you the code to copy and paste onto your site to embed a video. However, there are also options to customize your video. You are given the option to make the screen bigger, and add a colorful border on your video that you want to post. You are also given the option to put privacy settings onto the video.
Veoh did not have an option to embed a video. However, here is the link to view a clip of a t.v show with someone way different than me. This site would not let you embed a video, but it did give you options to share this video on myspace, twitter, and facebook.
http://www.veoh.com/collection/Jersey-Shore/watch/v19665884j2zkMPd4
