We have been running into some problems with embedding content in Lessons. It would be great if we could use the HTML 5 Video and Audio embed tags. We host all of our video and audio files ourselves so we are not able to take advantage of Populi's features for these file formats.
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Adam Sentz @Daniel - We've batted around the idea, but we think that the built-in streaming media implementation Populi already has is a better way to go. Populi goes to a lot of trouble to, for example, make sure a video you upload will stream well to a variety of devices. Cross-browser HTML5 media support just isn't where it would need to be for us to feel good about including this ability.
You've got a pretty good chunk of free storage available of your account; perhaps you could give Populi's media hosting a try out? I understand that if you have a lot of media you might be worried about the cost, but we've found that, more often than not, folks overestimate the costs associated and/or underestimate the costs of doing what Populi does for themselves. If you'd like to dig into it with us, feel free to open a support request.
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Brendan O'Donnell Daniel,
For what it's worth, here's a blog post about Populi video encoding and streaming: Feature Spotlight: Video encoding. And I would concur with Adam—try out our streaming/encoding/hosting using a chunk of your free storage... it won't cost you anything to look into it!
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Adam Sentz @Daniel - We just announced that, as of August 1st, we're dropping the additional per GB storage fee by 60% to $1/GB and no longer charging for encoded videos. Hopefully that will make the prospect of using Populi to host your media a bit more attractive. You can read more here http://populi.co/blog/2012/07/were-dropping-the-price-on-file-storage/
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Daniel Peterson Thanks Adam,
This makes it much more attractive and I have been experimenting with embedding video. One issue I have been having is that a lot of our videos are a 4:3 aspect ration and the Populi player stretches them wider. Is there a way to adjust the settings so that does not happen?
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Adam Sentz @Daniel - Populi shouldn't stretch your videos. Mind opening a support request with some specifics so we can check it out?
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Adam Sentz We increased included file storage for everyone a few months ago so now it's even more affordable to host your media in Populi. http://populi.co/blog/2013/06/more-free-file-storage-for-everyone/
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Daniel Peterson Thanks for the update, Right now we are hosting our video with Vimeo, A pro account is $200 for every 50GB. I am currently using 163GB. Even if all 100GB of our free storage was devoted to video we would still pay $756/year with Populi. Vimeo offers us the ability to host video and post them elsewhere if we want to and handles all of the encoding for compatibility with devices. I can see the benefit of hosting the classes with Populi but right now the price is the major reason we are not.
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Adam Sentz @Daniel - I'm a little late updating here, but we substantially increased our free storage a while ago (http://populi.co/blog/2014/09/way-more-free-file-storage-for-everyone/). Your account includes 2000GB for free now, and it's only 10 cents per GB per month for additional storage.
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Daniel Peterson Thanks Adam, that is a great addition and I'm going to see if there is a way for us to utilize the space you provide. I don't think it will meet our current needs since we host over 1000 videos and they run from around 1GB-8GB each. With Vimeo Pro we pay a yearly fee of $200 that allows us to upload 240GB per year and doesn't charge anything for previous uploads. I think with our current storage needs we would be paying that per month otherwise.
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Adam Sentz @Daniel - That's a pretty great deal. Fortunately embedding Vimeo videos in Populi is a piece of cake so it's probably a good setup for you overall.
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Daniel Peterson I also wanted to mention you guys are fantastic! Can you please send my thanks to the whole Populi team. I love your learning platform and I have used quite a few as a student, a teacher and an administrator. Its great and it gets better all the time.
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Adam Sentz Thanks so much!
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