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- What is Veoh?
- What is the history of Veoh?
- How does Veoh work?
- How do I search for videos, channels or people on Veoh.com?
- How do I refine my search results?
- How do I save my searches?
- How do I begin broadcasting my video?
- Is it really free to broadcast video?
- What types of videos can I broadcast?
- What file formats does Veoh accept?
- What is the recommended format and encoding to get the best quality on your site?
- What else do I need to broadcast my video?
- Is there a size limitation for video?
- Is there a maximum number of videos I can broadcast?
- When will my videos be available on Veoh?
- Will Veoh alter my video or descriptive information?
- Can I organize videos into a channel?
- Can I automatically broadcast videos I uploaded to Veoh to other video services?
- Why was my video taken down?
- How can I make sure my videos don't get removed?
- Do I retain the copyright and other legal rights to my videos?
- Can I broadcast my video if it's already licensed for distribution elsewhere?
- What is your policy on copyright infringement?
- How do I report copyright infringement?
- What if I have been falsely accused of copyright infringement?
- How does Veoh work?
- What is PeerCasting?
- How is Veoh different than RSS?
- How is Veoh different than BitTorrent?
- What is Veoh?
Veoh is an independent, Internet Television Broadcasting System that
uses the Internet and peer-to-peer distribution technology to create
essentially unlimited capacity for long form and broadcast quality
video content. Unlike traditional television broadcasting systems such
as cable or satellite television, Veoh is an OPEN system that allows
ANYONE to broadcast video directly to hundreds of millions of consumers
who have a PC and broadband connection. This provides limitless choices
for viewers to find things that interest them from a much wider range
of programmers than are available on their cable or satellite system.
- What is the history of Veoh? Veoh Networks was founded in 2004 by Dmitry Shapiro, a serial
entrepreneur with experience in communities, video and peer-to-peer
protocols. Prior to founding Veoh, Dmitry was the founder and CTO of
Akonix Systems, Inc., the world's leading P2P security company with
over 1 million licensed enterprise users. Akonix's customers include
Disney, Viacom, MTV, Fox News, Fox Films, the Weather Channel,
Cingular, and countless other media and technology leaders. Veoh’s
initial team also includes Chief Scientist Dr. Ted Dunning, an expert
in recommendations and human behavior who was formerly the Chief
Scientist at MusicMatch (now Yahoo Music), IDAnalytics (the leading
identity fraud detection company), and Aptex Software (an
HNC/FairIsaac company) and a team of engineers with dozens of years of
experience in P2P protocols, online communities and related
technologies.
Veoh received Series A financing from Shelter Capital in August of 2005
and launched an early beta of its distribution technology in October
2005. The full Veoh beta launched in March 2006, followed quickly by
the announcement of a Series B financing by Spark Capital, the
Tornante Company (Michael Eisner), Time Warner Investments and Shelter
Capital.
- How does Veoh work?
Veoh consists of two main elements, the Veoh.com site where you can
browse the videos available on Veoh, create a user account and profile,
interact with other broadcasters and viewers and preview videos within
your browser. The second part of Veoh is VeohTV or the Veoh Player software
application, which provides automatic delivery of full-length content for viewing on your PC (online
or offline), on your TV (its easy from most PCs) or on your portable
video device like an iPod or Sony PSP. VeohTV also offers pre-programmed premium channel content, a robust multi-site search mechanism, a widget interact mode, and a library to manage downloaded and local content.
- How do I search for videos, channels or people on Veoh.com?
- In the Search box, type a word or phrase and click Search. To see YouTube videos, select the "Include YouTube videos" checkbox.
- When search results display, click the "Video," "Channels," or "People" tab at the top to display each type of result.
- Click any result thumbnail or title to display details for a video, channel, or person.
- How do I refine my search results?
- Reorder search results using "Sort By" options
- Filter search results according to:
- Date Added
- Run Length
- Category
- Language (Spoken & Subtitle)
- Did not match any videos? If your search returns 0 results, try selecting the "Clear Filters" button. Your search criteria may be too narrow to generate results.
- How do I save my searches?
- Recent Searches retains your last ten search terms.
- Delete items from list by clicking the "Remove" link
- Must be logged in to view
- Saved Searches retains ten searches of your choice.
- Save favorite search terms by clicking the "Save This Search" button located above the first search result
- Saved search terms retain all filter settings applied to query at the time of save
- Must be logged in to view
- How do I begin broadcasting my video?
After signing up for a free Veoh user account you will need a digital
version of your video on your PC, a broadband connection, and ownership
of the necessary rights.
- Is it really free to broadcast video? It is free
for anyone to broadcast video on the Veoh network. And free means free.
Veoh does not charge for any reason, including bandwidth usage or
storage costs, regardless of the size or popularity of your video.
- What
types of videos can I broadcast?
Veoh accepts all kinds of videos, including vlogs, short films,
original TV series, funny viral videos and more. All videos must comply
with our terms of use,
which includes ensuring that your video does not violate any copyright
or privacy rights, does not contain inappropriate content as defined in
our terms of use.
- What file formats does Veoh accept?
Veoh currently supports uploads in WMV, Quicktime and DIVX formats,
supporting most standard video and audio encoding, including:
Video Encodings
- MPEG-4 Video Codec
- H264 Advanced Video Coding (Apple Quicktime 7)
- Sorenson Video 3 (Apple Quicktime 5)
- H263 Video Codec
- Windows Media Video 9
- Windows Media Video 8
- MPEG-1
- MPEG-2
- Motion JPG
- DivX 5.0
- OpenDivX
- XviD MPEG-4 Codec
Audio Encodings
- MPEG-4 Audio
- QDesign Music v2 Audio Codec
- Windows Media Audio 9
- Windows Media Audio 8
- MPEG Layer-2
- MPEG Layer-3
- Pulse Code Modulation
- What is the recommended format and encoding to get the best quality on your site?
We recommend that you encode your video at a minimum of 540 x 405 (for
4:3) using variable bit rate encoding with a target of 500 kbps.
Viewing in the Veoh Player will be optimized at 640 x 480 (for 4:3) at
up to 1.5 mbps.
Users will be able to view videos shorter than 20 minutes on Veoh.com in their entirety. Videos longer than 20 minutes will require VeohTV/Veoh Player to watch in full-length. PC users can simply click "Watch on VeohTV" and the playback will immediately begin, or download the video to VeohTV. On the Mac, videos longer than 20 minutes will require the users to download the videos and watch later.
Pro Publishers have a higher quality video playback experience than non-Pro Publishers on veoh.com via the video player or on VeohTV via the guide programming or the Watch on VeohTV functionality.
- What else do I need to broadcast my video?
To help people find and choose your video Veoh provides an area for you
to enter a title, a description, as well as the ability to supply an
unlimited number of tags (keywords) for users to search. You need to
select a category for your video.
- Is there a size limitation for video?
No you can upload any size video. If you are broadcasting videos that
are longer than 100MB we recommend you use the VeohTV/Veoh Player software to
broadcast, or upload the content. The Veoh web upload process should only be used for shorter,
smaller video files. The VeohTV/Veoh Player is designed to run in the
background for uploading larger files, ensuring changes in your
internet connectivity do not interrupt your upload and allowing you to
use your PC for other tasks during the upload. The VeohTV/Veoh Player allows
partial uploads to be continued, which can be helpful for larger files.
To upload a video from the VeohTV/Veoh Player, select the File menu and then
"Upload a Video". You can view videos that are currently uploading in the Library by
selecting the View menu and then "Upload Manager".
- Is there a maximum number of videos I can broadcast? There is no maximum number of videos that you can broadcast.
- When will my videos be available on Veoh?
Videos will generally be available within a few hours of broadcasting,
at times of high demand they may take a little longer. Veoh
automatically transcodes your video to multiple formats for your
convenience and the convenience of your viewers. This transcoding
process takes time, again, depending on the length of the video.
- Will Veoh alter my video or descriptive information?
Veoh may in rare occasions make constructive edits to descriptions or
information for your channel or video, but the video content will never
be altered in any way.
Veoh may cut the length of playback time on Veoh.com and require that long format videos be viewed in their full-length in VeohTV.
- Can I organize videos into a Channels?
Yes, videos can be organized into two types of channels; regular Channels and Primary Channels.
Regular channels can contain videos you publish and videos from other publishers (as long as those publishers have made their videos available for upload to other channels), primary channels may only contain videos you publish. Viewers can subscribe to both types of channels so new videos are automatically downloaded to VeohTV. In addition, you can customize a channel with your own logo or branding. You can also embed a channel on your web site, or allow others to embed your channel on their web sites, blogs, etc.
- Can I automatically broadcast videos I uploaded to Veoh to other video services?
Yes, as a member of the Veoh Pro program you can automatically syndicate your videos to YouTube, Google Video, and MySpace video. Click here to learn more and to sign up for the Veoh Pro program, or check out our Veoh Pro FAQs below.
- Why was my video taken down?
Your video was taken down either because of inappropriate content or copyright violation, as defined by our Terms of Use. For more information please see the FAQs in our 'Copyrights and Licenses' section.
- How can I make sure my videos don't get removed?
All videos on Veoh must comply with our Terms of Use. For more information please see our 'Copyrights and Licenses' FAQs or the 'What types of videos can I broadcast' FAQ.
- Do I
retain copyrights and other legal rights to my videos? Yes. You retain all rights to your content. Veoh assumes no copyright to your material.
- Can I broadcast my video if it's already licensed for distribution elsewhere?
Veoh will not restrict you from distributing your video through other
means, including other video sharing networks. You are free to license
the rights to your content outside Veoh's network, if you have made
other agreements you need to check them for exclusivity and to ensure
that you still have the proper rights to your video for distribution on
Veoh.
- What is your policy on copyright infringement?
Veoh respects the rights of copyright holders. Our policy is to respond
to any notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), including removing the content
immediately. Additionally, according to our Repeat Infringer Policy if
after an initial warning we receive a notice or otherwise have reason
to believe that content you submitted infringes another party's
copyright, your account may be terminated. More information about our
DMCA policy and process is available here.
- How do I report copyright infringement? If you believe that someone else has broadcasted your copyrighted content without your permission, follow the directions in our DMCA policy.
- What if I have been falsely accused of copyright infringement? We'll let you know if we receive a copyright complaint about any of
your video content that is hosted on Veoh. We'll give you the
opportunity to file a DMCA counter notification following the steps
outlined here.
- How does Veoh work?
The Veoh network uses an advanced peer-to-peer transfer network to
share video amongst the Veoh users. This allows the network to "spread
the load" between a massive number of computers that are typically
under-utilizing their network bandwidth. In essence, Veoh has designed
a globally-hosted video server, capable of transferring enormous
amounts of video in a fraction of the time and cost of traditional
systems.
For each computer in the Veoh
network, the Veoh network uses a portion of the system's capacity to
"trade" small bits of video content between users, without compromising
the security of any of the systems. The amount of resources used will
vary from one computer to another, and will generally not be noticeable
by someone using the computer.
Using this technology, the network is self-repairing. What this means
is that as one computer becomes unavailable, others will accommodate.
Each video is securely hosted on hundreds or thousands of computers on
the network, which means that there is always plentiful access to any
video, at any time. Individual computers or servers are not necessary
to make the Veoh network function; it's all about making millions of
computers work together to achieve a goal that a few servers could
never handle.
There is a nearly unlimited amount of resources available across the
Veoh network, which makes it possible to provide access to any video at
any time. By making use of computer resources that are not in use, the
Veoh network can provide every user with a super video server that is
always available. By using a small amount of resources from an
incredibly large population, the Veoh network will provide
unprecedented performance on a global scale.
Unlike traditional server-based video distribution, the costs
associated with this approach are already paid. Each user already has a
broadband connection, typically paid on a monthly basis. Much, if not
most, of the bandwidth is unused. Even so, the monthly fees don't
credit this unused bandwidth. The Veoh network will use a portion of
this unused bandwidth to serve the video to the global community. While
no individual computer has enough bandwidth to support a network of
this magnitude, millions of computers have ample resources to do it.
Using this approach, Veoh can make unlimited video available to users
for free. In this case, free means, "no out-of-pocket expenses".
Instead, each user's computer participates in the network, providing
bandwidth for other users. This is the only cost: your unused
resources. It doesn't get much more free than that.
- What is PeerCasting?
PeerCasting is a new video hosting technology that Veoh has designed to
serve TV-quality video via the Internet. This uses principles of other
existing technologies, such as peer-to-peer file sharing, to implement
a private distributed video network. PeerCasting extends the concepts
of traditional peer-to-peer technology, making it easier to protect and
much more reliable. By implementing a managed network, PeerCasting can
significantly reduce video piracy, improve overall quality, and provide
user-specific features not available in traditional peer-to-peer
systems. In essence, PeerCasting is the next generation of peer-to-peer
sharing.
The differences are much more
significant than the similarities. Most peer-to-peer networks are built
to enable piracy of various forms of content, including video.
PeerCasting makes this almost impossible, by preventing piracy up
front. While current peer-to-peer networks have typically been less
than ethical, they have demonstrated that the technology itself works
very well. The Veoh network improves upon this technology to provide an
ethical solution to a global market.
PeerCasting is also server-free; broadcasters no longer have to host
any portion of their content, including seeds or other references. This
will greatly reduce the operating costs for small and independent
filmmakers and producers. With such a significant reduction in
distribution costs, it affords more time and money to the creative
process.
- How is Veoh different than RSS?
RSS is a content broadcasting technology that grew from online news
article feeds. It's original intent was to notify any application
listening that new material was available. RSS provides a relatively
standard way for broadcasters to notify subscribers that they have
broadcasted something new.
The weak point
of RSS is that it does not actually distribute content; it simply
notifies you that new content is available for you to retrieve with
some other technology. Since RSS doesn't provide a standard way to
retrieve the content, it is typically coupled with other technologies,
such as BitTorrent or HTTP. In addition, it is common to subscribe to
an RSS feed and not be able to get the content because it can only be
retrieved with a technology that you don't have available. A
combination of newer RSS readers and broadcasting with "accepted"
distribution technologies reduce this somewhat, but not completely.
The other significant issue with RSS is that it is server-based. To
make certain that your video content is available, you must either
manage an RSS server or use a public server. Managing a private server
is costly, and is prone to being unavailable when you need it the most.
A private server is a single point-of-failure, so when it fails, you
are no longer able to serve your audience. Public servers are generally
free or available at low cost, but they can and do suffer from the same
problems as private servers: they're still single points-of-failure.
And if you have a problem with a public server, it may take days or
weeks to get the problem resolved.
- How is Veoh different than BitTorrent?
BitTorrent is the technology behind much of the current peer-to-peer
sharing on the Internet. While BitTorrent is not itself a network, it
allows small Internet networks to be created to share files. BitTorrent
is a prime example of an open network; anything added to the network
can be copied and added to another network.
The primary weakness that makes BitTorrent unsuitable for video
broadcasting is that when you broadcast a file, you must remain online
at all times. BitTorrent uses the concept of a seed, which is the
original place that the content was broadcasted, to start file sharing.
It is common to find useless BitTorrent seeds, because the original
server is no longer online, has changed IP addresses, or has simply
revoked the seed. BitTorrent forces the broadcaster to act as a server,
if only to provide seeding. Again, your computer becomes a single
point-of-failure and your costs and levels of effort increase.
BitTorrent's other issue is that it is not designed to support more
than a few thousand users on a single network. This prevents its use in
a global video hosting network.
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