Best video sharing sites... any 4k?
0Last year I had trouble trying to upload 4k to YouTube. Maybe that's fixed now - a quick scan of tutorials says it's just a simple thing.
It used to be Vimeo was higher quality but is that all equalized now? Any opinions out there on sites to use (4k or 1080) or are they all about the same?
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I think Vimeo still has higher quality, but to share 4K you need a pro subscription. To reach the most people YouTube is probably the most effective, but you have no control over what is presented around your content, or if you monetize your account, what ads are presented in, around, over, and possibly during your video. But it's free to use, and so ubiquitous that most people go to it by default.
@djslack your mention of advertising reminds me - I heard posting a drone video to an ad supported platform can effectively make you a commercial drone operator (not allowed by the FAA). I'll have to look up that advisement to see if it came from the FAA or was just conjecture.
@snapster Hmm... Also wonder if it makes a difference whether you are a partner getting paid for the views or if the platform itself would be the problem.
The rest of my thoughts kind of digress so I'll put them into another thread... Enjoying this forum, thanks again!
@snapster Looks like this is the source (or at least quotes the source): http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-faa-says-you-cant-post-drone-videos-on-youtube
@dave Interesting read but I doubt this would stand up in court. Something about intent comes to mind. But consider this: Meh puts up a drone as it's daily deal. An employee takes the drone out for a spin to demonstrate the drones capabilities or the mounted camera's abilities. Would this be considered using a drone for commercial use? The video evidence is there but in this case there is also intent to use the video for commercial purposes. This could be an interesting situation.
@Mehrocco_Mole ha that seems like a real risk I bet people haven't considered. We'll need to make sure the drone pilot is ignorant of the reason he/she is flying the drone that day. Heisenberg Pilot solution!
@snapster They were still convicted at Heisenberg.
@snapster Do you think someone would be allowed to file an OhShit report from jail?
@Mehrocco_Mole @snapster @dave @djslack I think it's clear from that article that even the FAA's higher authorities feel that the FAA official who sent that letter was out of line. The end of the article even goes to far as to call it a "sham".
The closest analogy to existing FAA regs would be on Commercial Pilots. So if someone who doesn't have a commercial pilot's license (and say, only has a Private Pilot license, like myself) were to fly their own plane and videotape some portion of the flight that they thought was interesting and then share that video on YouTube then the FAA might consider that "Commercial" use? I highly doubt it. Lots of us non-commercially-licensed pilots film ourselves and share the videos and it would be preposterous for the FAA to go after us for that.
But since this is such an unsettled area of the law, some of the "less-enlightened" FAA officials are going a bit overboard with their knee-jerk reactions and, as the author of the article even said, not even considering First Amendment rights.
@Mehrocco_Mole is right on with your comments about this probably not standing up in court. So don't be afraid to post your videos. This lone, rogue, FAA official doesn't have a leg to stand on with this particular regulatory threat.