Video Hosting With Ooyala
July 22nd, 2009 by Matt Haff
It’s been a couple of months since we started to use Ooyala at 12Stone Church as our video hosting service and I’m very impressed. Since starting this new service it is easier than ever to upload and post content online. I have the ability to add multiple users and give them different roles so that I can allow the video guys to upload their own content, the director of communications can login and see the analytics without touching the videos, and I can rename, tag, organize, and make new channels.
Screen capture of Ooyala Analytics
In the analytics section we are able to see total displays, total plays, unique plays, the percentage of the video that was watched, we can see if there are any big dips where people lost interest in the video, etc. It really helps to nail down the mystery of what people think about all of our content.
Screen capture of Ooyala External Publishing
A great feature I found is the external publishing capabilities. This allows me to connect our Ooyala account to our YouTube account, Google Video Sitemap, Yahoo! Video Search, and any other MRSS (Media RSS) feeds that I want. For example, we uploaded Darin and Alex to Ooyala and by adding a label to it Ooyala automatically posted the video to our YouTube account. There is also advanced analytics on the media that you publish externally.
How much does ooyala cost you a month?
tim
July 30th, 2010
Don't want to post the exact pricing here, but if you're with a non-profit they discount their rates. Ooyala was by far the most affordable solution for what we needed when I compared them to Lightcast Media and a couple others
cwsites
August 27th, 2010