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Ken Pespisa
Asked: 2009-08-06 06:45:03 +0800 CST

What is a good solution for an intranet video portal (YouTube-like) site?

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I would like an easy-to-setup site to handle videos to be viewed internally by my company. YouTube is essentially the perfect solution except for its being public. I'm looking for a place where a few people can upload videos, and the system will return a page where they can watch that video in a browser.

I figure this would involve a dedicated Web server to run the Web application and process the videos. I've searched and I don't think such a system exists, but I perhaps there's one out there in its infancy that doesn't rank high on Google yet.

Essentially the site I'm looking for is what MediaWiki is to Wikis, or what StackExchange is to Q&A sites, but for videos.

video intranet

10 Answers

  1. You could subscribe to Google Apps for Business which includes Google Video

    http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/collaboration.html

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  2. VideoLan makes a very good client, and though I haven't used it, it appears to include "a complete streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)"

    Definitely less turnkey than the above, however, but open-source.

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  3. I found a good solution, for very little money: www.vimeo.com. I can purchase a year subscription for $60 and get the privacy options I need. I don't need to install / manage a server which is a plus. And I can embed the videos elsewhere - our intranet, our Web site, etc.

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  4. http://www.techsmith.com and / or www.onstreammedia.com

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  5. You didnt mention zero cost in your question - if you are willing to pay for SharePoint, the Podcasting Kit for SharePoint is an all-in-one solution that might fit your needs.

    http://www.codeplex.com/pks

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  6. You might want to check out Apple's Quicktime Streaming Server. It's pretty powerful, but it does require you to get an XServe and a copy of OS X Server.

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  7. Hmn. I don't have a good solution to this, except to say that when we needed something similar we developed it in-house. Don't forget that you need a streaming server of some sort; we use Helix for some formats and Flash Media Server for adobe flash video.

    I think iTunes offers a 'private site' package through it's itunes store, which might be cheaper. Outsourcing it would definitely be cheaper than building even a limited-use machine in-house.

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  8. I don't know of any all in one packages that include sites. I believe they're all homegrown at the moment. We've been using Flash Media Server for a while now. I allow users to upload their own videos to the server (securely of course), provide them with their embed code, and then they can embed the video where ever they want. This would give you the streaming, but not the pre-made site like you want. There are also open source alternatives to Adobe's product, like Red5 and such. But we were looking for Actionscript capabilities and solid support.

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  9. If you are willing to use silverlight, Video.Show is open source and fully functional. Oops, I just noticed:

    All video is hosted at Silverlight Streaming, which gives you 4GB storage and 700 Kbps bandwidth via Microsoft's worldwide Content Delivery Network.

    I believe that accounts are still available for free at Silverlight Streaming. It might be something to look into.

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  10. Check this out, it is pretty nice - Also the paid version has a built-in browser viewer application so it seems pretty decent to me!

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