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Is Amazon's S3 the cheapest streaming video hosting out there?
[EDIT Feb 26, 2010] There's a new how-to article on this topic. How to Get Started with Cloudfront Streaming is the example page for the article How to Get Started with Cloudfront Streaming[/EDIT]
While researching CDNs for storage and delivery of digital video, I found that at least one major user-generated video website provider is using Amazon's S3 service for delivery of Flash video over HTTP. For http delivery of lots of clips on-demand, S3 is apparently doing the job. The costs are astonishingly low:
- $0.15/GB stored per month
- $0.18/GB delivered (or less)
But, S3 is an option I hadn't thought of for online video. There's no support for the RTMP or RTSP streaming protocols, but many sites are just fine with HTTP download delivery these days. (Streaming vs. Downloading - What's the Difference?) While it may not be optimized around realtime delivery, it certainly offers unlimited scalability at rock-bottom prices. And options like its rich developer API and BitTorrent integration could be an asset to a comprehensive media delivery strategy. It's certainly an option worth looking at.
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How useful is Amazon's service for people that don't know a whole heck of a lot about developing programs? I just sent to the AWS page on Amazon and I'm not sure I understand how I can use the service.
Posted by: Rodney | October 20, 2008 01:55 AM
Is there any website that actually uses S3 foe video streaming?
Posted by: Suire | December 1, 2008 02:30 AM
I'll be using S3 very soon for streaming videos :)
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