more than 500 MB? in the Vimeo General Discussion Forum

David Komer 4 months ago

Is it possible to pay Vimeo to host content that's more than 500 MB? Say like a feature-length film that's encoded at the guidelines (1800 kb/sec, which comes out to 810 MB per hour I think)?
Marcus Olovsson 4 months ago

I personally think you should split a full length movie in smaller pieces. I don't want to preload a whole movie in my browser, especially if I've already watched 20 mins of the movie and only want to see the last 40 mins.
Bo Lorentzen 4 months ago

At the same time that is kind of in the face of the indie-movie makers who typically like for their creations to be watched as a complete.. (even though I agree that having to preload a full movie to see the ending if you have to go out for some reason kind of stinks.)

Maybe there is a feature request here - permitting chapters kind of like DVD's in a Vimeo upload.
kruzer 1 month ago

Ya know... if ya have that big of a movie and yer an INDIE movie maker, then you can afford your own website. I know places where you can have UNLIMITED space for less then $100 per year.

I hope this site will not turn into a 'pro' dumping ground and keep it for the rest of us who wants to share simple videos.
David Komer 4 months ago

Good point- but still, I'd have to put those pieces up over a few weeks, which isn't the ideal :\
Blake Whitman 4 months ago

We will be offering a Pro account *very* soon which will allow for more upload space and many more cool new features. Stay tuned!
Videos by Kerry 4 months ago

VERY soon you say, Blake?? Sweet!!

About how long do you think until you guys will be announcing the feature set??

*Excited*
Arun Bissram 3 months ago

How much would you have to pay?
Blake Whitman 3 months ago

Your first born child, no more.
Mike Smith 2 months ago

Very soon? The comment was posted 2 months ago and I'm not seeing anything anywhere about a pro account.
Bo Lorentzen 4 months ago

AWESOME Vimeo ROCKS.!
kruzer 1 month ago

ya got that right !
Cristiano Betta 4 months ago

I seriously think Vimeo needs some Pro account. I would love to pay just to get rid of the adds alone.

(Hint: showing me the same ads over and over doesn't get me to click on it)
kruzer 1 month ago

What ad?
I see nothing today :)
Cristiano Betta 1 month ago

Yeah, somehow they gave up on their ad revenue since last week. Wondering what their business model will be instead ;)
J O 3 months ago

I'm eagerly looking forward to paying a flickr-style subscription rate to archive and organize my ever-growing HD videos.
kruzer 1 month ago

That's the reason I don't use flickr... I don't want to PAY.
oliax 3 months ago

i can't wait to get the pro account
alionsonny 3 months ago

Hmm, dunno... The advertisings.. I don't see them, because, I don't care for them. I don't need more than 500 megs a week, because I would never be able to produce enough material in a week. So, I think I don't need a pro-account. But I know there are some folks who love to see that they logged into a payed account :D *SCNR*
kruzer 1 month ago

Agree!
Ralph Lindsen 3 months ago

how long are those subscriptions? do you pay for a month, or a year or what?

It would be handy (allthough commercially not ideal) if you could subscripe for short periods of time for when you really need more upload space, but you can cope with 500 mb on regular periods.
ari schaeffer 3 months ago

I'm also curious, I have a non profit documentary that is 35 min @ mp4 h264 high quality, that's just under 800MBs. I know youtube offers a "directors" option, where if you are putting up a film they'll waive their file size limit. I wish vimeo had this kind of option (hopefully free?)
kruzer 1 month ago

Re-edit it to comply.
It's done everyday.
Everything can be edited and shortened.
ari schaeffer 1 month ago

...Great, I'll re edit my FINISHED short film, thereby going back into post for no reason, just to comply with ONE sites file restrictions. Geez, talk about a complex answer to a simple question. Or how about they realize people with professional content could benefit greatly from more options in terms of distribution.

or everyone could just cut their stuff down to 5 minutes in kruzer's land of condescension. my eyes are rolling pretty hard, if only you could see it.
kruzer 1 month ago

Ya know it's like trying to stuff 5Lb shit into a 2Lb box... as they say. Your comment is about like that. Hey change the rules because I have something that don't fit!

Dude, you can always have your own website if you don't like the restrictions and limitations. You tube has none as far as I know.
This is NOT a pro site, in case you are wondering and trying to fit in. This is for EVERYBODY.

The way I see it is he who has the gold (Vimeo) makes the rules. I hope your eyes don't roll out of the socket :)
But take it or leave it.... or create your own Vimeo for pros. Nothing can be simpler.

I don't understand why people complain about free use and space. Am sure the next one wants a terabyte for his movies. Nothing is ever enough for some people.
ari schaeffer 1 month ago

bahaha, keep raging against the machine buddy.

in case you didn't understand the point of this thread, VIMEO is taking our request to heart and is working on a pro option to appease people like me.

not people like you, who clearly have some weirdo grudge against change and OPTIONS for film makers and other users, not just whatever retarded set of rules and standards you think everyone should follow.

in case you don't understand, i'll spell it out a little simpler, the future is LARGE files, in HIGH RESOLUTIONS, requiring higher capacity, if sites like these can't see that, and believe you me, they do, then they'll see the userbase move to whatever can handle that need.

but sure, keep pretending that everyone here is the problem. we clearly want too much, hahaha. i'm so done here it hurts.

well, no, maybe i'll come back once they implement higher file sizes just to laugh at you one more time.
kruzer 1 month ago

Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
Halo3Forum 3 months ago

Pay to upload bigger files.... Sounds like a rip off to me.
Underground Planet 1 month ago

lmao, you post gaming vids and most, if not all of your vids say ": THIS IS NOT MINE:", of course it sounds like a ripoff to you. And how something that's "optional" can be a rip off eludes me.
Project Overseer Productions 3 months ago

Its not a rip off ... server space costs money, and Video files take up huge amounts of space!

It would be nice if Vimeo ran a similar system to `Babelgum` this allows talented video Artists to lease their work through the site and split the profits 50/50 with the owners of the site - only if agreeded via a special contract, otherwise the film has full copyright protection to the creator of the works.
Jon F 3 months ago

I would gladly pay a subscription to Vimeo as long as it did not exceed 3 dollars a month and it removed upload limits and ads.
kruzer 1 month ago

You can buy your own website and space for that money dude!
Torley Tutorials 2 months ago

I'm curious about this as well — and a batch uploader would be a big plus. I'm currently uploading a lot of videos to YouTube and appreciate their broad viewerbase and embedded players which display playlists, but the audiovisual quality and support are deeply lacking.
Tele-Vie-Deo 2 months ago

@Blake Whitman; any updates on the "*very* soon" coming Pro accounts?
Videos by Kerry 2 months ago

Guys, would it be asking too much for you to pop in & give us an update on this Pro thing & a real ETA?? I think all your users deserve to know instead of getting the silent treatment, especially after it was implied by some staff members that it would be here by now. Thanks.
Soxiam 2 months ago

sorry you feel that way. things got shuffled around and there's been a lot of infrastructural work that had be to accomplished as vimeo began to grow at accelerated rate. i won't comment on the ETA except to say we are still working on this along with another major product feature and general site performance tune-up work at the same time.
Joshua Kerr 2 months ago

Lack of a pro account (or more bandwidth for uploading HD) keeps me from using this service.
kruzer 1 month ago

You just uploaded four days ago... so you're 'using' the system :)
alionsonny 1 month ago

Errrm, and which service do you prefer instead? Sorry, your comment comes a bit pathetic if one sees what the existing video upload services offer.

I bet: If one day Vimeo allows full DVD-Uploads (4 GB and more), some folks will call out for a terrabyte upload possibility...
kruzer 1 month ago

Ya got that right.
nothing is ever enough for some people.
File Archiver 001 2 months ago

It wold be most convenient for many of us, I think, if the restriction was not just for the uploading limit. For example, I have a file that is 676MB but I cannot upload it because it is more than 500MB. I believe there should be a limit as to HOW MANY FILES we can upload if the file is over the 500MB, kind of like an alternative. I hope the staff will take note of this suggestion.
kruzer 1 month ago

How about EDITING?
Any movie can be edited.

I have no problem with 500 Mb and I urge the staff NOT to increase it. All it does is allow more BLOATED video with lousy editing to be flooding the system.

Who's going to sit there and watch those videos?
Maybe the author, but no one else will waste time on long boring videos. Bottom line... work with the requirements and be creative.
alionsonny 1 month ago

Kruzer, I agree 1000%
File Archiver 001 1 month ago

I'm sorry, but editing is not an option. The video has been edited to its shortest and it is still 676MB. I assure you, the video is popular - it's been downloaded for viewing over a thousand times in less than a week and viewers are asking for it to be posted online. Thus, it would be better to increase the 500MB. I'm sorry to disagree with your opinion.

Also - please do not make any assumptions - from the facts I have just provided, my videos do not seem to be unpopular.
John 2 months ago

How soon is "really" soon...?
Joshua Kerr 1 month ago

I uploaded a 300mb 20 second HD video of my kid using the recommended settings from a video posted on here. If I had five of these videos to upload to share with friends and family it would take several weeks to get them all up. Not really what I'm looking for. I could host the video files on box.net and then point my blog to them, or use Apple's .mac service to post right from iMovie. Vimeo is not really that useful for me with that 500mb a week limit. Especially with HD. Its laughable really.
Jon F 1 month ago

i don't see how your 20 second film could possibly be that big unless your uploading uncompressed avi... are you sure you used the correct settings with regards to h.264 and the correct export settings for audio and video bitrate?
Blake Whitman 1 month ago

yeah, please use our recommended settings here: vimeo.com/help/compression and you can get WAY more out of your space.
Joshua Kerr 1 month ago

20 seconds using those recommended settings comes out to like 250mb. Not sure what kind of video you are creating, but HD is bandwidth intensive.
kruzer 1 month ago

Dude, ya got something set incorrectly.... 250Mb?
That's almost like 'raw' footage from the camera.... (25mb/s)

Ya need to compress it a bit :)
I don't know what you using... but you'll find an answer in some other forums. hv20.com is one of it.
Videos by Kerry 1 month ago

Well, Josh. I downloaded the source video to this one you posted recently: vimeo.com/1135611 & man, you got that sucker at 42 Mbits which equals out to about 43,000 Kbits!

Thats way way WAY too high. I don't know what you're using to do this, but you need to be exporting at around 4,000-5,000 Kbits for 1280x720 vids for the web.

Learn your software & look over this guide: apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/h264.html
Jessica Crawford 5 days ago

I think it would be cool if there was some type of alternative to uploading more then 500MB a week. I have a how-to blog and I'm currently making HD videos to go along with it. I've only uploaded three this week and I have three more to upload but I don't have enough space left. I can't really edit it down because then I'd be leaving a lot of important features out. I bet a lot of user would like a little more space. I don't have money to get my own website, I'm a broke college student. I love Vimeo though, but that's my only real complaint.
kruzer 5 days ago

One thing you may consider is uploading 'placeholder' videos when you get your allocation and nothing 'real' to upload for the moment. Otherwise you'll lose your weekly allocation.

It can be 'saved' this way.
Adam Holwerda 4 days ago

Or just wait a few hours. Like a hundred and seventy.