Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 29, 2018 Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2018 I am thinking whether to halt EOSHD uploads to Vimeo altogether. Whenever I upload to Vimeo I can never get it to play smoothly but my connection is fibre optic. This is with auto quality. It seems their servers just don't have the performance needed and you get a stop-start experience. Interested to hear other peoples experiences before I pull the plug! And as an uploader, does a Pro account rather than Plus help with playback issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyclingBen Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I've had nothing but trouble with vimeo over the past 18 months. Uploads take longer than to any other site and their playback almost always buffers and stops even if I'm at the university which has 10gbps internet. While trying some others I came across Wistia (not sure if it's available in the UK) and it seems to be the best though they are fairly expensive. You can get a free account and upload up to 5gb videos with a limit of 50gb total in your storage (at least when I signed up) but your video player will always show the wistia logo in the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 29, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted May 29, 2018 Vimeo would be perfect... If they ever got it working. webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizz Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hey Andrew. I always watch in 1080p without any problems. 100mb fibre optic here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Vimeo definitely has some playback issues. I have a fast connection webrunner5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfoundmass Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I've not experienced too many problems with vimeo playback on my phone. Haven't tried on the laptop in awhile though. I use Wi-Fi on my phone 95% of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliKMIA Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I love Vimeo but it's becoming a very big problem. The issue is on the server end because, not on the connection because Youtube works fine despite my average 30mbps speed. Clearly Vimeo struggles during some part of the day when there is heavy load on the bandwidth (e.g. late afternoon and early evening when people commute or come back home and watch video). It also seems that some video get "prioritized" over others. My video with a few thousand views tend to stop much more than the one with hundred thousand or 1 million views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kye Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I've had fast internet for years and YT works most of the time but Vimeo has never worked. It's like it loads a bit, gets 1 second before the buffer runs out and then says "oh, shit, I better start trying to load some more...... damn!" IronFilm and tweak 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 30, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted May 30, 2018 Seems like a pretty common problem then. Thanks for chiming in people. heart0less, kye and OliKMIA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchtape Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 It's hit and miss. A lot of Vimeo embeds on people's portfolios will not play or load super slow. But if I'm on the site or watch my own videos it's fine kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 unless im mistaken, its the same old thing, like for the short im making... vimeo or youtube? vimeo = maybe better quality if it works, better community for critical praise/staff pick, etc. doesnt work a lot which is v bad for ppl with 4 sec attention spans (everyone) youtube = always works, uploading a robust 4k clip can work to beat 1080 quality limitations, HUGE social network, everyones on it if youre gonna pick one over the other, the choice seems p obvious. well, what about uploading to BOTH sites? that works for plenty of ppl with hot videos, but if you have, say 5k views, do you want to divide them over different platforms? its a quandry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Members BTM_Pix Posted May 30, 2018 Super Members Share Posted May 30, 2018 It's so bad that if I see a vimeo film embedded in a post on any site I just surf past it. It seems completely independent of device, network or even country I'm trying to watch it from. Maybe things will change now that they have bought Livestream who might have some better technology to serve the content to a wide audience. Or maybe they'll just make Livestream as shit kaylee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bioskop.Inc Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 With a new computer & fibre (wi-fi, not plugged in), i've experienced no problems whatsoever - 1080p, 2K or 4K. However, with the old computer I'd have to hit pause straight away & wait for it to buffer a little, before I attempted any viewing. On mobile, over wifi or 4G, there are no problems whatsoever & I suspect that they might be concentrating more on people watching on their phones - a big mistake. On the opposite side of the fence - I was able to watch the Champions League final on YouTube (via Firestick) with no real problems, the occasional jitter but no stopping or buffering! Personally, I think things will change, as is mentioned above, they have bought livestream, they allow you to upload in whatever format you like (no more double dipping with H264) & their quality is much better than YouTube (who seem to allow some people to upload near perfect videos & the rest of us get not so great versions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweak Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 16 hours ago, kye said: I've had fast internet for years and YT works most of the time but Vimeo has never worked. It's like it loads a bit, gets 1 second before the buffer runs out and then says "oh, shit, I better start trying to load some more...... damn!" Same for me most of the time. Sometimes it shits the bed all together and will just never stop "buffering". kye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted May 30, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted May 30, 2018 Only thing stopping me from using YouTube apart from the dire ads, is that the poster frame is utterly butt-ugly crap. Any way to change the quality and get a proper headline going with the text? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froess Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Vimeo works terribly with "ok" internet connection. On that same connection, youtube works great. I've been a fan of Vimeo in the past but to me, youtube has always been a pleasant experience in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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