Basically what I'm trying to achieve is:
-whenever a new video is posted on my channel, trigger a zap/ifttt to download it to dropbox in mp4 for backup purpose, added bonus - extract audio to mp3.
I want to do it automatically and on a free remote service, not my PC or VPS. I know it all this could easily be done locally, but I want an independent solution for a number of reasons.
The problem is, youtube api prohibits video download.
So far I have investigated web-based downloaders, but couldn't figure a way to automatically get a download link without visiting the website. cloudconvert doesn't support direct youtube download.
The closest thing I found is a web-fork of youtube-dl that allows it to run on owncloud, but I'm failing to find a free owncloud provider that allows user apps.
There should not be more than 3 short channel uploads a day, so performance and delays are not much of an issue, I'm happy to wait up to a day for the download to commence.
Any help much appreciated.
One step of the process is probably using offcloud, which can fetch your youtube video and store it on a cloud storage, such as google drive, ftp, etc. It has API
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I'm creating an iOS app where I want a user to be able to live stream a video, however, users who join the live stream after it starts, start watching the stream from the beginning instead of live (I will also add functionality that allows the user watching to skip ahead and then be able to watch live).
I have looked at many third party streaming options such as Agora, Twilio, Vimeo, etc, however, I don't believe they meet my needs as I need users who join the live stream to start watching from the beginning and not live.
I have explored continuously uploading small video chunks to something like firebase storage, and then continuously reading those chunks for users watching the stream. However, as explained here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37870706/13731318 , this is to very efficient and leads to a substantial lag.
Does anyone have any idea how to go about doing this that leverages third parties?
I think you can use the HLS protocol to implement this.
HLS allows starting to watch from the beginning or not. That is controlled by the settings.
I am not sure about uploading because I think it has to be implemented on the server-side more.
I created an app that records short videos and uploads them on a cloud server. Those videos are accessible via another web server on the same cloud.
Is it possibile to use a service like youtube (or similar) to store infinite videos at reasonable price?
Right now I am paying almost 130€ euros months for 500G of storage, which is the price of my Freenas server on the cloud.
Anyone knows the best way to upload many videos at lower price?
thank you!!
I am currently working on an iOS app where users can watch several videos (e.g. fitness videos). The videos are all captured by my team, so I don't need access to external videos.
Now my question is, does it make more sense to store the video files offline right in the app or use some kind of online server (and which one would you recommend)? I don't want to embed Youtube videos.
Thanks in advance!
It is always better to go online. Because the size of video may vary and huge video files would scrap user device's memory. SO it is recommended to use an external server to host the video files.
You can also add an option to download the files if needed.
Is there any way to get direct video download link from YouTube and which work on another devices for long time? I tried a lot of third parties softwares to generate the direct download links but after a short time these links dead. May be YouTube changes some parameters in the direct download url. I am trying this for my own channel, to offer direct download for my videos from YouTube at my website, so I need direct download links for each video.
One of the benefits of YouTube Red is the ability to download videos for up to 30 days on supported devices. This is the only official way I am aware of to download videos offline. According to the YouTube Developer Policy, you are not allowed to make content available for offline playback, so I would be cautious of these third party services.
One solution would be to upload the video to YouTube for normal online playback, and upload a copy of the video file somewhere else (ex. Google Drive or on your website) so that users can download from this alternate location.
I am about to build an app that initially displays thumbnails of high quality videos. When users click on a thumbnail, they will go through iOS's in-app payment system to pay for the video and once that is complete, the video will open and start playing in Quicktime(iphones native video player).
Can you please suggest where i should host my videos? Does apple provide video uploads as well or is there a simple to use tool that allows this? I am looking for a service that will let me upload or delete high quality videos whenever needed so that non tech people can administer too. Then i can easily just link those videos to my app.
Thanks in advance
Depends on format if its just progressive download mp4 you could contract with any of the hosting companies, they start at 5.00 - 100 dollars monthly depending on what you need. the higher priced ones offer dedicated servers that can run .net or php, you could take a service for instance that hosts at 5.00 a month,, right a simple php app that does the security or get a pre-built one.
If you want to do real streaming using HLS then you need a server that can support it, one though a bit expensive is wowzma, prices vary but it is usually quite expensive.