Screencast.com strikes out
The most recent candidate in the search for a new video sharing service was Screencast. I had high hopes going in, signing up for a free account almost immediately. The ability to store and serve my unre-compressed video while retaining full ownership of the content (read some of the Terms of Service for other free video hosts if you don’t understand what this means) even had me considering the premium account.
As a quick test I tried to upload the same Winter Tour video that I uploaded to YouTube yesterday. I wanted to see the results of YouTube’s harsh compression next to the alleged untouched file streamed from Screencast. Unfortunately the upload failed without giving me any information as to why. After several days of messing around with what I now consider to be the sleazy world of video hosting, it’s one strike and your out.
There’s got to be a better solution out there that doesn’t cost hundreds of dollars a month.
