For most of us DivX is a video compression company. DivX is popular for its codecs that allowed high-quality videos to be compressed into small files.
Just somewhere a year ago DivX launched Stage6. Vast majority suggest this relatively recent novelty takes on such video sharing communities as YouTube, Metacafe, Revver, etc. It offers high quality web video in HD.
It must be mentioned YouTube currently is the number one place for video sharing despite
its low-quality videos. DivX Stage6 is also a video sharing website which is a very different one.
Let’s consider these two vidoe platforms in details:
- Aim
- DivX Stage is catered for folks who are crazy about good quality videos.
“In terms of quality, your average person would be unlikely to tell the difference between a DVD and a DivX compressed file, even though it’s 7 to 10 times smaller”, Mark Lawson, Managing Director of DivX UK told Pocket-lint. “We’ve been able to do high-def as well. You can create a DivX file, and the [hi-def] quality is maintained.”
- Popular video sharing sites (like YouTube) use low-quality videos on average up to 10 Mb in size.
- Place and way
- I don’t know for sure but practically everyone likes watching one or another video (TV shows, animes, films, etc.) on big screens. That’s why people prefer going to the movies. The videos on Stage6 can be downloaded and viewed on a number of consumer electronic devices.
- You turn to video sharing sites, so probably you like watching videos on iPods, mobile phones, etc. And you don’t care whether videos have low quality or not. You probably get more aesthetic pleasure acting this way. There is no comparison when it comes to video being seen on the big screen as this is what DivX Stage6 helps you do best in 1080p HD resolution.
- Video player
- Video sharing sites have one thing in common. They use a simple flash video player that almost all web users can easy-to-use without any effort.
- The problem with DivX Stage6 for viewership is a need to install the DivX video player. Does this mean that these videos unable to watch instantly? Sure thing.
- Embedding
DivX Stage6 offers this feature as well as YouTube, Revver, Metacafe, etc. And it’s easy-to-embed just about any video size (movies, TV shows) in your sites and blogs.
- Revenue
There is no difference. Stage6 monetizes users’ video as well as Metacafe, Revver and YouTube do.
Perhaps the most important point, however, is the main services based on DivX Stage 6 platform:
- stage6.divx.com. It is a beta version already. High quality video up to 1080p HD. A
growing community for content creators and video lovers to network. Karma shows your rating on the site. Videos in 16:9 widescreen ratio. A growing community of video enthusiasts and video producers. Not as many videos as a site like YouTube, but for the most part they are more professional. - joox.net. It seems to be the next video aggregator. It’s a place to search for and
post videos that are available on Stage6. There are several categories like anime, cartoons, Bollywood, comedies (stand up), documentaries, movies, movies with subtitles, movies without subtitles, music videos, and TV shows.
In short, it is your turn to decide what video sharing site to call in and what video quality you prefer better.
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