Having filmed a video on a camera or recorded a video on a computer, the user may want to share it with the community. To do this, the file must be uploaded to the Internet, and then the link must be sent to everyone you know. Services providing such an opportunity will be discussed.
Youtube
This site is the most popular and well-known project for sharing video files with people. It has been working without interruptions since 2005. In 2006, the service was acquired by Google and since then it has been constantly refined and improved.
To upload a video to YouTube, you need to be already registered on this site, or have a Google account. Here you can upload files over 2 gigabytes, up to 10 videos at the same time. If you want to upload files longer than 15 minutes, you need to verify your account using your mobile phone number.
When the account is confirmed, just go to your channel, click the "Add video" button. The corresponding button is located in the upper right corner of the site. Then you can either drag the file to the site and download it, or specify the path to the file using the intuitive interface.
The video will be processed for some time, but you can send the link to everyone immediately. It's just that during processing, the video will not be available for viewing.
RuTube
After registration, this service allows you to upload videos no more than 50 minutes in duration and no more than 10 gigabytes in weight. As with YouTube, files can be dragged to the cloud icon with an arrow, or an explicit path to the file can be specified. Next, you will need to specify a description for the video, select a category.
If you want the video not to be available to anyone but you, check the box "visible only by direct link" when downloading. Please note that if you give someone a link to such a video, then he can already repost it further and the video will become publicly available.
Yandex. Video
The service allows you to download video files up to 750 megabytes using a standard downloader and up to 1.5 gigabytes using the Html version of the downloader. The site serves as both a video hosting and a video search engine on other services.
Uploading videos can only be done if you have a registration. It's completely free and easy. If you already have mail on Yandex, then you do not have to register. In the settings for the uploaded video, you can set viewing restrictions. That is, the video can be seen: only your friends, only you, or everyone who wants to.
A few words about additional restrictions. You cannot upload more than 5 gigabytes of information to Yandex. Video in 14 days. When recording video from a webcam directly to the service, there is a limit of 20 minutes. The user who uploaded the video can set a restriction on the video viewing by setting a password.
Conclusion
The most basic free video download services have been listed. In fact, there are many more of them. Some of them are named: Video @ Mail, Movie, Smotri, Dailymotion, Vimeo and others. On some of them, you can even earn money from views. For example, you can do this on YouTube and Movie. There is a large selection, but the bulk of people still use YouTube, as it is more modern, fast, reliable and powerful.
