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by cglee 4832 days ago
Couple of questions:

  1. do you do transcoding at all?
  2. where do the videos live, and in what format?
  3. any size/time limit on the recordings?
  4. you compared with some competitors, but not Tokbox; how is it different?
  5. is your solution dependent on Flash?
  6. is there a demo recorder we can take a look at?
Nice job!
1 comments

Hey guys,

Sorry about the typos in the site copy (we're fixing them now). (this is why we ask for feedback before launching) :). To answer questions:

1. Transcoding. We transcode the videos into h.264 and generate thumbnails. At the PRO level you can have as many outputs as you would like at as many resolutions / frame rates as you want.

2. We will host the videos on AWS for you for free as long as you maintain an account.

3. 5 mins

4. Always think of TokBox as a live streaming service (i.e. video chat) not so much a recording service. I know they allow you to record chats to a server, but it's not their focus and integration is a bit more involved as a result.

5. No. Unfortunately, WebRTC isn;t quite ready for primetime when it comes to recording. As soon as it is- we'll go 100% HTML.

6. The homepage has a recorder built in but the best way to play around is sign up for a free account and put a recorder in you site (no CC necessary to record up to 20 videos)

Thanks for the interest!