Video Website Datasheets #6: Revver
February 7, 2008
By special request I have made Revver.com my next target for technical analysis. I had started going through the list in alphabetical order but ruled out Break.com and Broadcaster.com on the grounds that they appear to push adult material. Clickcaster has also been overlooked because it is not free other than for trial purposes.
So to Revver. Subjectively the results are pleasing, broadly on a par with vimeo. Revver is known for its revenue sharing model based on inserted ads.
Revver.com
A. Output Quality
File Format: flv (Flash video)
Video Codec: On2 VP6
Video Resolution: 480 x 360
Video Bitrate: 447 kbps
Max. GOP: 120 frames
Frame-rate: as source
Always re-encoded: yes
Audio Format: MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 (mp3)
Audio Channels: stereo
Audio Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz
Audio Resolution: 16 bit
B. Input Flexibility
Input File Formats/Codecs include: MOV, MPEG, MPG, MP4, WMV, ASF, AVI (including DIVX).
Max. Video Length: none, but minimum of 4 seconds to accommodate ads.
Max. File Size: 100Mb maximum.
C. Comments
- Not a lot to say. A good overall compromise within the usual constraints and hard to fault. Similar to vimeo.
Summary of just the key data affecting video quality for all websites analysed can be found here.
For all Video Datasheet posts click here.
For once Vodpod let me down and wouldn’t embed the Revver video for me, but you can see it on the Revver site here.
