September 18, 2008 by sharky
VReel.net is set to take over where Stage6 left off, and is currently in the final stages of launching Beta v2 - likely finalized before the end of this month. Although comparing VReel to a “Stage 6 clone” wouldn’t be entirely fair - or even correct - as they’ll be incorporating their own leecher-proof media player, complete with superior H.264 encoding.
VReel Features:
Full-screen mind-blowing HD video up to 8.5 GB file size - what else do you need?
Community System — "Having a community will be a lot like having your own "Channel" on VReel. You get to select your own administrators and mods, and can set up your own community based around members which join your group. Members will be able to share videos through this system, based on your own approval if needs be. It’s important to us that the community system is "all yours" - you’ll have total control over everything which goes on here. You’ll be able to create your own themes and skin the community to your own needs, along with having a private forum system available to members of your community."
VReel Player — "With our launch of Beta v2, we’ll be rolling out our very own Webplayer. The VReel player is based around the highly regarded VLC back engine, and is being developed from the ground up to suit the needs and wants of our many users. The VReel player will contain popular functions such as the “desktop dimmer”, and pop-out player. This player will be native to H.264 - the highest quality codec on the market, while retaining full support for DivX5.x+, DivX6.x+ and XviD1.x+."
Presently most online streaming services utilize "Flash" as the backbone for displaying video, which doesn’t support H.264 very well, if even at all. The use of H.264 allows the online material to sustain the quality but at lower rates of kbps which equals less bandwidth, resulting in lower costs.
Proper Monetizing & Accounts:
As it stands now, accounts at VReel will come in three flavours: Free, Gold, and Platinum. Note that this is subject to change. Thankfully, the abominable "Zango" advertising has been removed from all areas of VReel - hence one of the main reasons for the delay of the v2 launch.
Free Account:
- • 1GB upload limit
- • 1 image upload (avatar)
- • Max 2 minute wait before watching a video (pre-roll advertisement)
- • Can view videos up to 2GB in size
- • Banner, Interstitial, Pre-roll and pop-up advertising
- • Full Profile/Community features
Gold Account:
- $7/month
- 3 months: $18 - $6.00/month
- 6 months: $33 - $5.50/month
- 12 months: $57 - $4.75/month
- • 2GB upload limit
- • No pop-up adverts
- • Image gallery (unlimited image storage - 5 MB max filesize per image)
- • Option to set a video as "Private" (does not appear on search, requires either an invitation or a user-set password to watch video)
- • Name displayed in gold, user icon turns gold
- • Can view all videos
Platinum Account:
- $20/month
- 3 months: $51 - $17.00/month
- 6 months: $90 - $15.00/month
- 12 months: $160 - $13.30/month
- • 8.5GB upload limit
- • No advertisements at all
- • Image gallery (unlimited image storage - 5meg max filesize per image)
- • Music gallery (unlimited mp3 storage - 30meg max filesize per track)
- • Private media options (video, images and music which require either an invite, or a password to view)
- • Custom user icon
- • Custom name colour
- • 100GB Embed-ready bandwidth
We’ll keep you updated is to when they officially open Beta v2 to the public.
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