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Best practices for hosting and structuring demo reels on websites
19 years old. Gear and prices may have changed since.
What the thread found
- Hosting multiple video reels on a single page causes long load times that discourage potential clients from viewing the content.
- Splitting reels across separate pages with an index linking to each one improves user experience and loading speed.
- Dedicated video hosting services with optimized servers provide faster load times and better image quality compared to general-purpose web hosting.
- Reducing file sizes of reel videos allows acceptable load speeds while maintaining reasonable video quality.
- Including title cards on individual reels is unnecessary when the navigation already indicates which reel category a viewer has selected.
- Using Apple's .mac hosting can provide fast startup times for large video files with proper optimization.
Depends on
- Suggestions assume reasonable broadband connection speeds typical for professional environments.
- Discussion focuses on technical delivery; creative content quality is mentioned only in passing.
- Specific performance metrics and actual file sizes are not detailed.
- The recommended approach of separate pages with an index link is suggested but not fully tested or verified by the participants.