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Esinem · 11-09-2011, 08:46 AM

Sorry for the total noob questions but this is my first members pay site. I've been running a free site for years with about 6,000 members but now I'm creating a new WordPress based one. Obviously, the paid membership will be a tiny fraction of what I have now but free members will also be able to browse public content (very limited access to video/photo galleries). The site is fairly niche so I don't expect massive traffic.

As I want to have videos and photos, I'm using UUGallery (UUG needs ffmpeg ideally). Firstly, what sort of hosting am I likely to need to start with? I went Servage recently but they don't have ffmpeg and I have heard they are crap anyway.

I'm confused by the hosting options as the more expensive VPS and dedicated servers seem to offer fairly small disk drives (50-250Gb usually). If that is what I'd have for data, it seems nothing by today's standards. Bearing in mind that I'd be likely to have very few people simultaneously viewing videos, what is required? Since, I'm using UUG, video files will be in FLV format. Any recommendations on what resolution to have them in for optimal storage versus quality?

As I'm UK based, I'd like a reliable European host that accepts SM content and runs ffmpeg. Any suggestions?

11-09-2011, 08:46 AM
Esinem Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: London. UK Posts: 88	What sort of hosting & FLV formats? Sorry for the total noob questions but this is my first members pay site. I've been running a free site for years with about 6,000 members but now I'm creating a new WordPress based one. Obviously, the paid membership will be a tiny fraction of what I have now but free members will also be able to browse public content (very limited access to video/photo galleries). The site is fairly niche so I don't expect massive traffic. As I want to have videos and photos, I'm using UUGallery (UUG needs ffmpeg ideally). Firstly, what sort of hosting am I likely to need to start with? I went Servage recently but they don't have ffmpeg and I have heard they are crap anyway. I'm confused by the hosting options as the more expensive VPS and dedicated servers seem to offer fairly small disk drives (50-250Gb usually). If that is what I'd have for data, it seems nothing by today's standards. Bearing in mind that I'd be likely to have very few people simultaneously viewing videos, what is required? Since, I'm using UUG, video files will be in FLV format. Any recommendations on what resolution to have them in for optimal storage versus quality? As I'm UK based, I'd like a reliable European host that accepts SM content and runs ffmpeg. Any suggestions?