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Originally Posted by 6South
MB is great since the last revision fixed some of the more complicated install issues, it still depends on a ton of pre-requisites but so does every other video related site script / CMS out there.
For a single site or a bunch of single sites that are unrelated / no connection to each other MB is fast and relatively easy.
If you need something more complex with more control over what formats are encoded, resolutions, thumbnails, etc or if you want to create a network of sites that share a common membership, host DVD content or just have a much larger operation then Elf X is more suitable.
No CMS currently on the market is as "good" as they could be, however. I worked as a systems architect designing content management systems for the largest corporations and government clients in the World for 12+ years so I tend to see the problems w/ the software currently on the market with a more critical eye than most.
Some of those issues?
MB:
not much control over encoding formats, no function to go back and re-encode failed processes, wholly dependent on supporting open source software instead of using a packaged binary type of setup which would make installing it much easier.
Elf-X:
Very expensive in terms of server resources
Currently the photo rendering is extremely slow w/ no solution coming that we know of
Install docs are poor - they require specific versions of supporting software but do not document which versions are compatible, you will end up uninstalling and reinstalling ffmpeg, for example if not others.
depends wholly on open source software you must install - can be complex and effect performance quite badly from release to release of that software
You have to license and install Wowza, why I don't know as it doesn't really do anything that I can see
If you have a great deal of content to publish it will take a very, very long time
Two Words - "smarty templates"
I have a design for a much better CMS and hope to be able to develop it in the near future. I can promise you it will perform like a rocket vs. the current solutions and will be based on real, current web standards for creating site templates, etc and will support end users being able to customize or modify functional code as / if needed.
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It's always interesting when someone with a low post claims to have their own CMS coming out soon and wants to trash my product. Your attempt wasn't bad except that you are entirely wrong in nearly everything you just posted.
To clarify:
We have had no reports of content processing slowly or this being an issue. The moment customers start to complain about this or we are aware of an issue in this area we will address it and make improvements just as we have with every other performance complaint since 2006.
As far as server resources, we make use of multiple levels of caching for performance. Elevated X power thousands of sites including a number of big brands and large cash programs. Many of our small to medium-size customers are on budget servers ($99-250 per month being spent on hosting) and the majority of our users do not require use of multiple servers.
You said install docs are poor. Correction - There are no install docs as our staff performs 100% of the installations and setup of the CMS.
There's no need for a customer to install or reinstall any server modules - ever. We recommend managed hosting and work with several leading adult hosting providers. We suggest that our customers use reputable web hosts familiar with the required modules, all of which are common. Over the years, we have encountered situations a handful of times where someone has the level of difficulty with modules that you describe. Usually this happens when a server tech or sysadmin is unfamiliar or inexperienced. Thankfully when this happens and a tech struggles to this degree we have a list of A-tier hosting providers on hand who can step in and have things working in a matter of minutes.
Elevated X DOES NOT require Wowza although we do support Wowza streaming and many of our customers are very happy with it.
Publishing large amounts of content apparently isn't too time consuming as we have an awful lot of customers with massive sites and networks that have many thousands of content sets.
Switching to Smarty templates in 2009 has been a good thing for us, our users and the growing list of designers who provide services for Elevated X customers
AJ