If you want to put video on the internet, you have to host it somewhere. If you upload it to your web server, you will most probably pay a fortune for bandwidth and clog your hosting service . Amazon S3 provides cheap and easy alternative to YouTube.

The size of a 4 minute video with music and some bells and whistles can be around 40MB. If you have only 500MB bandwidth per month, 12 visitors to your site would use up your entire bandwidth and your account will automatically be suspended, your site shut down, or you will have to pay a massive surcharge for exceeding your allocated bandwidth...
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