19 November 2006

An alternative to YouTube?

Check out Putfile, a video-clip-sharing site similar to YouTube. Of course its volume of content is not as large, but still fairly varied (I found a couple of eastern European music videos -- a relatively specialized interest -- with no difficulty). I haven't explored all of Putfile's features yet, but one notable one is an option to vary the size at which the video is displayed. The biggest size is fairly close to full-screen. If the original video is of low resolution, viewing it at large size can make it look grainy, but the better-resolution ones still look very sharp.

Putfile isn't perfect -- its FAQ states that X-rated content is not allowed, though this doesn't seem to be enforced -- but in view of the problem of what seems to be political censorship at YouTube, any alternative should be encouraged and used as much as possible.

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