| 1. Q - What is the best format for me to serve video content to my subscribers? A – It depends on what you want to do. Do you want your subscribers to download or request them on demand from your server (streaming video). If they download they can save the movie to their hard drive and play it back whenever they want. Probably appreciated by them and will result in customer retention. With downloadable files hey can stop them and rewind, fast forward etc… Furthermore you do not need to set up a streaming server on your end making things less complicated. If you do want to stream the files then you will have to configure (or buy in the case of Real) a streaming server. The rights to use the streaming server can reach into the thousands of dollars. Some advantages of streaming videos are that the video starts to play immediately with no wait for download to complete. And it is harder for the subscriber to steal the video. Both have advantages and disadvantages, which you use it entirely up to you. But really, why would you want to do all of this when you could just use the SobeGirl Plug-in content from www.sobecams.com?
2. Q- Why can’t I just buy DVD or VHS and make my own streams? A – Well you can. And if you need advice just ask SobeGirl we are always here to help. But there are some things you should know. Forget about VHS tape. The quality of the render will be poor because VHS tape does not contain as much information as a digital format. With only about 400 lines of resolution as compared with 500 from digital it does not compare. And the file sizes (a very important point) of a digital file that was created from an analog tape will be much bigger than if the source was digital to start with – wasting lots of valuable bandwidth. If you are going to serve your subscribers the best then give them best and don’t cut corners. Your DVD will have to be ripped. This takes time and expensive powerful machines and a lot of knowledge about rendering and authoring software. If you have DVDs you want turned into streams give them to SobeGirl. I guarantee you that we can do it for a lot less then you can do it your self and quicker at that. And one final point, if you buy a DVD chances are thousands, perhaps millions of other webmasters will have the same content. When you buy video streams from SobeGirl only a handful of select webmasters are using this content making your chances for that new conversion greater. And that is the whole idea isn’t it?
3.Q. What is the right file size for my downloadable content? A. We have discovered that 3mb or less is a good file size for downloadable video. Narrow band users can tolerate the wait times for files such as these and broadband users can view them in a flash. One minute files can be compressed to this small size and still maintain acceptable quality.
4. Q. How do I promote my new Video Gallery? A. SobeGirl will help you promote your video gallery by supplying you with video files with sizes that range from 800kb to 1.5mb. These are in addition to the streams that you will normally purchase. These are perfect for uploading to movie post galleries. They are small enough to conserve bandwidth but just large enough to give the surfer a taste of the SobeAction. Just ask for the "posting" clips with your next order. SobeGirl has thousands of them chopped up just right so you can work faster and more efficiently. We want to help you make money so you come back and buy more :-) For some great insight on video gallery promotion see the articles on AdultBuzz from Paul of SmutDevils.com http://www.adultbuzz.com/paul.html.
5. Q. What exactly is Broadband? A. Broadband is a term used for a wide variety of applications and technologies that require high-speed Internet connections to operate. This is opposed to narrow band applications and technologies that require less bandwidth to operate. Broadband connection speeds range from 250-500kb/sec, while narrowband connection speeds range from 14kb/sec to 56kb/sec. In between you can find ISDN connections that run at about 128kb/sec but these are becoming less popular as broadband is gaining ground in the "last mile" connection into the home.
6. Q. Why should I care about Broadband? A. As an Adult Webmaster you must be ready for change. The demographics of a broadband subscriber are just what adult webmasters are looking to score with. The typical broadband user is a male, in his 30s. He earns more than 60k a year. He was most likely one of the early adopters of Internet technology and therefor more adept at using a credit card on the net. Further more, broadband adult websites can fetch as much as 4 times the subscription price as narrowband adult websites.
7. Q. How do I choose the best video provider? A. In the content biz it all starts with capturing a segment in time on some kind of tape. The type of video recorder used to mimic that reality is very important. SobeGirl uses only 3ccd video recorders and hardware encoders employing proprietary compression algorithms to capture video and render content. This means that the video streams and pics that you buy will have the highest quality available resulting in happy subscribers who hang around longer and better conversion ratios for you. Buying low quality video streams made from VHS tape or poor lighting is counterproductive to your bottom line - so why do it? Purchase video streams made from a pure digital source originating from the highest quality video recorders and compressed with only the best hardware and software available. Don’t be afraid to ask the producer about the equipment that he is using. If they don’t know anything about the equipment they are using to make their produce then I suggest you go to a producer who does.
8. Q. What about the cost of bandwidth, will it eat me alive? A. www.hosts4porn has many articles on this subject but the short answer is NO! This is a common misconception shared by a lot of successful Adult Webmasters whom are serving only pictures. The fact is that a video gallery business case makes a lot of sense. And with SobeGirl selling high-quality video streams and pics to match, at such an affordable price the business case becomes even more compelling.
9. Q. I want to shoot my own content how can I render it into streams that I can serve from my Web Site? A. Send your 8mm, or MiniDV tape to SobeGirl. We will render the streams for you into the most appropriate file type. Also we will make hundreds of pictures from the video for you to post or even resell. It is your content after all so you can do with it what you wish. We will sign a non-compete agreement with you protecting your content from unauthorized use.
10. Q. What is the difference between MPEG and ASF file formats. A. MPEG stands for Motion Picture Engineering Group. This group is composed of a few pioneers who developed certain standards that allow video to be viewed across platforms. The MPEG compression standard is as close to loss less as you will find but today we have some new algorithms that compress more but are not cross platform compliant. For example, the ASF file format developed by Microsoft for the Windows streaming server. It compressed data very well but will not play on a Mac. If you want to cover all your bases than the quality and cross platform usability of the MPEG is the way to go. |
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