High Quality video player from DailyMotion

October 19, 2008

DailyMotion, one of our favorite video sharing sites, has launched a new player that dramatically improves the quality of videos hosted on that site.

Did you know they are the world’s largest independent video sharing site with a global audience of over 37 million (comScore June 2008) unique visitors? And with the new DailyMotion HQ (High Quality) Player option offer the best possible web video and audio experience without requiring any additional bandwidth.

The player uses the H.264 video codec which means sharper, smoother video streaming – especially in full-screen mode. Try going full screen with a YouTube video and see what happens! Plus, you get better sounding audio with the AAC 96 kbps audio encoding, so music in your videos never sounded so good! Bass is deeper and midrange is crisper.

DailyMotion HQ brings higher resolution (512-by-384-pixels) at up to 30 frames per second (fps) for users with a broadband connection (520 kbps connection or higher), Flash Player 9 and a computer with a dual-core processor.

“The debut of Dailymotion HQ video reinforces our commitment to delivering the best content and the most advanced technology to our audience and our contributors around the world,” said Mark Zaleski, CEO of Dailymotion. “Our superior playback capabilities have been a critical part of our rapid growth and success, and we pledge to continuously bring more enhancements and features to the site in order to give the best experience to our viewers, partners and advertisers.”

So, instead of embedding crappy YouTube quality on your blogs and web pages, try using DailyMotion for a better user experience!

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