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Jack Campbell
Jack Campbell
1,822 Points
Posted by Jack Campbell
Jack Campbell
1,822 Points

Making a website like YouTube

I am building a website sort of like youtube how hard is it going to be to make a video sharing feature in my site that is not YouTube and does not need downloads to view the videos.

Thanks so much!

1 Answer

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points
Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

This question is rather difficult to answer because you don't specify what features nor the level of complexity you're looking for. But adding actual videos to a website is really easy with HTML 5.

<video width="320" height="240" controls="controls">
   <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
Jack Campbell
Jack Campbell
1,822 Points
Jack Campbell
Jack Campbell
1,822 Points

Thanks that really helps. Is there a way so that users on the site can upload videos as well?

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

Of course! You can upload files with the following HTML tag:

<input type="file" name="video_upload">

The above would have to be within a <form> tag of course which, on submission, is handled by a php script which takes the file and puts it in the desired directory. It's quite a lengthy procedure to post here, but there are many tutorials on how to do this google it.