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YouCast™ is a Ruby on Rails video sharing application that you host on your own servers. It can be rebranded easily for your company or used as is.

Main features:

• Upload videos, images, and music via web or mobile phone via SMS/MMS attachment
• Create a playlist of your videos, images, and music
• Play your media in a Flash player
• Get the code for the player to embed in any site (myspace, blog, etc)
• Generates thumbnails for videos
• Multi-user support with user login and user management
• Export your playlist in XSPF/Spiff format

Tech specs:

• Ruby on Rails application designed with RESTful methodology
• Supports all major video and image formats, and mp3 for music
• Encodes all video to Flash
• Uses MMS2R for mobile media processing
• XSPF/Spiff format used for playlists for maximum portability

What you get:

• Full source code
• 10 hours of free consulting, including help with installation and migration
• Option to hire me for additional consulting

What can you do with YouCast™?

• Create an internal video sharing site for your company or small business
• Use it as a base for your own video-related site
• Merge it with your existing site to add video and mobile media support
• Re-create YouTube to impress your friends

How much does it cost?

• YouCast™ will cost a yet-to-be-determined one-time fee, which includes free updates to that version. I will determine the cost once I get a better idea of demand.

Email me at the address in the About Me page if you are interested in seeing a demo and/or purchase.