A while back Tim told the world about Divx’s Stage 6 video hosting site. I checked it out, and was so impressed that I have begun uploading all of my video efforts there. I still use YouTube, Google Video and MySpace video (in part because there are a few places where Stage 6 embedding is not supported – specifically MySpace and here on my own WordPress blog) for our youth-related videos. But one of the beauties of Stage 6 is that you can create channels to host you videos on. Viewers will need to download the divx codec, but it is free and a relatively quick process. But viewers can also download their own viewable copy of any video hosted on the site! Great bonus for youth who want to have their own copy of an event or a special night without having to ask a forgetful youth pastor repeatedly for one!
So below I provide you the links to the 2 channels I host so far. Check them out if you want
*UPDATE: Stage 6 is no longer in existence.
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Personally, I’ve been careful about sending my students to Stage6 for videos just because of the adult content that’s easily available there. I know you have to turn on the option in your settings to view them, but still, that’s not hard to do. It’s too bad that the video quality there is so much more superior than any other video site. I wish that junk wasn’t there.
I have been wary of that as well. In fact, I have not yet divulged to our students that this site even exists yet, much less our channel. The largest reason I have steered toward creating a channel is that most of our students do not have accounts at video sharing/hosting sites, because most of them do not upload anything to share. I am still wrestling with the pros and cons of using stage6, so any further thoughts would be greatly appreciated.