# Video sharing site

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/video-sharing-site/169800>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 8, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/video-sharing-site/169800 "2009-06-08T22:44:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raven13)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/video-sharing-site/169800/1 "2009-06-08T22:44:52Z")

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Hi, we have a client who want a video sharing site and we are asking our  
self if Rails is good for it or if it’s better with PHP. We see a lot  
of video sharing site with PHP but maybe one or two with ROR why? Is it  
that PHP is better for a video sharing site. What is your thought about  
that. PHP or ROR and why?

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**Author:** ![raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raven13)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/video-sharing-site/169800/2 "2009-06-08T23:05:34Z")

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Someone have an idea?

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**Author:** ![raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raven13)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/video-sharing-site/169800/3 "2009-06-09T06:43:13Z")

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I’ve seen a decent amount of video sharing sites using Rails. Probably  
the  
most well known is [http://www.funnyordie.com/](http://www.funnyordie.com/).  
I bet it is not what you mean by a “video sharing” site, but the open  
source  
app I work on does video sharing among other things:

[http://kete.net.nz/](http://kete.net.nz/)

[http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/site/all/videos/](http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/site/all/videos/)

I was just looking into putting some polish into the presentation of  
uploaded videos yesterday, namely adding thumbnails for video and  
perhaps  
FLV conversion. Seems straightforward enough. This thread might point  
you  
in the right direction:

[http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=29988](http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=29988)

Cheers,  
Walter

On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Martin L’ecuyer \<

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**Author:** ![raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@raven13](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raven13)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/video-sharing-site/169800/4 "2009-06-09T14:15:26Z")

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Thank Walter