It's becoming more common to include videos on websites - for testimonials or to promote content etc.
Krystal doesn't permit the hosting or streaming of video from any of our cPanel hosting plans, shared or reseller.
The reason is resources rather than storage. Serving a video file takes far more processing power than an ordinary web page, and it holds a connection open for as long as someone is watching - so a handful of simultaneous viewers can use more of your account's CPU and processes than the rest of your site put together. On shared hosting those are the limits that matter, and hitting them takes your whole site down, not just the video.
But don't despair - there is a solution. You can host your video or live stream on a platform like YouTube or Vimeo (and others) and embed the content into your web page.
If you need to host or stream video directly from your site - or offer video downloads then that is fine on a Cloud VPS, where the resources are yours alone - subject to our terms and our acceptable use policy.
Most modern Content Management Systems - including Drupal, Joomla and WordPress either have video embedding built-in or available via a plugin or module - and you may find this an easier way to include videos on your site.
We've included instructions below for obtaining the embed code from YouTube and Vimeo for manual inclusion.
Getting video embed code from YouTube
Navigate on YouTube to the video you'd like to embed.
Beneath the video you'll see a Share option - click it.
In the window that appears click the Embed icon.
You'll now see the iframe code that you can copy & paste in to your site.There are additional options you can select below the embed code. You can also add or remove options from the embed code. The following YouTube guide covers some of these options.
Getting video embed code from Vimeo
Navigate on Vimeo to the video you'd like to embed.
Beneath the video you'll see a Share option - click it.
Copy the embed code and paste this in to your site.Clicking +Show options just above the embed code will show additional options that can be selected as required.
