Recommended Products
I only list products here which I truly believe to be top quality or super convenient. I use them myself and I’m happy with them.
Updated on 2 February 2012
CloudBerry Explorer
I really love to use CloudBerry Explorer to manage my S3 Amazon files. For Windows, this is the best application I have come across so far. It’s versatile, efficient to use and it has all the whistles and bells you need. The interface is clear, it feels like you know it already when you open it the first time. I actually started out with S3 Browser and although it isn’t bad, CloudBerry does a better job.
So, if you look for a pro version that doesn’t fail you: you can buy it here.
S3Media Pro – Powerful Video & Audio Player for Joomla 1.5
This is our very own product. Originally, I created this extension for the Province of Antwerp, who wanted a convenient way to put Closed Captions in their videos.
Later on, Laurent Peter and me added S3 Amazon support into it, so that you can link to audio and video from your S3 account and not only that, the extension can generate expiring URLs to protect you media from leeching and unauthorized use. There are quite a few branding options and you can create play lists as well. The module works with JW Player Pro and the S3Media Pro 2 in 1 license includes a full commercial license of that player.
Read all about it here: http://www.joomla21century.com/
S3Media Stream™ for WordPress
S3Media Stream™ empowers you to quickly and easily setup video and audio on your site. Whether you’re a novice or an advanced media professional, S3Media Stream helps you stream video and audio with options beyond your imagination. The advantage of streaming is that visitors can jump anywhere in the media without waiting for download and it also adds a layer of protection against theft, thanks to the private streaming option.
It’s so simple, yet so powerful, thanks to the easy-to-use Wizards combined with S3 Amazon and CloudFront. And you can make money in a variety of ways! If you have a membership site or want to show videos to a select public, this plugin is it!
Read all about it here: www.wp21century.com/
There is a Joomla version as well: www.joomla21century.com/
JW Player Pro – FLV player
I absolutely find this the top video player to embed video and audio on the web. YouTube even bought it in the early days to use in their portal and that is how this player became an industry standard. It is created by Jeroen Wijering from Longtail Video and more then 5 million users are happy with it. I use it as the underlying technology for the S3Media Stream for Joomla and WordPress. The list of things this player can do is endless. I based my old series “How to create your own video channel” on this player. It supports Flash Server software streaming and it has a HTML5 failover switch for mobile devices.
Read all about it here.
GreenGeeks Hosting
GreenGeek Hosting is a new service in my toolbox. It doesn’t mean they are new by any means, but I discovered them not so long ago and they definitely replace my old playmate Dreamhost, because the servers are more reliable and faster. GreenGeeks Hosting also has an impressive amount of one-click install applications on board. Finally, they use cPanel, which is widely used all over the world, so when you learn how to work with this easy to manage panel, it may be useful when you ever decide to switch to a dedicated server.
Read all about it here or click the image to order.
CrossFTP for Mac
CrossFTP is a S3 Amazon client application for Mac. it has a Windows version as well, but I would rather use CloudBerry S3 Explorer in that case(See above).
On Mac, you won’t find a better application, though. It can manage your buckets, configure your CloudFront distributions, you can upload and download your media and any other files with a variety of options. Forget about the AWS console, this is much better.
Read all about it here or click the image to order.
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