Using Amazon for CDN for Videos

Using Amazon S3 for CDN
There are a lot of choices out there for Content Delivery Networks.  But what if you want more control over your video, including securing it deeply?  You can use Amazon S3 for free (5GB of Storage, 20,000 Get Requests, 2K put requests.)

Showing a Video (MP4)
After you create a folder you can upload a video (such as an .mp4).  However, you will have to make one change if you want it to work in multiple browsers.

1. Login to you account and go to the S3 Management Console.
2. Double-click on the folder you created where the video is located.
3. Right-click on the video and select Properties.
4. Expand Meta Data
5. Add a "Content-Type" with a "Value" of video/mp4.  There isn't a value for this in the dropdown...but you can type in any value you want.
6. Click Save.
7. Remove the other Content-Type metadata key.
8. Click Save.

You can view the "link" in the properties and copy that to a web page or email or whatever.

HTML 5 Video Player
You can use a free, open source HTML 5 Video Player called Video.JS