BunnyStream: Video Hosting Made Incredibly Easy, Secure, & Affordable

[@akhilpeterpan]

Hi Dave . You just solved a huge problem I was struggling with for a few days . This a great platform but can be a little daunting in the beginning . You just made it so simple and accessible . Forever grateful 🙏

[@dave-swift]

Glad to help!

[@ccuny1]

Brilliant. I have been looking for a way to secure videos for a course. This is so well explained I feel I have been all he research already, except now I actually understand it! Thank you very much.

[@dave-swift]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.

[@ccuny1]

@@dave-swift Least I could do; it must have taken a while to put together and it's really useful.

[@HiAbhayKulkarni]

Thanks for making the video Dave!

[@dave-swift]

Glad to do it! Thanks for watching Abhay.

[@lelandbrandt5252]

Thanks for making this video. I saw the same email come through and didn’t bother to look at it. Very interesting alternative to Vimeo. Like the glasses.

[@dave-swift]

I was wondering if anyone would notice the glasses :)

[@worldofaeterra]

Great review thanks!

[@ppcclips]

Game changer! Thanks 👍

[@waimalao]

Hi. I was wondering whats the difference between Bunny and Cloudflare Stream? Thanks in advance. Nice video by the way.

[@artificallead499]

it would be great if they allow a lock until paid option but i guess there are other platforms for that

[@tailskitales]

That would come for say like you install an LMS on wordpress. That would show this page only to paying members.

[@WhatchaGot2Say]

Are you able to upload videos to Patreon using this video hosting site?

[@dave-swift]

You should be able to. I don’t think Paterson has any limitations on embeds.

[@cbcsurvivalguide]

@@dave-swift Could you test this out on patreon? I'm also curious whether or not this works as a lot of streaming video services don't seem to work with patreon.

[@Mikhai_nik]

Bunny is expensive, but of course there is not a word about this in the video.

[@opensource101]

first thanks for this info I THINK this storage service is cheap and better than amazon aws

[@dave-swift]

It's certainly easier to use than AWS!

[@TheMentalHealthToolbox]

Thanks Dave! I was trying to figure out why url wold not load/play in Wordpress, but you showed me I need to use the custom HTML 👍 I wish I could center it however, for when I reduce the size on page and adjust the padding as well. Guess I will leave it at 100%.

[@dave-swift]

Glad to hear it! BTW -- You can put it in a container to center it! I usually use GenerateBlock's container (free version will work fine) over the default block, but both should be able to handle this.

[@TheMentalHealthToolbox]

@@dave-swift thanks! Is that a native block to WP or a plugin?

[@dave-swift]

You can use the default wordpress block called a Group. Here is what it will look like: share.clientamp.com/YP9Snt6J

[@TheMentalHealthToolbox]

@@dave-swift thank you!

[@TheMentalHealthToolbox]

@@dave-swift I tried that, and am not getting any layout option to center the container block....only if I change the container type and then it deforms my video dimensions. Oh well, guess it can be misaligned, but then the padding is off.

[@Hassan_Omer]

Thanks for the review, i learned from another review that this platform doesn't do SEO of your videos i.e videos uploaded on your site won't appear when somebody searches on a search engine, that's quite a downer, is there a work around for that using this service ?

[@nikitamikhailov9534]

Bunny has a limited set of services, unfortunately. You can’t buy all the necessary things from them (

[@imdurgeshpratap]

Do you have a patreon? You are awesome and work is really helpful 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dave-swift]

Thanks Jay! Very kind of you to ask. I'll be launching a way to support the channel shortly.

[@appyviral8753]

Is this good for 100k real time viewers? Or what is the charge of 1tb additional bandwidth and storage

[@dave-swift]

Yes, you can do that. I highly recommend clicking on the bunny link in the description and using their pricing calculator.

[@appyviral8753]

@@dave-swift ok

[@bryankjones]

Greetings. Thanks for creating this video. I'm interested in the iOS scenario you tested. The text below the MediaCage Basic CRM states that MP4 fallback would be disabled when the CRM was enabled but that MP4 fallback seemingly worked for iOS. Could you provide some clarity or did I miss something? Granted, I haven't watched the full video yet...

[@dave-swift]

I actually noticed that text only while editing the video... I was waiting for someone to comment on it. I really don't have a good explanation right now. That's the way it worked for me in testing (as you saw in the video). I will message bunny support and find out what they know.

[@dave-swift]

I tested this again and it does work the way I show in the video. I reached out to Bunny for clarity and I'll update here when I know more.

[@thecsaksham]

​@@dave-swift same question, waiting for the update.

[@dave-swift]

I do have an update. Bunny says this is a bug and it will be fixed. They also think that their DRM should work just fine on iOS after the bug is fixed.

[@bryankjones]

@@dave-swift Thanks Dave!

[@musicwitharijit]

Hi... hope you are fantastic, are you still using the bunny services or have switched to something better ? do you have some problems with it?

[@dave-swift]

I still use Bunny. It's been great overall! Some small quirks you get used to quickly.

[@mortgagefinancing5558]

I have a Patreon account. I want to have my videos so people cant steal them and download. Can I link to Patreon ?

[@well-being1584]

Great Video and application. Not sure, does it still make sense to use prestoplayer with hosting on Bunny or does the Bunny player replace that?

[@dave-swift]

For me the utility of the Bunny player is everything I need, Presto has a few other features but much like LearnDashes "Video Progression" i don't think they really move the needle much for user experience improvement.

[@Sr_Luix]

Hey Dave, thanks a ton for your helpful video.But I have a question I have tryed the free trial and everything looks cool, only the security DRM feature.. Which means I could record and take screenshots of my courses on my own website, although I have activated the feature but it's still the same If I subscribe the 10$ plan will it be working or not?

[@dave-swift]

Ain’t no way to stop screen recordings! The DRM stops downloads.

[@relaxinghotspot9146]

thanks for sharing this vedio

[@dave-swift]

you're welcome. Thanks for the comment :)

[@websquadron]

Does it auto caption or do you need to load in a SRT file as well?

[@dave-swift]

What's up web squadron! Big fan of your videos and style. Sorry I missed your comment here. Yeah, Bunny has autocaptions now but they're not free. I use MacWhisper instead. It does transcriptions locally using Open AI's whisper (the only open source thing about Open AI)

[@qaamuusacademy9062]

thanks pro👍

[@dave-swift]

Welcome 👍

[@Bachconcertos]

Does bunny have thumb nail uploads?

[@dave-swift]

yes they do!

[@diananae727]

Worked with Bunny, didn't like it. Now they work with G-core labs, much better

[@georgesotiriadis2763]

hello can i ask you a question i want to make a membership site that will host courses with videos. Is bunny stream a good option?. finally how much do you think will it cost /month? i will use the learnpress lms btw. Thanks in advance!!

[@dave-swift]

Yes, I think it’s a good option. The cost will depend on how many storage regions you use as well as how many site visitors you have. If you have low traffic when you launch it will cost next to nothing.

[@georgesotiriadis2763]

@@dave-swift thank you for your answer dave appreciate it. The only think i worry is will it work by embedding it in the course ? Thank you again

[@dave-swift]

Works just fine.

[@passport_papii]

is there a way to get mobile screen size videos to upload and play in correct aspect ratio?

[@dave-swift]

You have to enable the resolutions you want the video to play in. The settings are found in. Stream > Your Library > Encoding. Right now all the resolutions are 16:9 but if you want 9:16, let Bunny support know!

[@passport_papii]

@@dave-swift thank you

[@VSMAOnline]

Who are you currently using for your video host provider?

[@dave-swift]

Spotlightr but the UI is pretty horrible. I hope to move a handful of sites off before my annual renewal next month.

[@miketaiwanwalkcity6355]

Hi Dave, which screen recorder do you use for this video?

[@dave-swift]

Hey MIchael - I use Ecamm Live: profitable.tools/get/ecamm

[@miketaiwanwalkcity6355]

@@dave-swift thank you it's for Mac and I'm on Windows 10

[@CheevoCheevo]

didn't like bunny, worked with them for half a year, got pissed off by incompetent technical support...

[@m44verick]

I didn't know about that DRM and iOS think, thanks a bunch! Any PullTube's android version or similar?

[@dave-swift]

Bunny says this is a bug, and that soon their DRM will work with iOS! So I guess we wait :) Sorry, I don't know of any android apps.

[@pauls1883]

Bunny Stream OR VadooTV ?? 🤔

[@dave-swift]

Bunny stream gets my vote. I trust Bunny and I like their business model.

[@pauls1883]

@@dave-swift but no LTD 🤔

[@dave-swift]

I wouldn't ever use an LTD for hosting business critical material. Pay for what you use. Your videos stay online and the company stays in business.

[@dave-swift]

LTDs are great for small utilities or self hosted software (where you're paying the electrical bill).

[@ccuny1]

@@dave-swift What is LTD?

[@appyviral8753]

Hi.. could u give me unlimited bandwidth

[@dave-swift]

I can’t give you anything, I’m just a guy on the internet. Bandwidth is unlimited, you just pay for what you use right from the start.

[@appyviral8753]

@@dave-swift i wanna create a video streaming app...so can it hold 100k concurrent users?

[@drpc512]

bunny video proccessing take for ever .not recomended

[@dave-swift]

Consider running your video through a compression tool like handbrake before uploading, this will reduce the storage space required and make transcoding easier. You can improve things further by limiting the number of resolution options you choose. For example, limit the output to 720p, 1080p and 4k.

[@drpc512]

@@dave-swift will try it .if they show the recommendation for the video types .would be nice ..will give it another try

[@drpc512]

the problem .that it don't have mp4 or mkv video link .that why it can't be used for apps .for websites it could work but apps no

[@dave-swift]

​@@drpc512 Maybe I don't understand your comment, but if you want a mp4 or mkv video link, why don't you just upload it to a storage container? The point of BunnyStream is to provide a player.

[@drpc512]

@@dave-swift did host videos on B2 backblaze but still strugling with the cdn >as i see cloudflare have new R2 that can be connected to backblaze .but no seup videos yet