Surprising discovery

[jetpack_monkey]

When I post vids, I usually only offer streaming. I have occasionally posted a file link because someone requested it of me, but the streaming has always been the important part. This year after Vividcon, anoel hounded me after my vid posts went up about when a file download link would be available, so I put one up for all three new vids.

I'm pretty invested in my viewing statistics and I was disappointed to find that the streaming Vimeo embeds weren't getting that many views. However, on a whim, I checked my Apache logs and found that the download numbers for all three vids were far above and beyond what the streaming view statistics were (sometimes by a factor of 10).

So, I ask you, Internet -- do you prefer downloading your vids? Why? Should I go back and provide downloads for all of my vids?

Comments

[feochadn.livejournal.com]

Absolutely download.
Frankly, if there is only a streaming version and no dl. I won't even bother to watch the vid unless I am really motivated (and if I am I'll probably try to find a way to capture it).
Why? I don't like to wait for buffering (occasionally in the middle of the vid), I prefer to control the aspect ratio and frame rate and screen size (if there are problems) in VLC, and I much prefer my own organization system for later viewing, rather than bookmarks.

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

Good points all. I hadn't thought of any of that.