Sharing Files with Screencast

While using a service to host files for sharing is almost necessary for many Internet users today, it can be a major pain–you may lose quality if your files get compressed; things may get disorganized; you may want to share several files at once, but don’t want to send out several links for each one; the list goes on. But using TechSmith Screencast may eradicate some of these annoyances.

Screencast’s file hosting service is designed specifically for file sharing. Once you sign up and upload a few files you can organize them by storing them in folders or playlists. You can then define who you want to share a file with and send them invites. If you want to send several files you can share an entire folder. When you’re ready to delete your files you can delete them one by one or delete a folder and all its contents. You can also delete a playlist without deleting the files associated with it.

With Screencast your files won’t be compressed, encoded, or altered in any way. Your files will only be shared with the people you want to share them with, and you can share media for portable devices or allow people to subscribe to your content via an RSS or iTunes feed.

Screencast offers three levels of subscription–a Basic account provides 25 GB of storage and bandwidth at $6.95/month; a Plus account provides 50 GB of storage and bandwidth at $12.95/month; a Premium account provides 100 GB of storage and bandwidth at $24.95/month. If you purchase your account by the year you’ll save 17%. The 60 day trial account is free and provides 200 MB of storage and 1 GB of bandwidth.

Screencast definitely seems to be better than the average file hosting service, which is why it comes at a cost. If you use Camtasia Studio or Jing you can upload files directly to Screencast from those programs. Plus, TechSmith will extend its users’ trial Screencast accounts for the duration of the Jing Project. Sign up for Screencast at www.screencast.com.

Read about the Jing Project here.