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Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by alexgaribay on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:17AM (#8556875)
For photos:

.bmp .gif .jpeg .jpg .png .raw .tif .tiff

For videos:

.mp4 (including mov, 3gp, m4v) .avi (including divx) .mts (mpeg transport stream) .mpg (mpeg program stream) .asf/.wmv .flv .ogg

The restrictions can be found at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...

Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by enobrev on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @11:44AM (#8557467)
I can't seem to find anywhere whether they include free video storage as well. I realize there are limitation on video size, but I have thousands of short videos that fit their limitations.
Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by cm2012 on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @12:48PM (#8557904)
Thousands of short videos, eh? ;)
Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by enobrev on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @09:35PM (#8560258)
Indeed! I work on a mobile app, well, a whole system really, that helps compose short videos into one larger video.
Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by knd775 on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:31AM (#8556966)
Do they have a good way to stream videos that you upload? If so, I may just upload all of my movies and use it like a plex server.
Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by angrybits on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:56AM (#8557152)
I was hoping the same thing, but the max length on a video is 20 minutes. Drats, foiled again!
Re:Amazon Prime Members’ Newest Benefit Is Free, Unlimited P... by michaelbuckbee on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @11:00AM (#8557177)
Beyond filetype, they limit videos to under 20 minutes, so probably won't be replacing Plex anytime soon.