playing videos in a website

[Gregor Traven]

Hi

Can you guys please give me an advice on how to put a short video stream on
my website the easiest way there is. Though if that is not the optimum, I am
willing to try anything that will work fine in most browsers etc. I just
want this clip to play in real time.

thanks for answering

Gregor

 

[Neal]

Hi

Can you guys please give me an advice on how to put a short video stream
on
my website the easiest way there is. Though if that is not the optimum,
I am
willing to try anything that will work fine in most browsers etc. I just
want this clip to play in real time.

http://www.spartanicus.utvinternet.ie/streaming.htm

 

[SpaceGirl]

Hi

Can you guys please give me an advice on how to put a short video stream on
my website the easiest way there is. Though if that is not the optimum, I am
willing to try anything that will work fine in most browsers etc. I just
want this clip to play in real time.

thanks for answering

Gregor

Probably the best way these days for short video clips is Flash MX 2004.
It handles most formats without the user needing a plugin or codec
(other than Flash itself, which is tiny, free, and doesn't have any ads,
and 75% of people have installed already).

You have to keep in mind through it's almost impossible to stream video
over anything except broadband. There simply isn't enough 'speed' on a
dialup modem connection for video (even really low quality video).

If you want the video itself to be a live source (a real live camera
filming and instantly providing the output over the net, like a webcam)
life gets a LOT more complicated, and it's not really something you can
just put together without professional equipment and a proper media
hosting service.


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[Gregor Traven]

Probably the best way these days for short video clips is Flash MX 2004.
It handles most formats without the user needing a plugin or codec (other
than Flash itself, which is tiny, free, and doesn't have any ads, and 75%
of people have installed already).

You have to keep in mind through it's almost impossible to stream video
over anything except broadband. There simply isn't enough 'speed' on a
dialup modem connection for video (even really low quality video).

If you want the video itself to be a live source (a real live camera
filming and instantly providing the output over the net, like a webcam)
life gets a LOT more complicated, and it's not really something you can
just put together without professional equipment and a proper media
hosting service.


--


x theSpaceGirl (miranda)

# lead designer @ http://www.dhnewmedia.com #
# remove NO SPAM to email, or use form on website #

Hey thanks, that is all I wanted to hear, I was already wandering if it's
possible to do it in flash, but the other option is also quite simple so I
won't have many problems with doing this.

Gregor

 

[Gregor Traven]

Hey thanks, that is all I wanted to hear, I was already wandering if it's
possible to do it in flash, but the other option is also quite simple so I
won't have many problems with doing this.

Gregor

OK I ran into some problems. Streaming works fine but when I click the link
windows media player opens and plays the video. I wanted the video to play
on a webpage at a certain position.

Another thing, if I offer my visitors this video for download, only IE
recognises the mime type wmv and asks for download, opera for example won't
react if the link is clicked. How can this be solved?

Gregor

 

[Toby Inkster]

Another thing, if I offer my visitors this video for download, only IE
recognises the mime type wmv and asks for download

"wmv" is not a MIME type. What MIME type are you *really* using?

 

[Gregor Traven]

"wmv" is not a MIME type. What MIME type are you *really* using?

I have this video in windows media format ".wmv". If I put a link on my site
for example to a .zip file Opera pops up the ususal open/save window and for
this .wmv file, it just doesn't. What's the problem with that? And in what
way can I embed this file into my webpage?

Gregor

Gregor

 

[Toby Inkster]

I have this video in windows media format ".wmv".

Really, the last four characters in the URL don't make a bit of difference?

What is the *MIME* *type*?

Failing that, what is the URL so we can find out for ourselves?