Movies

CaN Opener · 02-09-2003, 07:05 PM

I am making a web site for a Parent club for a collage that is based in california and the collage is in new york. becouse of thsi many parents arnt able to go to most of the functions that they hold so there are several home videos of events that i would like to post on my web site.

my question is if any one has code to watch a movie in a browser or if any one knows a way to stream video for free. any help would be apreated.

ty so mutch

CaN Opener

sde · 02-09-2003, 07:16 PM

hey can opener...

there's not much to streaming video on the internet. the difficult part is going to be converting the video to a movie file.

you have to choose.

.mpg - is one of the most common files, however it doesn't have the best compression ratio, meaning the file size might be bigger than others. this file format can be viewed by most computers, mac or pc, without installing any extras.

.mov - is a quicktime format. this is a great format all around. the only downfall is that the user would have to download quicktime www.apple.com/quicktime/ , but it is free.

.rm - real media is another popular format. again, the client would have to download real player www.real.com to use this.

.mp4 - mp4 is my favorite format to date. this format gives you the most bang for the buck .. meaning that you can have a decent quality movie and the file size is significantly smaller than other formats. ( based on the same quality and length ) again, you would have to have the latest quicktime program ( www.apple.com/quicktime ) to see this format. real media and other players are working on compatibility of mp4's as well.

once you get the video into your computer, you will need a program to compress it. while Quicktime is free, there is a full featured version for $30.00 .. this allows you to export your movie to formats such as .mov or .mp4 . i highly recommend it.

when you decide on a format, come back for more help and i can give you examples on how to embed it. the www.apple.com/quicktime/ has some great examples as well.

CaN Opener · 02-09-2003, 07:31 PM

i have already created the the file formats i was wondering if any one had a genric code that can be used to post on the web site to view it from a web browser . for example the way flash playes on a web site

ty

CaN Opener

sde · 02-09-2003, 08:42 PM

this is good for the quicktime movie player.. .mov or .mp4 formats i believe.

PHP Code:


			
 <OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="320"HEIGHT="255"

CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">

<PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="movie.mp4">

<PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="true">

<PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true">



<embed src="movie.mp4" 

bgcolor=#333333 width=320 height=255

PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"

KIOSKMODE=true 

autoplay="true">

</embed>



</OBJECT>

saline · 02-14-2003, 11:01 AM

I don't know if you know HTML at all, if you do this might help you:

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/multimedia/video/

I'd post something more specific but I have to get to class.

Perhaps later.

Ilya020 · 03-08-2003, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sde
this is good for the quicktime movie player.. .mov or .mp4 formats i believe.

PHP Code:

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="320"HEIGHT="255" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="movie.mp4"> <PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="true"> <PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true"> <embed src="movie.mp4" bgcolor=#333333 width=320 height=255 PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" KIOSKMODE=true autoplay="true"> </embed> </OBJECT>

I though embed only worked in IE. At least thats what a friend told me like two years ago...

Ilya.