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Videos On Website

Posted by Anonymous on 1/15/2009 at 2:54 PM ET 250 Points
We're launching two videos on our website: 1)company overview from president and 2)product demo for software. These videos will be accessed from our homepage. Our web designer doesn't seem to have all the answers for best practices on launching video so I'm seeking additional info regarding:

Formatting considerations--Vid #1 can be viewed in a small "youtube" size format only but Vid #2 should offer an option to expand to full screen. Does streaming video come in basic "sizes" for how it will be played? Should we choose a format that will optimize how it looks in full screen and if so, will it still translate well at youtube size?

We want the videos to load and play quickly utilizing software that most everyone has or can access like Quick Time...

Could anyone recommend sites that feature videos done well?
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  • Posted by Mikee on 1/15/2009 at 6:51 PM Accepted
    I have used quicktime to embed videos in the website. the nice thing about quicktime is that there are some settings that allow it to start playing before the video is completely downloaded. This allows it to appear streamed. Quicktime also can use H.264 compression which gives smaller files with better quality.

    Flash is definitely another way to go. Wimpy makes some nice easy to use players. These are reasonably priced and very easy to customize. Checkout www.wimpyplayer.com. The Rave player allows both audio or video playback.

    Mike
  • Posted on 1/17/2009 at 7:05 AM Member
    Hi,

    The wimpy player is good, i have used it many times but you need to convert your video to flash first with some other software.

    For ease of use and an all in one package it is hard to beat Coffee Cup https://www.coffeecup.com/video-player
    for $39.

    Flash movies are the most acceptable to most computer users.

    Good Luck,
    Regards

    Jim
  • Posted by Jay Hamilton-Roth on 1/17/2009 at 8:46 AM Member
    Make sure that your server has the bandwidth to handle the additional load. Video is extremely bandwidth intensive and hosting the videos may affect all visitors to your website. If you don't have the bandwidth, consider having other video services host your video and embed the video on your website with the appropriate widgets/HTML objects.
  • Posted on 1/18/2009 at 10:25 PM Accepted
    I think you should be able to fairly easily convert the video to a FLV file which can work with a Flash player. I'd recommend pointing your web designer to https://flowplayer.org/. It's a free player that offers customization options, including resizing the videos. Flash has broader cross platform support, so I generally recommend it over other types (which is why YouTube is a Flash player I think).

    Using screen shots, as well as resizing the player will allow your web designer to get the videos implemented pretty much across the board on your site.

    Hope this helps!

    Thanks, Dan Forootan
    Presiden, StreamSend
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