Best way to show movie?

I know that there are many ways to place a movie on a webpage, however waht would be the best option in my case? On a homepage I need to place a small movie of 194 pixels wide. The movie is about 10 min. Since it is a ‘chique’ school YouTube etc is not an option - no names allowed from free services. It just got to be ‘clean and simple’. Flashmovie? Or are there other options? Thanks folks

Paul

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I tend to use QuickTime and stick it to the rest. ;)

I would suggest you check out the instructions below. They are mostly about the iPhone, but what is there about video works on desktops, too. You’ll need Freeway 5.2 to do it. As a bonus, all those chic students (and parents?) will have an option that is optimized for their iPhones. The instructions for video are on the last two pages.

http://www.softpress.com/Resources/Building%20iPhone%20Websites.pdf

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Sometime around 19/8/08 (at 08:00 -0400) paulvw said:

On a homepage I need to place a small movie of 194 pixels wide. The movie is about 10 min. Since it is a ‘chique’ school YouTube etc is not an option - no names allowed from free services.

That’s a strange distinction. I wonder if Brightcove is blocked? http://www.brightcove.com - That’s a rather more grown-up alternative to YouTube for embedding streaming Flash video content in sites.

Using a video-hosting service such as YouTube (etc.) means that the load on the main site’s server is massively reduced. Depending on the hosting deal this can mean the difference between getting extra bandwidth bills or not.

Anyway, you can either use a Flash video solution, of which there are a number (others can point them out), or use QuickTime .mov files.

The QuickTime route assumes the visitor has QT installed, but of course every Mac user and also every PC user with iTunes or an iPod or iPhone (which require iTunes) has QuickTime whether they like it or not.

k

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Ah! Great stuff! That is indeed up-to-date information. Thanks Joe! Does it mean QT needs to be installed on people’s pcs or can it be done nowadays without?

Paul

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Actually I used Brightcove before. They deleted one of my movies because they found a bit of background music that was not registred or something…. wow….

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They deleted one of my movies because they found a bit of background music that was not registred or something…. wow….

Hmm. But that should help calm the fussy parents and school board, right? :-)

k

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QuickTime will be needed to watch the movie yes. The poster frame will still be displayed and a message will appear saying that QuickTime needs to be installed to watch it.

Joe

On 19 Aug 2008, at 13:56, paulvw wrote:

Ah! Great stuff! That is indeed up-to-date information. Thanks Joe! Does it mean QT needs to be installed on people’s pcs or can it be done nowadays without?

Paul

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