Reducing wmv file size and embedding

[Ebola]

I have a large 275 MB file I want to reduce in size and stream it on my website. Any of the embedding I have tried so far only displays the video with no controls or a pause/stop button, and only in IE. I found a horrible video editing program, after 'compression' and changing the format to .avi the file was 400MB!

Does anyone know how to effectively reduce file size/embed files with decent controls in both Firefox and IE?

[ryanbutler]

If you're using the video in Flash, using .mov as the original file format and then converting to .flv (Flash video format) usually produces a usable file size. You could try different export settings as well. It's really hit and miss with web video in different circumstances.

[Strangeton]

I think you need converter. Personally I use Video to Flash converter PRO by geovid. I know there is Generate HTML function and for controls your video on display you can try video settings there only need check the button Embed flash player.

[Ebola]

Ok, I've gone ahead and converted the file to a .FLV, and now it's only 16MB, the quality might not be good enough but I can change that later if I get past my current problem.

I found a flvplayer that works fine locally but when I upload everything it will not play my flv. I think the problem lies in my host server not recognizing the .flv format, when I go to the location of the flv file on my site I get a 404 error, despite it being there. This has happened before with .dqb files, I needed to zip them before I could make links to them. I can't do that with this flvplayer, obviously.

Does anyone know if this is a problem my webhost can fix or is this all on me? Any ideas would be appreciated..

[Strangeton]

Probably you need to ask about your problem with your flvplayer in technical support it player.