streaming video

[esthera]

my client wants me to put on her website a streaming video.
She has a dvd that she converted to an mpeg (450 mg)
I can't seem to open the mpeg with windows media player ---
Does anyone have any suggestions?
What's teh best way to convert from dvd and to what format?

Is it better to import to a flash and display the flash?
Any input would be helpful.

[Lazer]

Hi.
Mpeg is NOT a streaming media. it is a compressed video format.
what YOU need is as you said STREAMING media.
RM (real) or WMV (Windows media video)
for REAL you have to buy REAL producer (about $150)
for WMV you can download the from mirosoft.com the comressor:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/results.aspx?displaylang=en&freeText=windows+media+video+encoder
this is the best I could find.
and 450MB is a tooooooo :confused: long file. comress it to 320x240 @ 64K. no more.
Good Luck. :)
Lazer
PIE Multimedia
www.elc-music.com

[hadwahnos]

when i post streaming videos, i use flash(.fla files), and it makes things a lot easier. you can even add a quick bit of code or two to make it that much more functional.

[srsuptech]

Try using FLV files. They can be played with Flash 8 player (Free). They are good quality with good compression. Also look into the new Quicktime compression H263 it could be the best quality codec available right now.

[nix]

Hi.
Mpeg is NOT a streaming media. it is a compressed video format.


Lazer, so are you saying that it is impossible to stream mpeg files on a website?

[Sukhipanna]

Try using FLV files. They can be played with Flash 8 player (Free). They are good quality with good compression. Also look into the new Quicktime compression H263 it could be the best quality codec available right now.


when i post streaming videos, i use flash(.fla files), and it makes things a lot easier. you can even add a quick bit of code or two to make it that much more functional.

I am doing video streaming for the first time. Do you mind if I ask how do you convert your video into flash file? Is there a software to automate this? Thanks a lot.

[Sukhipanna]

I finally found Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder to convert my video into Flash.

Now, I can't get the .swf file working. I need help on how to link this video file to my webpage. Would anyone be able to help me? I need instruction on how to get a Flash movie published on my site.

[Sukhipanna]

I finally found Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder to convert my video into Flash.

Now, I can't get the .swf file working. I need help on how to link this video file to my webpage. Would anyone be able to help me? I need instruction on how to get a Flash movie published on my site - it's my first attempt. Appreciate any help.

[TinaLei]

Wow! I never would've thought I'd help so many people while looking to help myself-lol. The service I use for videos is very cheap--$9.95 a month to start, it converts videos, stores them and so much more! I didn't realize what a jewel I had until reading your and others' posts! Check out my site at www.online-affordablevideo.com , there you'll find how it comes up on the browser, I'm not done with the site yet, but when I am it will show other capabilities like live streaming, pay-per-view and so much more. It's so easy to put your videos onto the site, it's a matter of copy and pasting with this service---that's how easy. Good luck, contact me if you want--yahoo IM ID is tinalei2004....

[tele159]

I finally found Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder to convert my video into Flash.

Now, I can't get the .swf file working. I need help on how to link this video file to my webpage. Would anyone be able to help me? I need instruction on how to get a Flash movie published on my site - it's my first attempt. Appreciate any help.
to link the .swf file to your page, you need to use you the following code:
<!-- Begin Flash Animation -->
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="760" height="200" id="flash" style="margin:0px;"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /><param name="movie" value="YOURFILE.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed src="YOURFILE.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="760" height="200" name="flash" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object>
<!-- End Flash Animation -->