Question for web designers, embedded video

**Veovis** · 03-04-09, 11:47 AM

Some of you may have seen my website, if not the link is in my sig. I designed it myself but I am by no means a web guru. My limited knowledge of HTML and CSS was exhausted just to make that simple site.

You will see there are several videos in my gallery available for download. I would like to re-work my video gallery to have streaming HD video not unlike Youtube or Vimeo. How hard is this? Both in terms of the video compression and the coding for the site. Where do I look for info to help me out?

**CivilWars** · 03-04-09, 11:52 AM

For simplicity I would probably recommend Wordpress. They have some free templates that allow video sections, and you can even rotate videos on your home page. PM me if you want any tips.

**w4jchosen** · 03-04-09, 11:58 AM

Try this for wmv files

Code:

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..." TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="videofilename.wmv">
<PARAM name="ShowControls" VALUE="true">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false">
<PARAM name="ShowDisplay" VALUE="false">
<PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="false">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC="videofilename.wmv" NAME="MediaPlayer"
WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" ShowControls="1" ShowStatusBar="0" ShowDisplay="0" autostart="0"> </EMBED>
</OBJECT>

swap both videofilename.wmv with your file name.

**w4jchosen** · 03-04-09, 12:01 PM

Also this might help http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php. This will automatically generate the code you need depending on how you want it to stream.

**Veovis** · 03-04-09, 12:03 PM

Cool thanks I'll try something like that later. I definitely like the idea of coding something myself rather than using any pre-packaged tool. I like to do things the hard way, and have total control. :-)

Though I'll probably be using mp4 files, since those are best for encoding HD... I use x264 codec and encode 720p @ 2.5Mbps for great quality and decent filesize. But what do Youtube and Vimeo use? That's flash, right? And somehow they compress it even further. Example, I had a 5 minute 720p mp4 file that was around 100MB. I uploaded it to Youtube and it is now available in HD and looks pretty good. But if I watch my network connections as I am streaming it, only 20MB transfers... which means they compressed it 5 times better than I had it! That is definitely important because if I try to have streaming HD and it's not compressed enough, it won't be watchable for most people.

**a weakling spaz** · 03-04-09, 12:21 PM

Veovis, hit me up on Steam or PMs. I work for a video streaming company.

Flash handles H.264. That is probably your best bet for HD and availability as damn near everyone has Flash player.