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Flash video questions

Posted 2 years ago by funnel

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funnel said 2 years ago

If the latest editions of Flash (9 and 10) can play H264, can they be made to play mov files? If so, how? And what is the best format for video in terms of compression and quality - flv or mov?

I've had some grief trying to get a flv file to play on my iweb site - I have placed an html snippet copied from this site, hosted the files on idisk, and tested the links which are okay. All I get, both in iWeb and on the published site, is the text "This text will be replaced". So what if anything have I done wrong. Or have updates to iWeb gotten in the way?
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funnel said 2 years ago

I worked out the problem: I had obliterated a quotation mark in copying/pasting the snippet. All works fine now. I have been freed from Youtube embeds - many thanks.
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Carbonari said 2 years ago

I am trying to add a Flash video in to my iWeb site : http://www.aldo-carbonari-design.com. I have created the "Flash" folder containing the relevant files recommended but cannot get them to link to the HTML snippet within my iWeb page. I am not completely clear about uploading these files to my FTP server - originally I published my site to a Local folder on my computer, then published to my FTP site which has worked fine to date ... but I cannot get the Flash file to view.

When I paste in the code that links the flash/support files and hit the "Apply" button I get "This text will be replaced" rather than my preview image/flash movie. I have tried to publish/upload these files to my FTP site with iWeb SEO Tools but have not been successful.

Any advice would be greatly received.

Aldo
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funnel said 2 years ago

Have you tested the link to the flv file in a browser?

Really nice website by the way.

I am reflecting on the wisdom of using Flash given lack of support on iPhone and iPad: that could be important for your business. Also, linking a flash file on my iDisk seemed to play havoc with iWeb - it kept asking me to log in to MobileMe (even though I was logged in). I think I might go back to Quicktime.
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Carbonari said 2 years ago

Thanks for your prompt response and I am glad you like the website. Given my belief that I think iPhones and especially iPad are going to be MASSIVE I think it best to stick with QuickTime and encourage visitors to download the free software.

As a compromise, I may use some animated GIFs in my site - do these work OK in iWeb in your experience?

Thanks
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funnel said 2 years ago

Animated GIFs appear as QT movies in iWeb but function as animated GIFs when published. Your site is classy enough without them though: they are jarring and look cheap. As an alternative, how about using Keynote, exporting to Quicktime, setting this to autoplay, and hiding the controls. Keynote's transitions and animations are very elegant.

I got onto the IT department of the health system in which I am working: they have no problems installing Quicktime so I will stick to that for the educational site I am building. I suspect that the stats that say that 35% of computers don't have Quicktime refer to governmental and corporate IT systems running WIndows XP. It doesn't scare me if I do not reach these users. I would rather get the iPhone/iPad audience which can't be reached with Flash (and probably never will).
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Carbonari said 2 years ago

Sounds good to me, I will give this a try.

Thanks

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