Playing loading MP4 files/Video

Hi Guys

Wonder if someone can help me here or offer some advice I have a small video lasting 10 mins which i have converted to MP4. I haven then load this file to my server. However there are two other websites that would like access to this file so putting it into a flash file is not a good option.

The problem i have is, i would like to code it so that when the link is activated the video plays rather that give the option to download which it would do if i linked to the file. I realise that in order to play the MP4 file people would need quick time and help greatly appreciated even if its negative

So...you just want code for other people to embed it into their websites?

If thats possible yes! What I need is basicly a code which points to the file on my server, which once selected will play the video, rather than download it if that makes sense.

ok, put this in your code.(html)

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<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" 
WIDTH="width" HEIGHT="height" 
CODEBASE="http://active.macromedia.com/flash5/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0">
<PARAM NAME="MOVIE" VALUE="movie path here">
<PARAM NAME="PLAY" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="QUALITY" VALUE="best">
<PARAM NAME="LOOP" VALUE="true">
<EMBED SRC="your movie path here" WIDTH="movies width" HEIGHT="movies height" PLAY="true" LOOP="true" QUALITY="best" 
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"> 
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

If you need any help just ask

Many Thanks Mr Madison for the code i can see you have

CODEBASE="http://active.macromedia.com/flash5/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0">
The current file format is quciktime MP4 am i right in presuming then that i would need to convert this to a video file in flash or is there a code i could use to keep it in it's current format. if not thats fine I'll convert it i'm just checking thats all

For that code you need to convert it to flash.
Here's the quicktime code.

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<EMBED SRC="movie path here" WIDTH=movie width HEIGHT = movie height AUTOPLAY=true CONTROLLER=true LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">

Many thanks once again MrMadison

Now I seem to be having problem getting my head round this code I have added movie path with url, as is required in both places.

I have entered movie Width & Height so as to get height and positioning which is fine.

however when i load the page all i get is a a Quicktime logo where the player should be and it say downloading information from http://www. but it doesn't show a quicktime player control and i have quicktime installed. I have check the item path in my ftp server to make sure i have added it right and it appears to be okay

so now for what I think should happen you peeps can the tell me if i have totally misunderstood what is possible. I have placed a small layer on a page which has a short explanation of the video and just a simple link which says "Click Here" This then take you to a single page (html) which has the code embedded in it and which, should show the player in the centre of the page this is where the quicktime logo is but no player and the video doesn't start even if you leave it for to load

Now I'm already very grateful to MrMadison for what he has done for me so far and i really need to understand what is is I'm doing wrong therefore i would i appreciate it greatly if someone could direct me to the information or explain what is is i'm doing wrong, without re-writing the code for me. I hope that doesn't sound too ungrateful I have used search but not found what i'm looking for.

Read this:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed.html

Many thanks for the reply Sgaspar11 looks like a very good link will read and post back when i've had a good look

Thanks

Right guys a big thank you

I've now got my head round this code and it is working almost perfect. The only problem i have now is the length of time it takes to load the file. when on you tube it plays quicker but the quality is poorer at the moment The picture quality is brilliant and as i have already said it is in MP4 the file size is 56.6MB I am i right in believing that the only way to get it to load quicker is to reduce the file size thus reducing the quality of the Video

You could convert it to an FLV. That should make the file size very small, but keep most of its quality

Right well I've changed it to an FLV (made it 6MB smaller) but when i use the orginal code you gave MrMadison its say please load additional plugins on my Apple mac.

So I installed Flash player 9 still the same. Technically there should be no plugins required with Flash 9 installed so what am i doing wrong. here is my code listed below or is it a something to do with my conversion

Well, you can't just "play" an .FLV - you need to build a .FLV player in flash and publish it to a .swf file - which calls the .FLV and plays it on the website. Open Flash, Drag your .FLV into flash and select embed video and select a skin...make sure the .FLV and the .SWF are in the same folder and then upload all of the files (3 total, flv, swf, and skin.swf)to the same folder on your web server.

Many thanks Sgasper11

I have done this and chosen ArcticOverPlayMute.swf skin. I then entered the url as is the correct path on my server and still it will not play so I can only presume i have not done it right. I will therefore go back to the drawing board and try exporting the movie again. Once again thanks for your reply as this had helped me establish that it must be me that has done something wrong. I will post back



Right firstly two problems i was asking it to play an FLV instead of an swf file. which i have now remedied the second was i had not added the ArcticOverPlayMute.swf to the web page when i drop this on to the web page it will play the file if i point it to one on my machine but the player is not lining up with the video its placing it further down the page what am i doing wrong

Right problem solved

first i was point to an FLV instead of an swf but it still wasn't working Why because I'm an idiot you need to upload the skins.swf file, the swf you named, then you need to upload the FLV into the same folder as clearly the swf file point to the FLV file, to enable it to play.

easy when you know how NOT lol once again thanks to everyone for your help I got there in the end