How to embed video?

Someone pl. suggest me how to embed video. I FEEL - windows media file format is best, as mediaplayer is built-in with windows platform, so there is no need to download any plugin. Pl. suggest the right format

what about mac and linux users?

quicktime may be more universal...

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Rob - Webforumz Founder

I agree with the post above, but for the best chance give a selection of different formats

hahaha...or most users have a flash plugin...and you could play the video within flash...also if you do that you could build your own video player...and make it match your website.

Windows Media is a awful format hehe although with things like Flip4Mac quicktime can play Windows Media files no prob so its not that big of an issue. I however would suggest the flash video approach as more people will have flash installed. And with flash you can have a static image load instead of the flash movie if they for some reason do not have the flash plugin.

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Oh my gosh....stop the press...someone besides me recommend FLASH!!

Don't use Flash!!! Phew, that needed evening out. I suggest offering multiple formats. As for the actual question. Surely Google was faster than posting here: http://www.google.com/search?q=Embed...eo%20in%20HTML

I still think flash is a better option...look at youtube...lol

I hate YouTube. The main reason I don't like it is because I like the ability to save videos, but Flash also runs so much slower on my system than QuickTime does.

Yeah, I like to save videos to...but you could put a download link at the bottom of the player for them.

Stop being so agreeable, Jacob.

No really...I love the players on youtube, that look very professional I just would like to be able to download videos that I like instead of just bookmarking them. But if your video player is within flash and done correctly it would be much more accessible in the long run.

If you could download the videos on you tube, youd stop visiting the site as often and advertising revenue would drop.

Method to the madeness.

Apart from YouTube, Google has always placed both user experience and functionality first, advertising second. I don't think YouTube should be an exception.

I agree that a flash player (with a seperate video download link under it) would be the nicest option.

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Rob - Webforumz Founder

I agree with rob because at my school they pretty much block everything and we have to use proxifiers to view pages and most of them have java blockers s o you cant see flash. So i recomend that you use quicktime. Its supported on more plat forms.

or provide it in QT and Windows Media and give the user a choice.

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