Best way to add one minute clip to site

I need to add a one minute clip to my site....what are some methods i can use?

 

make it a flash movie ..will be low size and will load quicker.

 

1) how do i convert .wmv to flash

2) how can I just link the .wmv.

3) how cna I link the .wmv so it embeds tha player in the screen

 

1) first convert the .wmv file to .mpg or .avi then import into flash. (quality may degrade). I use flash 8 professional but no way to import .wmv directly(as far as i know).
2) Just link using regular html tag. i think most browsers call windows mediaplayer to play the file. But i'm not sure about this.

 

Here is the code to embed a 320 x 290 pixel player on page with controls and auto start on page load.

Note: The path or full url to your file on your domain must be changed in the code below three times.

<object width="320" height="290" classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95" id="mediaplayer1">
          <param name="FileName" value="/PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE.wmv">
          <param name="AutoStart" value="False">
          <param name="ShowControls" value="True">
          <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="False">
          <param name="ShowDisplay" value="False">
          <param name="AutoRewind" value="True">
                  <embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Downloads/Contents/MediaPlayer/" width="320" height="290" src="http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/PATHTOYOURFILE.wmv" filename="http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/PATHTOYOURFILE.wmv" autostart="True" showcontrols="True" showstatusbar="False" showdisplay="False" autorewind="True">
                  
          </embed> 
                
        </object>

Code (markup):

You can see it in action on this page:

V-22 Osprey Video

To just link to the video - just link to the video. But make sure your server has the wmv mime type set or it may try to serve the file like a text file.

 

hey thanks!

is there anyway to make the first part of the clip show as the start

what is that class id thing?

 

Sure thing.

Do you mean show as a thumbnail?

I don't think the WMV format supports it, but other clever designers might be able to explain how to skin the player or a player to show a background graphic until the file is played.

I may be wrong but the class IDs the type and generation of file format object embed on page.

 

Is there a way to add a link that when click auto opens the browser to start playing and doesn't give the option to save or play

 

I believe that requires serving the video footage or clip from a Windows Media Server, not an http stream or download.

Perhaps someone else with more expertise can weigh in?

 

that seems odd. you can have a link that will open a window where you can download or open the video

you can embed the whole player and even have an external player link

but i cant figure out how to have just a link to open an autoplay external player

 

Maybe I don't understand your question.

If the server and browser understand the link (mime types set correctly), by linking to the .wmv file it will open the external player.

But unless the link is served from a Windows Media Server you can't prevent the saving of the file.

If you link to a small html file with a "_new" or "_blank" target with an embedded player with the configuration set to autostart and limit the controls, you can make it hard to save the file, but a look at the source code would allow the smart to figure out the url and still grab the file.

 

If something an be played it can be saved

 

Video to Flash Converter is a good Video to SWF and Video to FLV Converter. The Video to Flash Converter enables you to convert any popular video files like AVI, WMV, RM, 3GP, MOV, VOB, MPEG, ASF, FLV, etc to Flash Video or SWF for the Web publishing and streaming.