sKunKbad Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 My wife is getting into editing video, and she makes some huge file size videos. We compress them, but I don't really know how to have them streamed or whatever needs to be done to get them to play decently on the web. I'm definitely not looking for anything advanced, but would appreciate if anyone has a tutorial about this. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144552-playing-huge-videos-like-the-big-sites/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Well the simplest route would be to either use an embedded Windows Media Player object, or to convert them to FLV and use one of the many Flash video players out there. Be warned that videos take a huge amount of bandwidth if the view count is high though. Also, if the server's upload speed is too slow (compared to the bitrate of the video), it will constantly be buffering for people no matter what the client's download speed is. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144552-playing-huge-videos-like-the-big-sites/#findComment-759399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtopolis Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Additionally you may wish to offer up your video with convenience with products such as Adobe's Flash Media Server (bottom 2) which I believe allows things like tracking to different spots in the video (as seen on the "big" sites). Be sure to watch out for using a resolution that's too big when saving... as well as making sure that the compression techniques you're using are optimal for the quality you intend. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144552-playing-huge-videos-like-the-big-sites/#findComment-759419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sKunKbad Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Corbin, I do have Flash, so I can make the FLV. I've never embedded a WMP object. Thanks for the advice. xtopolis, I've looked at the Flash Media Server before, but it's not free, and seemed complicated. Thanks for your reply too. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/144552-playing-huge-videos-like-the-big-sites/#findComment-760059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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