jamesxg1 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hiya! Is it possible to play an avi or mpg video file with php? If not is there any other recommeded scripts out there be it jquery, ajax, js ect that will do this? Many thanks, James. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
schilly Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 What do you want to do? You can have PHP echo out an embed or video tag with all the video info and a video will play. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesxg1 Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 Yeah, that's basically all I'm looking for is the avi or mpg to play where I place it. Is this possible then? I don't have ffmpeg, is this a problem? Many thanks, James. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109773 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schilly Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Just need the viewer to have the proper video codec. <object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="320" height="256" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <param name="src" value="sample.mov"> <param name="autoplay" value="true"> <param name="loop" value="false"> <param name="controller" value="true"> <embed src="sample.mov" width="320" height="256" autoplay="true" loop="false" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/"></embed> </object> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesxg1 Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 That's what I was affraid of. LOL! Is there any possible way be it js, ajax, jquery, flash ect thatI could show the view the view regardless of his/her codecs? Many thanks, James. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109777 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesxg1 Posted September 10, 2010 Author Share Posted September 10, 2010 That's what I was affraid of. LOL! Is there any possible way be it js, ajax, jquery, flash ect that I could show the viewer the video regardless of his/her codecs? SORRY FOR THE BAD GRAMMER. Many thanks, James. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
son.of.the.morning Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Usually embed sources call out the default media player, if that be the case then to play particular video format (avi) will depend of the users default media player/plug-ins. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
son.of.the.morning Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 The best way forward when it comes to playing media through a web page is flash!, if you were to to your avi or mpg file and convert it to a .flv file, then find yourself a basic media player tutorial for flash and there you have a fully customized media player.......then just use ya php echo to display your swf embed file containing the video. Why is it you want to use php to display a video? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schilly Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Everything is based on some type of codec. ie. flash, qt, divx, etc. Flash being most popular as almost all browsers have it built in so no codec install required. js, jq or ajax is just a method of outputting the embed code and has nothing to do with playing the actual video. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
son.of.the.morning Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Flash is prob the best way or flash video file .flv. Much more browser freindl. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beta0x64 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Flash is actually slow and plays flv s not avis or mpg. Also you cut out a lot of the mobile market with flash. Just do an embed. The video player is dependent on the user agent. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj20051 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Give it a year, HTML5 has support for most video formats so the codex will be built into the browser Its already available on FireFox, Google Chrome and Opera. (IE and Safari need to catch up) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1109894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schilly Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Safari supports the video tag. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/213092-play-a-avi-or-mpg-video-with-php/#findComment-1110007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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