Adding Video

[ginger213]

Hi,

If this is the wrong forum for this question, please let me know.

While I've been doing web development for quite a while I've always avoided video because of the huge file sizes, plus the fact that very few of my clients would have any need for it.

However, I now have a customer who has a video that they want to put on their site. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've read, one good option might be to convert it to .swf. In the process I guess you can add preloaders, and it's more widely compatible than .wmv, mov, .mpg or .avi. . . . and then there's streaming, etc. . . . all of which I know very little.

I'm guessing that the file probably needs to be compressed a lot before it's really usable.

Can someone point me in the right direction in what the best way is to go about this is, or if you know of a site where you can hire someone that specializes in this type of stuff, I'd be really grateful!

Thanks,
ginger

 

[Vragabond]

I would suggest you read up on flash video.

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[ginger213]

Thanks for the link Vragabond.