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Good Way to Embed Video With Kompozer

by MWGrubb58
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I want to put a short video at the top of a web page with text below and an add to cart button. Using Kompozer and I can make a few pages (I am not a techie, though) and was wondering if anybody knew a good way to put some video up on the page?

(Trying to use video to see if I can get my hit rates up) I am hosting the video on my site and not using YouTube.

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Millard
#embed #good #kompozer #video
  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    You need a player - if the video is .FLV (recommended). What
    you do is put the player in the same directory (it's usually
    several files) and also a directory with the video in it - usually
    named "videos" or "movies"

    LongTail Video | Home of the JW Player
    is a widely-used player. You aren't supposed to use it for
    commercial purposes if you don't pay the license fee. It
    is (or something that looks the same) included in Xsitepro2,
    which I use - so I never bought a license.

    I really like Josh Andersons players like this one:
    FLV Video Player - FLV Video Hot Spots - FLV Player Triggers

    Some of the more-premium video converter programs have
    players included.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
      Since the video is already on your server you can do it quick and dirty by clicking on the "source" tab of Kompozer. In the spot that you want the video copy and past this code:

      Code:
      <embed src="http://www.yoursite.com/yourfiles/yourvideo.mov"
 autostart="false"/>
      If you want to center it just add the center tags at the beginning and end.

      If you want the video to start when the page loads change the "autostart" attribute from "false" to "true".

      This works with any video file type, .mov, .mpeg, .avi, etc. Even flash .swf files.
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      • Profile picture of the author MWGrubb58
        Originally Posted by Alan Petersen View Post

        Since the video is already on your server you can do it quick and dirty by clicking on the "source" tab of Kompozer. In the spot that you want the video copy and past this code:

        Code:
        <embed src="http://www.yoursite.com/yourfiles/yourvideo.mov"
 autostart="false"/>
        If you want to center it just add the center tags at the beginning and end.

        If you want the video to start when the page loads change the "autostart" attribute from "false" to "true".

        This works with any video file type, .mov, .mpeg, .avi, etc. Even flash .swf files.
        Thank you!

        This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!

        Bravo!

        Millard
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  • Profile picture of the author Marty S
    Originally Posted by MWGrubb58 View Post

    I want to put a short video at the top of a web page with text below and an add to cart button. Using Kompozer and I can make a few pages (I am not a techie, though) and was wondering if anybody knew a good way to put some video up on the page?

    (Trying to use video to see if I can get my hit rates up) I am hosting the video on my site and not using YouTube.
    Since you are not a techie (and presumably have no plans to turn into one), I would stick with youtube, but there are also other embed options like the free amazon video hosting service, vimeo and viddler too. Keep life simple - upload, embed, optimize your page and traffic, then move onto your next project.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    Consider, however, that Adobe Flash has the most widespread
    compatibility. If you are embedding videos for fun, who cares
    what format you use?

    But if you are investing in traffic it is a different matter. Go
    with .FLV - that's my professional advice if you want to make
    the most amount of money from your marketing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alan Petersen
      That's fine. I use easyWebVideo which does it all but on the cheap and by hand you can still convert your files to flv and play them with an FLV player.

      Convert your file to .flv file here:

      OnlineVideoConverter.com | Convert & Download YouTube videos...

      Just select "flv" as the conversion option once you upload file.

      You can use Flowplayer since it's open source and you won't violate the terms if you use it for commercial purposes.

      Flowplayer - Flash Video Player for the Web

      Upload your FLV file, the SWF player from Flowplayer to your server. Then from Kompozer, copy and paste this code where you want the FLV player:

      Code:
       <!-- OBJECT tag for Internet Explorer 3+ --> 
<object id="flowplayer" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="400"> 
    <param name="movie" value="/swf/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf" />  
    <param name="flashvars"  
        value='config={"clip":"http://e1p1.simplecdn.net/flowplayer/flowplayer-700.flv"}' /> 
     
 
    <!-- EMBED tag for Netscape Navigator 2.0+ and mozilla compatible browsers --> 
    <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="400"  
        src="/swf/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf" 
        flashvars='config={"clip":"http://e1p1.simplecdn.net/flowplayer/flowplayer-700.flv"}'/> 
     
</object>
      Replace the "clip" URL with the URL to your FLV file.

      Replace the flowplayer-3.1.1.swf with the URL to where you uploaded the Flowplayer file on your server. yoururl.com/yourdirectory/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf /swf/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf
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  • Profile picture of the author geolt7
    I would recommend sticking to YouTube for now. It will save you more time for more important things than to worry about how to put up video on your page.
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    • Profile picture of the author MWGrubb58
      Thanks Andrew... I appreciate it!

      Warmly,

      Millard
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