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Videos on mobile sites question

by IdeaFool
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I'm working on providing property listing videos (property-specific commercials, actually) that will be available online. These will be geared mostly for mobile viewing.

My question is: How well does video play on mobile pages, and is there an optimum format I should use when embedding the vids on these pages? Should the measurements of the video meet certain parameters to be best viewable?

Any input on this is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
#mobile #question #sites #videos
  • Profile picture of the author Jay Moreno
    this thread may help you - i have some detailed responses in there related to video and mobile web

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...e-android.html

    if you dont find what you are looking for please feel free to ask
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  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    I do youtube videos as they work on all devises and I get that little extra nudge from google. Once the house is sold you can then use that as well.

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  • Profile picture of the author Mark_Austin
    Yes, YouTube videos are what we use too.
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by Quentin View Post

      I do youtube videos as they work on all devises and I get that little extra nudge from google. Once the house is sold you can then use that as well.

      Quentin
      Originally Posted by Mark_Austin View Post

      Yes, YouTube videos are what we use too.
      If you guys are talking about embedding Youtube videos on a site then no, they do not work across all devices. They do not work on the Blackberry browser I sue and considering Blackberry still has a rather large market share, this is something that would concern me.

      You will be hard pressed to find one video format that will work across all popular devices.
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  • Profile picture of the author IdeaFool
    @WillR: I think Blackberry has updated or something, because I've been able to watch some YouTube vids on mine recently. They've skipped pretty badly so there are probably some glitches left to work out.

    @Everyone else: Thank you VERY MUCH for your responses! I greatly appreciate it.

    If I were to host the vids on my own server, what format would you folk suggest? Thanks again!
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  • Profile picture of the author IdeaFool
    I asked this question in the thread referred to by Jay, but wanted to copy it here not only to open the question to more people, but also to allow more folks to see the answers.

    3gp works on Apple and Android phones. So what works best on Blackberry? (I use a Blackberry myself, so the answer is particularly interesting to me.)

    Thank you!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jay Moreno
    Hi Ideafool,

    I have only just started testing this weekend on a real blackberry handset - looking into both youtube and 3gp it appears it depends on how you embed the videos whether or not it will work properly or not.

    I think i mentioned in a different thread about using user agent detection to conditionally render different code for different phones/browsers - this really takes it out of the realm of basic mobile web development to a more intermediate/advanced level.

    I have been using 3GP video format however on the blackberry although it will work you cant use the same embed method as what you use for android and iphone. Same thing applies to youtube.

    Am still researching the best solution at the blackberry developer forum but will post my findings when i find something that works.

    @ideafool - where the youtube videos you watching embedded into a mobile website or where they actually on youtube?

    cheers

    jay
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    • Profile picture of the author IdeaFool
      Originally Posted by Jay Moreno View Post


      @ideafool - where the youtube videos you watching embedded into a mobile website or where they actually on youtube?

      cheers

      jay
      The one that comes to mind was actually on YouTube.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mary Wilhite
    Youtube videos is what i go with,you also could try it out.thanks
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