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How to embedd .flv file into html webpage?

by Vanquish
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I have recently created a video using camtasia and produced is as a .flv (flash file) and uploaded it to my server and it plays successfully.

However I just want to embedd it onto a .html webpage and put a link below it how would I go about doing this?

Thank you for the help
#embedd #file #flv #html #webpage
  • Profile picture of the author John A Goodwin
    Upload it to YouTube or Viddler.com or any other free video site and then just embed it on your site.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbp8610
      Download a free .flv player and upload it to your website.

      Mine has a .swf extension.

      Then upload the .flv video to your site in the same folder that the flv player is located.

      Then use this code to embed the video.

      <embed src="URL of the .swf player" width="300" height="300"
      bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
      flashvars="file=URL of the .flv file&autostart=true" />

      That sould work.

      I hope that made sense

      -Scott
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      • Profile picture of the author tigertale
        I have a question. I was going to upload videos to my host - but doing that made them have loading problem. They worked okay during the wee hours of the night - but not so during the day.

        My question is -- the flash player I'm using has pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" as part of the code. Does this slow down the video too?

        Anyone know of a different type of flash player. Or is this no problem?

        By the way...
        I'm going to go with Amazon3s - have my account set up. (if you do that, find a tutorial on google or youtube, because Amazon leaves you clueless).
        There's a video on integrating the videos you have on Amazon3s to your website at Created by Camtasia Studio 5
        I haven't tried that yet.
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        • Profile picture of the author Keith Gilbert
          You need an FLV video player. You can get some free ones online and manually insert them into your page. Alternatively, you can use a video conversion software tool to generate the FLV and video player. My software, VideoWebWizard 2.0, comes with 14 different video players.

          Hope this helps,
          Keith
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    • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
      Unless you have an overwhelming need to self-host for
      branding reasons or something, Viddler works pretty
      good. Better than YouTube imo - but both work.

      You'll need to know some webmastering stuff to install
      and run a flash player on your domain. It is not hard
      once you understand how this stuff works... but it can
      take several hours of headscratching the first time -
      I know it did for me, and I was highly motivated and
      I learned a lot in the process.

      Some FLV converter software programs will generate
      a HTML file for you. All you do is put the code into
      your page and upload the video and player files
      to the correct location in you hosting. If you don't
      have a clue where the correct location is, then you
      have a problem.

      Some things like XSitePro will auto-embed and host
      videos for you. Works pretty good, but the converter
      is not the best is XSitePro so when I do use its embed
      feature I render to .FLV with a different program first.
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      • Profile picture of the author tigertale
        I can't use youtube or any other public site because the videos are part of a paid product.

        I do have them converted to flv.

        I do have the html code. Part of the code is pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /
        and I wonder if that slows it down

        Ohter players I've tried say " Flash Player upgrade required " on the html page. Well I've got the latest upgrade and I still can't get the player to show up - so I don't want people to go through that headache.

        I intend to put the videos on Amazon3s (when I figure out how) - I have instructions, but haven't tried it. But have uploaded the files.
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  • Profile picture of the author Arbitrager
    or you easy video player. I did not affiliated with them, but they are really good. Or you can use S3 to host your video and purchase some flv player. Just do some google search Cheers!
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  • Profile picture of the author tigertale
    You need an FLV video player. You can get some free ones online and manually insert them into your page. Alternatively, you can use a video conversion software tool to generate the FLV and video player. My software, VideoWebWizard 2.0, comes with 14 different video players.
    I have VideoWebWizard (maybe an older version) and when I test it before uploading it, it works fine. But on the domain - all I see is Upgrade your Flash Player to version 8 to view this video! Well, I have the latest version.

    This would drive people away. At least it would drive me away.
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    • Profile picture of the author tigertale
      I finally figured out how to embed my video files that are hosted at Amazon3s into my own domain.

      I could do it if I used the domain http://BUCKETNAME.s3.amazonaws.com/ but could not embed into MYDOMAIN.com

      (I'm using "Free FLV Converter" which you can get free at download.com
      This is not a java script - instead it downloads codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/s.../flash/swflash.
      blah, blah, blah)

      The reason I couldn't embed it into my domain - is that Adobe won't let you.
      BUT Adobe has a way around that.

      Instructions are located at:
      External data not accessible outside a Flash movie's domain

      <?xml version="1.0"?>

      <!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/c...ain-policy.dtd">

      <cross-domain-policy>

      <allow-access-from domain="www.company.com" />

      </cross-domain-policy>
      The file is saved as crossdomain.xml, and placed on the site root of all servers that the movie needs to access

      -------- It worked.
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      • Profile picture of the author Bryan Zimmerman
        FlowPlayer is a free .flv player that you can embed into an html site. I use it on all my html sites that have video. It walks you through the installation.

        You can grab it at Flowplayer - Flash Video Player for the Web
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        • Profile picture of the author Justin Wheeler
          Have to say that I would really recommend Easy Video Player for hosting videos on your site through Amazon. It's what it is geared up to do and for the price of the software with the added benefits it is hard to beat and I don't just say that because I am an affiliate!
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    • Profile picture of the author Keith Gilbert
      You probably did not upload all the output files created by VideoWebWizard. If you send me the link, I can take a look.

      Originally Posted by tigertale View Post

      I have VideoWebWizard (maybe an older version) and when I test it before uploading it, it works fine. But on the domain - all I see is Upgrade your Flash Player to version 8 to view this video! Well, I have the latest version.

      This would drive people away. At least it would drive me away.
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