7 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
7 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Making Video Sizes Smaller

by halfpoint
5 replies
Hi guys,

I'm not sure if this is the right spot to be posting this, but I think it might be.

Basically, I'm creating some videos for a product and I'm worried about how they're going to be delivered because of their size.

I've seen other people create an html file that is very small in size and when you open it up you can watch the large sized video in the browser.

How is this done? Is it easy to do?

Are there better options?

Sorry for the very vague question, as you can tell I don't really have any idea what I'm talking about in this regard.

Thanks for any help you can offer in advance!
#making #sizes #smaller #video
  • Profile picture of the author anthonyaldrichkgaot
    What is problem? HTML is one thing and video is another. You can embed any video to HTML code with ActiveX or Flash video player. Refer to Flash development documentation or google "Flash video player" for details.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[1766081].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
      Okay, so in order to do that, the video has to be hosted somewhere, yes?

      I was looking at the source code of someone who has embedded a flash video into an html file, and no where in the source code can I see a url where the video is hosted.

      Is it possible to do so without having to host the videos somewhere?
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[1766115].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author anthonyaldrichkgaot
    You can embed video directly to Flash SWF file; however, I doubt that there are a way to "download video without URL". If video is not compiled in SWF file, flash anyway has to download it. Possibly video can be download with some sort of encryption (via SSL), and URL will be compiled in flash ActionScript. In this case your visitors will can not see where your video is saved, and can not download it. However, anyway video should be hosted at any place (possibly on your own site). You can hide video URL from your clients, but you can not avoid video hosting.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[1766158].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
      Okay, hang on.

      I'm taking this to the main board. Thanks for your help.
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[1766285].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author CarloD.
        Hey There,

        this may help...

        Here is my code to insert a video
        Code:
        <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[
    var so = new SWFObject( "http://www.somedomain.com/members/vids/flashvid.swf", "csSWF", "700", "518", "9.0.28", "#ffffff");
    so.addParam( "quality", "best" );
    so.addParam( "allowFullScreen", "true" );
    so.addParam( "scale", "showall" );
    so.addParam( "allowScriptAccess", "always" );
    so.addVariable( "autostart", "false" );
    so.write("vid-box");
// ]]></script>
        the 700 is the width and the 518 is the height, I can change those and it will scale down the video, it will NOT decrease the file size,

        There are different code snippets you can use... but the basis is the same.

        I can place that code in ANY html page, as long as the path to the video is right it will display on the page.

        Below is a standard embed snippet same deal with wwidth and height.
        Code:
        <OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"  WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" id="Yourfilename" ALIGN="">
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="Yourfilename.swf"> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#333399> <EMBED src="Yourfilename.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#333399 WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" NAME="Yourfilename" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED> </OBJECT>
        Okay, so in order to do that, the video has to be hosted somewhere, yes?

        I was looking at the source code of someone who has embedded a flash video into an html file, and no where in the source code can I see a url where the video is hosted.

        Is it possible to do so without having to host the videos somewhere?
        It's possible that the files were in the same directory so there would be no need for a full URL path, and they could just use the name.swf, or was that not included either?
        Signature

        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[1767646].message }}

Trending Topics