Vimeo in a flash website? at DVinfo.net

Peter Vaughn · April 27th, 2009, 05:58 PM

Hello everyone...

Regarding VIMEO...will it work on an all flash website? I uploaded AVI Clips to VIMEO.com & my web designer says it won't work on a flash website he's making for me. Is this true, that VIMEO will only work on an HTML site?
If this is true its a major bummer for me right now......The current clips look pretty good, but if I have to convert them to flash first before I upload them to VIMEO, they won't be as sharp.

Chris Davis · April 27th, 2009, 09:21 PM

If you already are using flash on your site, why would you need Vimeo? Encode the videos using Adobe's new f4v format which is basically their implementation of H.264. It looks pretty darn good. Here's a sample: Southwest Initiative Foundation (and I've got the compression cranked up pretty high...)

Anyway, here's a thread you can show your web developer about embedding Vimeo in flash: Embed Vimeo Videos in Flash in the Vimeo Technical Help Forum

Nils Hoover · May 15th, 2009, 02:58 PM

What your web designer is probably talking about is that he cannot embed vimeo files into the site, because vimeo doesn't support external flash site embeds. But some coders have figured out to do it, and explained how to do it here:

Embed Vimeo Videos in Flash in the Vimeo Technical Help Forum

It doesn't have to do with the type of video you upload to vimeo (Because they convert all the videos to the same type of flash video file), but how vimeo distributes the video once its on there.

Again, if you have your web designer check out that forum thread, and he knows how to tweak the action script code, you may have a fix for your problem.

Chris Davis · May 15th, 2009, 04:45 PM

Good link! ;)

Nils Hoover · May 15th, 2009, 10:22 PM

haha sorry, i didn't even see that part of your post. And yes, it is a good link.

Andrew Smith · June 10th, 2009, 07:34 PM

Chris,

The video on your sample link looks really good. What data rate did you encode it to?

Andrew

April 27th, 2009, 05:58 PM	#1
Peter Vaughn Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Milford Michigan Posts: 38	Vimeo in a flash website? Hello everyone... Regarding VIMEO...will it work on an all flash website? I uploaded AVI Clips to VIMEO.com & my web designer says it won't work on a flash website he's making for me. Is this true, that VIMEO will only work on an HTML site? If this is true its a major bummer for me right now......The current clips look pretty good, but if I have to convert them to flash first before I upload them to VIMEO, they won't be as sharp.

May 15th, 2009, 02:58 PM	#3
Nils Hoover Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ithaca ny Posts: 57	What your web designer is probably talking about is that he cannot embed vimeo files into the site, because vimeo doesn't support external flash site embeds. But some coders have figured out to do it, and explained how to do it here: Embed Vimeo Videos in Flash in the Vimeo Technical Help Forum It doesn't have to do with the type of video you upload to vimeo (Because they convert all the videos to the same type of flash video file), but how vimeo distributes the video once its on there. Again, if you have your web designer check out that forum thread, and he knows how to tweak the action script code, you may have a fix for your problem. __________________ http://nils.tv www.vimeo.com/nilz

May 15th, 2009, 10:22 PM	#5
Nils Hoover Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ithaca ny Posts: 57	haha sorry, i didn't even see that part of your post. And yes, it is a good link. __________________ http://nils.tv www.vimeo.com/nilz

April 27th, 2009, 09:21 PM	#2
Chris Davis Trustee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Willmar, MN Posts: 1,400	If you already are using flash on your site, why would you need Vimeo? Encode the videos using Adobe's new f4v format which is basically their implementation of H.264. It looks pretty darn good. Here's a sample: Southwest Initiative Foundation (and I've got the compression cranked up pretty high...) Anyway, here's a thread you can show your web developer about embedding Vimeo in flash: Embed Vimeo Videos in Flash in the Vimeo Technical Help Forum

May 15th, 2009, 04:45 PM	#4
Chris Davis Trustee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Willmar, MN Posts: 1,400	Good link! ;)

June 10th, 2009, 07:34 PM	#6
Andrew Smith Equal Opportunity Offender Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,066	Chris, The video on your sample link looks really good. What data rate did you encode it to? Andrew