Best way to host flash clips? at DVinfo.net

Alastair Brown · August 17th, 2007, 06:15 AM

I've made a pile of flash demo clips for my site.

I think I may have made an error in that I have put 5 or so samples on the same page.

Would I be right in saying that, each of these clips will pre-load and, as such...five clips take longer than one. Would I be better having a playlist and a hyperlink to each clip on it's own page?

Jon Jaschob · August 18th, 2007, 11:46 AM

Yes, I tried the same thing and my page never loaded, so I did it like this...
http://www.fotgfilms.com/reel_index.html
Jon

Simon Duncan · August 18th, 2007, 02:45 PM

What did you use to create your Flash clips.

I very much liked the clean and crisp nature of the way they loaded and played.

Jon Jaschob · August 19th, 2007, 10:36 AM

Hi,
I use the Flash 8 video encoder to make the flv files. The On2 codex set on high bitrate. Then, using dreamweaver I drag the flv file into my html page. Dreamweaver adds the "player" automatically with a few different player control skins. I used to build my own players and still do if I'm going to put the video into another swf file at runtime, but for just showing video, this works fine and is easy/fast to set up.
Hope this helps,
Jon

Josh Chesarek · September 4th, 2007, 02:32 PM

I would recommend the JW FLV player. http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_video_Player

You can do play lists or individual pages and have them either progressively load or even use a PHP script to allow "fake" streaming. I use this player a lot on my website and am very happy with the results.

Mike Ripberger · September 4th, 2007, 11:09 PM

What flash video player are you using? Your own?

The only way your player would start loading the video immediately is if you have it auto-playing when the page loads (viewer does not have to push play).

If you're using something like YouTube then that will not "pre-load" just because the player is embedded in a page. They would overload their servers if every web page that ever had a youtube video on it connected and loaded every video everytime.

Hope that helps!

August 17th, 2007, 06:15 AM	#1
Alastair Brown Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Glasgow/Scotland Posts: 626	Best way to host flash clips? I've made a pile of flash demo clips for my site. I think I may have made an error in that I have put 5 or so samples on the same page. Would I be right in saying that, each of these clips will pre-load and, as such...five clips take longer than one. Would I be better having a playlist and a hyperlink to each clip on it's own page?

September 4th, 2007, 02:32 PM	#5
Josh Chesarek Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 978	I would recommend the JW FLV player. http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Flash_video_Player You can do play lists or individual pages and have them either progressively load or even use a PHP script to allow "fake" streaming. I use this player a lot on my website and am very happy with the results. __________________ Simple Thought Productions - Life @ 30,000 Words per second

September 4th, 2007, 11:09 PM	#6
Mike Ripberger New Boot Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 14	What flash video player are you using? Your own? The only way your player would start loading the video immediately is if you have it auto-playing when the page loads (viewer does not have to push play). If you're using something like YouTube then that will not "pre-load" just because the player is embedded in a page. They would overload their servers if every web page that ever had a youtube video on it connected and loaded every video everytime. Hope that helps! __________________ Mike www.viddia.com

August 18th, 2007, 11:46 AM	#2
Jon Jaschob Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 232	Yes, I tried the same thing and my page never loaded, so I did it like this... http://www.fotgfilms.com/reel_index.html Jon

August 18th, 2007, 02:45 PM	#3
Simon Duncan Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Angers, France Posts: 181	What did you use to create your Flash clips. I very much liked the clean and crisp nature of the way they loaded and played.

August 19th, 2007, 10:36 AM	#4
Jon Jaschob Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 232	Hi, I use the Flash 8 video encoder to make the flv files. The On2 codex set on high bitrate. Then, using dreamweaver I drag the flv file into my html page. Dreamweaver adds the "player" automatically with a few different player control skins. I used to build my own players and still do if I'm going to put the video into another swf file at runtime, but for just showing video, this works fine and is easy/fast to set up. Hope this helps, Jon