video streaming how to?

Hi I am using Dreamweaver MX and need to have a html page with video on it
but don't know where to begin. I don't want to download the file but would
like it to stream. Can someone tell me how to go about this in laymens
terms... I am not technically minded but can follow instructions pretty
well.

thanx in advance
Joy

First, you need to decide what format of video you want. The three
formats available are RealMedia, Quicktime and Windows Media Player.

RealMedia and Windows Media Player files will open in a separate window
using the relevant application provided the user has it installed.
Quicktime can be embedded within an HTML file so it plays within the
page in the browser.

Whichever format you choose, you will need software to create the video
clip with the correct codec. To embed a Quicktime movie in the web page
you need to use the Embed tag. You can get instructions for this on the
Apple web site.


trondez wrote:

Hi I am using Dreamweaver MX and need to have a html page with video on it
but don't know where to begin. I don't want to download the file but would
like it to stream. Can someone tell me how to go about this in laymens
terms... I am not technically minded but can follow instructions pretty
well.

thanx in advance
Joy

In order to stream video, you must be using a streaming server. You will also have to invest in software to encode the video in a proper format for streaming which is different from just making a compressed video clip and placing it in your website.

We use QuickTime "progressive download" where the video is played as it downloads and is embedded in the page. On our pages you will see a "poster" picture and hte user clicks on it to play the video. Here is a sample of the code you would need to insert a video and poster into your page:

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="129" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
<PARAM NAME="src" VALUE="YOURVIDEO-postr.mov">
<PARAM NAME="autoplay" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="controller" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="loop" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="href" VALUE="YOURVIDEO.mov">
<PARAM NAME="target" VALUE="myself">
<EMBED SRC="YOURVIDEO-postr.mov" WIDTH=150 HEIGHT=129 AUTOPLAY=false CONTROLLER=false LOOP=false HREF="use2.mov" TARGET="myself" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

This code was generated with Cleaner6 on a Mac. I use cleaner to do the encoding and it generates all the neccessary code and video and all I have to do is copy and paste into the webpage.

For plenty of reading, type in "progressive streaming" using Google.
Progressive streaming is another method instead of getting a streaming
server - it's not delivered in real-time, but actually starts to download
the video before presenting it (not total download - QuickTime, Real and I
think Windows Media, will start playback, but this will have to be set in
the users player).

Warren

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"trondez" <joy_bailey (AT) ntlworld (DOT) com> wrote

Hi I am using Dreamweaver MX and need to have a html page with video on it
but don't know where to begin. I don't want to download the file but would
like it to stream. Can someone tell me how to go about this in laymens
terms... I am not technically minded but can follow instructions pretty
well.

thanx in advance
Joy