embed video on website

Originally Posted by bilibytes

Hi everyone,

(don't really know where to post this topic... as i am familiar with php i post it here)

i was wondering what technologies should i consider/use to embed some videos on my website.

do you know if i should use flashplayer or .mov or...
how should i do to make the video stream whilst playing in order to avoid that the user waits until it gets loaded...?

if you have any experience on that, i would be very pleased to hear about it

best regards

bilibytes

Originally Posted by Markus

Moved it over to Misc, because it's not language specific.

Originally Posted by bilibytes

thank you very much, you saved me from tedious readings!

Originally Posted by Markus

Depends on your preferences. Most sites are using flash-based videos, these days. You don't get to control .mov and .avi videos, hence why they're not used so much. I would suggest use .flv files for videos and a flash-based video player. There are a few free ones out there already.

A well-known one is: JW FLV Media Player | LongTail Video | Home of the JW Player

Originally Posted by Markus

Glad I could help. I'm learning flash at the moment, and, in a couple of months, I hope to have made my own video player! The ones like JW FLV are so boring to look at :/

Anyway, good luck with your project.