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houston_00

28 Apr, 2009 - 02:08 PM
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I am working on programming a web survey in html and will need to embed some wmv/mov videos. I will need to remove the menu options so that the videos can not be stopped, paused, rewind, etc. In the past i have used the object and embed tags for each of the file types (wmv mov) but have run into issues where the tags are not consistent among all browsers types. Someone suggested I use Flash but i am not at all familiar with it. Does someone have links to tutorials for achieving this with flash? Will i need to buy software for converting my wmv/mov files?

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28 Apr, 2009 - 02:42 PM
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if you have flash, use it, it's real simple. If you don't, get it from adobe with a 30 day free tria. the benifit of flash is that the smiles are real small and easy to manage.
all you need to do is open the flash and start a new "flash file", then go to "file" => "import" => "import video..." and click next until you are on the "skining" part, pick a nice one and encode it!
once encoded, if you are using Dreamweaver, just drag the .fla file into the page where you want it, and dreamweaver embles it. there should be two files that come with it, a .fla and a .flv. make sure they are in the same directory or it won't work

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28 Apr, 2009 - 02:50 PM
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Thanks for the reply. Do you know of a cheaper alternative to dreamweaver?
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29 Apr, 2009 - 08:59 AM
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EDIT: I know you said you were familiar with this method but i posted before it clicked in my head .. not enough coffee ...

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<embed name="MediaPlayer"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/"
src="moviename.wmv" width="320" height="286" type="application/x-mplayer2" showstatusbar="0" showdisplay="0"
showcontrols="1"></embed>
<param value="True" name="Showcontrols" />
<param value="False" name="autoStart" />


i use this one ... it works but not W3C compliant ... and i tested in IE6+, FF2+, Chrome and Safari with no issues

As well as flash would be your best way and you CAN use it and be W3C compliant and also maintain a dynamic method ... its not that hard honestly just a matter or learning a couple of tricks in the process to make it the way you want ( easier if hard coded trickier if dynamic )

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29 Apr, 2009 - 09:08 AM
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If you're going to go down the Flash route, don't let dreamweaver embed your swf for you. You'll get much better results using SWFObject.
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QUOTE(thehat @ 29 Apr, 2009 - 09:08 AM) *

If you're going to go down the Flash route, don't let dreamweaver embed your swf for you. You'll get much better results using SWFObject.


Agreed and the dreamweaver method will get you in trouble with validation as well ...
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Hey, thanks guys,
I've also used this "manipulation" to insert a video to my website.
I've created the video in flash, then in dreamweaver I pointed the "origin" to the swfobject and it works great, but theres no controls, how can i add it?
It just starts automatically.

Thanks for any help
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