Wants to put flv video on website. Doing it for first time.

Question

What I need to know if I want to keep multiple flv videos on
website. Videos are more than 10 seconds long.
1. Needs to display color match to rest of site.
2. Should load video parameters from server side XML. What
are some examples of video parameters?
3. change video without refreshing page.
Do I simply use <object codebase=’’> . Do I
need flv player on webserver side? or users visiting web site needs
flv player?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi sankalpah,
FLV video playback is fairly simply, especially in Flash 9.
Have a look
at the Video classes in Flash (both Flash 9 and 8) for direct
FLV playback.
This creates a raw video window so you can create any kind of
user interface
you want. Regarding video parameters, some items you may want
to consider:
FLV file name, video length, name (for user), description,
and dimensions.
Changing video without changing page is simply a matter of
starting teh load
of a new FLV stream. In fact, refreshing the page would be
highly redundant.
Users visiting yor site will need Adobe Flash installed
(Flash 8 or 9).
Flash IS the FLV player; all other players that support FLV
use Flash
technology. You yourself won't need anything outside of Flash
*but* you will
need something like ON2 Flix or the Flash Video Encoder to
create your FLV
files.
Regards,
Patrick Bay
BAY NEW MEDIA
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> What I need to know if I want to keep multiple flv
videos on website.
> Videos
> are more than 10 seconds long.
> 1. Needs to display color match to rest of site.
> 2. Client saying should load video parameters from
server side XML. What
> are
> some examples of video parameters?
> 3. change video without refreshing page.
> Do I simply use <object codebase=??> . Do I need
flv player on webserver
> side?
> or users visiting web site needs flv player?
> Thank you.
>