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tygefloyd
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Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/26/2002 22:48:30
Can anyone explain to me how video is incorporated into a site? I have a customer who thinks the world will stop turning if he doesn't have video! Thanks for the help in advance.
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/27/2002 0:43:03
I'm fooling around with this myself. Sorry I don't have a site running yet for you to see. The first thing you need to do is get the video in digital format on your hardrive. You can do this with a digital camera and video editing software. You will need some type of plug-in installed on your computer to transfer the video from the camcorder to the computer. The most common plug-in is the IEED. The easiest thing to do is go to Circuit City and buy the IEED card and software bundled together. I recently purchased VideoStudio with the card for about $80. There are some cheaper and there are some much more expensive. Once you have your video on your computer, the next step is to convert it to a streaming format. If you want this video to stream in a Windows Media player, you can go to Microsofts website and download the free Windows Media Encoder. What it does is changes the video file to a .wmv file, which will make it play in Windows Media. If you want the video to play in Real Player or Quicktime, go to there website and I'm sure they also have a free encoder download too. I know real player does. Once you have the video saved as a streaming file, you simply put a link on your website linking to the video file. Hope this wasn't too confusing. It took me awhile to figure out how to do this too, but it's actually pretty easy!
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/27/2002 0:57:48
I'm pretty much a 'newbie' but I'll share with you what little I know. We have a real estate business and create our own 'virtual home tours.' (Yes - film them ourselves with a camcorder.)  Then I put them in several formats - one for streaming and others for downloading. The quality is not that great but most buyers don't expect a lot from these.
The hard part of this is the video. If your customer has video already created, you're set! Well, almost - then you have to decide what format you want to use. The long and the short of it is the higher the quality, the longer the load time. There are lots of options - you have to pick one that fits your needs and balances quality/load time to best suit your needs. I use .asf for my streaming video. I don't get complaints, but would potential customers complain or just not come back? Don't know. (Feel free to judge for yourself - http://marksellsstlouis.net/3810_arsenal.htm) (this was one of my first ones) One more piece of advice - if you create the video, be sure to turn the sound off. I didn't & now I can't turn it off. 
Once you have the video in the format you want, all you to do is Insert - Picture - Video and point to the file. Then you can right-click to 'tweak' the properties - size, loop, etc.
Voila - it's done! Depending on your connection, publishing can take some time the first time through. If you use a hosting service, test it on a different machine than where you created it - the first time I thought I published it, I hadn't. The video didn't copy to the server but I was seeing it in my browser because it was reading it from my hard drive. The customer had to tell me it wasn't working. 
The only format I've found that's really huge is QuickTime - but I might not be preparing that one quite as well because I don't use Quick Time regularly.
I hope this helps a little. Good luck!!
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/27/2002 1:21:34
Well, I too am a novice at the video thing. I can make wmv files, but my server doesn't offer video streaming. So I am out of luck, because I cant stream it and it doesnt download neatly, because Frontpage thinks there should never be an option to download a wmv file.
Well, uh, Look and see what I did and see if it helps. (probably not) http://www.theworldview.org/tabuleiro
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/27/2002 1:27:34
There are so many different video formats, but the ones you should probably narrow it down to is either Quiucktime or RealNetworks. Beyond that, it's impossible to give you a sweeping generalization of what your client should do; What do they want to do? there's digital, analog and are they going to edit on the computer or is the video canned, etc., etc etc.
More specific detail would help.
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smy2
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/27/2002 13:36:48
Actually, since microsoft pretty much has the market share on operating systems and browsers. Windows Media is another valid option. You just have to make sure the server will let you stream the video.
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tygefloyd
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 3/27/2002 14:02:36
My client has VHS and digital video to be used. The clips will be hunting clips, 30 seconds in length (or there abouts). i know I have to run all this through an editing platform but that is about it. I don't even know where to start. need more info- let me know. Thanks to everyone.
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 2/5/2003 8:08:59
I have several questions relating to this thread.
There appear to be three ways to insert video in FrontPage:
1- Insert > Web Component > Advanced Controls > Plug-In - Then through Plug_in Properties you browse to the video file. You can tweak the size of the video display a bit.
When you upload the video, it appears in a Windows media player, the video starts on it' s own. The visitor is offered a few controls.
2- Insert > Picture > Video, etc.
When a visitor goes to this page, the video appears in a field without Media media player showing, starts on it' s own (if you don' t select " on mouse-over), looks sorta fuzzy, and other than refreshing a page, the visitor has no control over the video. As far as I can tell, there is no way for me to select the size the video will appear on a page.
3- I can also simply create a hyperlink to the video file. When a user clicks on the link the video opens in it' s own window in Windows Media Player.
Questions:
Which is the preferred method and why?
If a person only has RealPlayer on their computer, will these work? If not, what should be done so the video works with RealPlayer?
Is all video considered " streaming?"
thanks, gail
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smy2
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RE: Windows Media/Video on a site? - 2/5/2003 10:58:03
I have found that changing the extension of the .wmv file to .mpg seems to do the trick. Mpg is downloadable.
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