Multimedia in Web pages

[kinster]

What kind of player do they use on youtube.com, myspace etc to play their multimedia? is it some sort of flash player?

Thanks

[Sunee]

They are FLV files that are being played using a Flash script.

You will need to convert your .wmv and .mov etc. videos to the FLV format by using your own PC (a server license for a converter is over the four figure range).

www.SWiSHvideo.com sell a converter program for your PC (this link is broken at present, so try this link instead http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?a...&product=video )

You will also need a FLV player flash script for your site, a good one is http://www.wimpyplayer.com/products/wimpy_av.html

A Youtube clone site costs a fortune, so at the moment is not possible for the average business (there are clone scripts for sale on getafreelancer, but they do not work).

[Aled]

there are simple ways to integrate multimedia in to your site.

if your looking at streaming media try having a look at windows media server 9

but if you just want to show a movie or play a song use the <OBJECT> tag.

[kinster]

I'm wanting to do this in a dynamic fashion, i.e anyone can upload a file format and it will play it in they way it suppose to.

[Sunee]

Like this http://mcgallerypro.com/ ?

[Aled]

This can be achieved by php and mysql

If your with a hosting company, best check what they say about streaming media. If the site is going to be used by a large number of people then this could put a high demand on their servers and there could be a chance of them cutting you off.

[kinster]

Originally posted by Aled
This can be achieved by php and mysql

If your with a hosting company, best check what they say about streaming media. If the site is going to be used by a large number of people then this could put a high demand on their servers and there could be a chance of them cutting you off.

cheers, is this achievable using joomla? thanks

[Aled]

Everythin is achievable with Joomla.

THere's plenty of ways of doing it.

Perhaps get the users to upload to youtube and then use

http://extensions.joomla.org/compone...812/Itemid,35/



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