Adding Video to a web page

[Towbar]

Hi guys

I just need a little advice on this matter i have checked the FAQ and dowloaded a few application namely Riva Flv, DVDx & Flash 8 player. I also have Flash 8.

I have ripped my DVD using Dvd decrypter, not that it was or needed decrypting. I now have 8 Vob files which are all short videos ranging from between 2mins to 8 mins in lenght. I realise obviously i need to convert the Vob files but don't seem to be able to do that with DVDx i can see all my files with DVDx and play them, but it doesn't seem to convert them. Therefore can someone please point me in the direction of a tutorial that will take me through the conversion part. I've read that flash 8 uses ON2 VP6 but i can find any information on how to convert to this format

Also i would like to upload all of these 8 videos which totals 2.5 GB can some give some idea of how playing these will affect my bandwith

any help greatly appreciated

[Baldrick]

You can convert the vobs directly to flv with super or riva flv encoder. But they aren't using on2 vp6, try then Flash Proffesional(it comes with a converter) or On2 Flix. I'm not sure if they supports vobs directly, you can try or try use vob2mpg.

Or upload to youtube or google video and put on your website.

https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=951#951 (super and riva guide)

[Towbar]

Many Thanks for the reply baldrick

i have now managed to sort out the short films which i have in two formats MPEG2 & MP4. With the MP4 format i can play them with Quicktime and the quality is brilliant I would therefore like to use the MP4 format, but i have included several thumbnail pics. What i'd like to happen is once a person clicks on the thumbnail the relevant video plays. I've tried linking to the file, but this just starts a download. Do I need to code it in order to get it to work. if so is there any tutorials i can follow

Many Thanks in Advance

[BJ_M]

this is how you do it - though it depends on what type of file you are going to embed/stream ..... lots of encoders can do the coding for you (like on2 flix pro or QT pro)

[img]picture path[/img]

let me explain the above code

src="picture path" -> it's where the your image will show in the place BEFORE the movie is loaded
border="0" -> picture border size
dynsrc="video path" -> put your real video path here
start="fileopen" -> this means the video will start to play when the file is open
loopdelay="10" -> how long you want the video to be delayed between the previous play and next play
loop="2" -> how many times you want the video to be played

OPTIONAL:
start="fileopen" -> another option is use "mouseover" to replace "fileopen", so, when you mouse over the image, the video will start to play!
loop="2" -> change 2 to "infinite" will allow the video to play on forever

NOTE:

1. If your use (start="fileopen"), then you probably don't need (src="picture path"), because the video play right away after it's loaded, if you use (start="mouseover"), then you DO need that, the image will load first, until you mouse over the image will the movie start to play!

2. If you use (loop="1), then you won't need loopdelay="10", because there is no 2nd play, therefore the delay between each play is not important!

[zoobie]

?
appears that code is only for IE
your visitors will be stuck on one page waiting for the dl
I'd pop a window so they can at least navigate while waiting
you probably want some controls for a player?

PS - I want to see brilliant because I'm used to stunning...

[BJ_M]

yea - i was real basic ... a quick google search will show a lot more coding (and prob a lot better) --