[thelist] Video and Mobile Devices

[Anthony Baratta]

Bob...

Go to the Wowza.com forums, search for ffmpeg and you can find conversion options outlined. 

Also I recommend the flowplayer at Flowplayer.com, I think that has setup options for iPhone/iPad devices. 

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Anthony Baratta


On Jan 8, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Bob Meetin <bobm at dottedi.biz> wrote:

> I have a client who wants to  display videos scattered across the site and also on a mobile-friendly versions of the website.  In working on the mobile-friendly version I find that the flash .flv videos don't display on my iPod. You get the video skin but when you click to start the video you get the message,
> 
> "Download Failed. Safari cannot download this file".
> 
> I  started looking into this error and it seems that iOS does not support flash, but h264 codec and .mov/.mp4. So, a few questions:
> 
> 1) Can a flash video be converted/reconverted to .mov/.mp4?
> 
> 2) I don't have any GUI (windows or Linux) for conversion.  Anyone here familiar enough with either command-line linux mencoder or ffmpeg to provide the right options/arguments?
> 
> 3) If this goes back to my client to create/convert the videos, what program would you recommend?
> 
> 4) In created the template I do have the ability to set up device specific versions (iPod, android and a few others). What do major businesses do with a problem like this?  Are they creating a device-specific solution and creating different format videos as needed?
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> 5) To make the solution 'reasonably' universal howmany other formats would need to be generated?
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> Other???
> 
> Thx, Bob
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> 
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