[thelist] Video and Mobile Devices

D Buce Saurer g1notami at zoominternet.net
Mon Jan 9 16:35:44 CST 2012


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bruce

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
> bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Barney Carroll
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:24 PM
> To: meshack at hrts.org; thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Cc: <thelist at lists.evolt.org>
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Video and Mobile Devices
> 
> For my money, the best practical guide to the implications of
cross-platform
> video is still Video for Everyone [1], especially since Mark Pilgrim left
the
> Internet and his excellent guide Dive Into HTML5 dissappears with him. I
can
> testify to having built with this guide and after a few server-side tweaks
and
> hand-refactoring of video data - sadly the project never saw the light of
> day. However I'm also of the mind that, unless total control of the
availability
> of the video data is necessary, YouTube is far easier: All the conversion,
> code-forking and server issues are taken care of right out of the box.
> 
> Worth pointing out that the author of the aforementioned VfE believes it
is
> already outdated and that we should not be maintaining Flash video [2].
> 
> 1. http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody
> 2. http://camendesign.com/code/end_of_vfe
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Barney Carroll
> (+44) 742 9177 278
> 
> On 9 Jan 2012, at 18:50, "Meshack" <meshack at hrts.org> wrote:
> 
> > Using a service like YouTube is definitely easier... they take care of
> > all the format issues that come up with video.
> >
> > Enabling video for iOS devices is a chore. The easiest way to embed
> > video for these devices is to use HTML 5. But since you also probably
> > want to support current web browsers, you have to do a few tricks.
> > First you have to have two formats of the video ready to be served...
> > Ogg and H.264. If I remember right, it's Safari and Internet Explorer
> > that support H.264 and Firefox/Chrome that support Ogg.  Then the code
> gets a little messy.
> >
> > Here is a tutorial I googled that I skimmed and looks like it has what
> > you
> > need:
> > http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/05/embed-videos-in-your-web-
> pages-using-
> > html5/
> >
> > You might also look into Kaltura... it's open source video player and
> > I believe they have a free option. It will give you a little more
> > flexibility than youtube.
> >
> > -Meshack
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org
> > [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Baratta
> > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 7:55 AM
> > To: bobm at dottedi.biz; thelist at lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: Re: [thelist] Video and Mobile Devices
> >
> > Bob...
> >
> > Unless you have a streaming server the MOV file needs to download
> > first before it plays. The FlowPlayer, I believe, can fake that.
> >
> > What I've been recommending to clients is that they host with YouTube
> > and embed that stream on their sites (unless they are doing live
> streaming).
> >
> > --
> > Anthony Baratta
> >
> > I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
> > --Richard Lewis
> >
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