Video Player

[monkey]

How do I get the video player to work on my site?
I uploaded a small avi video and it shows a icon for it in black but will not play anything when i open it.
I am able to download the video to my computer and watch it so I know it uploaded correctly.
Is there some code I need to add to a file to make it work or files I just cant seem to find ANYWHERE on this site.
I searched for about an hour and all I see about video is how to manipulate them not make them work.

[thunderstrike]

Here:

http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=7277.0

[monkey]

Hi thanks for your response
I installed 4images and I already have those files mentioned.
in my avi.html file it has:
<!-- Template file for AVI Movies -->
<embed src="{media_src}" border="0" width="640" height="480" type="application/x-mplayer2"></embed><br />

I changed it to 640X480 because it was like 240 something, I thought that might have been the problem but it did not work.
 Any other ideas?

FYI:
I do have the most recent version of 4images
I also get no error code when trying to view the file.
MySQL version says its 4.1
Pretty Sure PHP on the account is the most up to date version.
I installed 4images with metropolis via godaddy's website.

[surferboy]

using v1.7.7

encountering the same problem as the original poster: vid uploaded just fine but it won't play.

the video is an .avi file and it is part of the current settings with 1.7.7

here is the code from the avi.html folder (modified for a larger display but that's all):
<!-- Template file for AVI Movies -->
<embed src="{media_src}" border="0" width="650" height="650" type="application/x-mplayer2"></embed><br />

thunderstrike inferred this could be a VERY slow player download problem ... is that a setting change in php.ini as well?

size of file is 9.7mb

[UPDATE]

Tried accessing the gallery with IE 8 and the video played.  Vids were not playing in Firefox. They won't play in Chrome.

Clearly I either need to adjust each of the media template files by modifying the 'type="application/x-----'> to a all browser friendly media playing setting, or maybe set all the template files to play in one type of device that is the most common. 

Opinions and comments anyone?

Thanks,

Brian

[surferboy]

Hi -

What's the best video player format? Is it Quicktime? Should I attempt to change code in all the media files, like

<!-- Template file for AVI Movies -->
<embed src="{media_src}" border="0" width="650" height="650" type="application/x-mplayer2"></embed><br />

away from x-mplayer2 and instead use something that indicates Quicktime?  So that the videos will play in all the browsers?

Thanks,

Brian

[Rembrandt]

...
What's the best video player format?....

look here: http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=23885.msg130830#msg130830

mfg Andi

[surferboy]

Hi Andi,

Thanks for the referral link to the FLV format.  I followed the instructions and will give the system a test but I also had a look at the FAQ for the JW Player and found this:

What content does the JW Player for Flash support?

The JW Player for Flash supports playback of any media content format supported by the Adobe Flash Player. So, that means FLV, H.264/MPEG-4, MP3, AAC, JPG, PNG and GIF files, as well as XML playlists, all work with the JW Player. HTTP and RTMP streaming are supported, too.

So does that mean we should convert our video files to .flv, .mpg4, and encourage our users to upload their videos in those file formats?

Thanks,

Brian

[Rembrandt]

...
So does that mean we should convert our video files to .flv, .mpg4, and encourage our users to upload their videos in those file formats?

i think yes, there is the best way.

and this is your next mod http://www.4homepages.de/forum/index.php?topic=25487.msg139643#msg139643

mfg Andi

[V@no]

.avi videos are not suitable for online playing.
The .avi structure requires the file to be fully downloaded before player can play it (or some "smart" players can download beginning and end of the file, but good luck find one )

Also, keep in mind, windows media player does not honor browsers cookies, sessions and even referrer, therefore if video not available for guests or you are using some kind of antileech code you might not be able play it via embedded media player.