Best Video Format for Web Site

[larikn]

I have many home videos that I would like to publish on own web site, also some instructional videos for my business onto my company web site. Running VS Pro X3 so what is the best format and the best way to plant them into the site so viewers dont have to wait for them to download to view them as some are quite long.

Thanks

[skier-hughes]

depends on many things....
Are you going to provide links or embed?
Embed and you could use both, link and
Flash is the most universal player, so making flash would ensure most peole could view.
Older people may get confused with that, so a wmv file may help, as it'll just open in Windows media player.

The amount of compression and size of video (320x240, 640x480 etc rather than 1hr or 2 mins) you use and the internet connection speed will ahve most eddect on whether people can just watch or have to wait for download. The smaller the file size the faster to load and watch without interuption, but the worse the quality.

[Trevor Andrew]

so viewers dont have to wait for them to download to view them as some are quite long.

Thanks

Hi

How long viewers have to wait depends on the size of the video, long means big size and their internet connection speeds.
Although streaming does help as the video plays before it is fully uploaded.

How long are your videos?

Its on your own web site, do a test with Wmv and Flash to compare the file sizes. Flash would be a little larger I think…………..
I have some short sample flash video here:-
http://lata.me.uk/gallery/gallery.htm
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