Video on the web. Can we do it via a .swf?

[diane]

Can I import video and play it thru flash? If not, which I suspect is the answer, what's the story with Swideo, Flix, FMProjector?

Or should I just insert Quicktime, Windows Media Player or Realplayer into my html page?

What's the story with Mpeg?

I'm a front end web designer who's been asked to incorporate some video into a web page - I can do it how I choose so I fancied Flash as an option. I'd like it to be non-streaming and quality is an issue.

This learning curve is looking very steep!!!! Any suggestions would be helpful.

[kizlauskas]

Flash and Video definiately a no no. You can simulate a video effect by capturing a video frame by frame, then import the frames into flash as images and play them back. A good example is http://www.m-three.com .

The file size is massive though, a better solution would be to use Real Player and embed the player into a html file.

[JohnColley]

Take a look at:
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
interesting way of combining flash/video for web.

Converting from QuickTime is a possibility with short video clips - anything other and I would suggest a pop-up window and activeX or similar.

Remember to let us know what solution you go with!

[mdesign]

Flash and video do mix..depending on how you do it..
i use abdobe after effects to cut my video up and turn it into two tone color...i then export them in to flash as avi files..then i trace bitmaps for each frame and convert them to vector...cool effect..

Here's an example i done with atleast 30 secs of video footage and is only 80 k big..have a look will not be dissapointed....

http://www.mdesignone.com


mdesign