Hi, I would use youtube to embed a video in a webpage because i'm pretty shore that it defaults to flash but also has support for mobile and other devices. Youtube is really easy to implement, all you need to do is copy the embed code and it should work.
You can however user HTML5 with flash fallback if you didn't want the video on youtube although this requires converting it to a few different filetypes for compatibility and can be hard to implement. Remember: Make the video accessible by adding captions and a descriptive text base transcript alternative. David Thomas On 07/09/2011, at 12:46 PM, grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au wrote: > > Hello, > > I would be grateful if someone could clarify the best means of embedding > video into a web page so as to be viewable by the widest range of users > (desktop, mobile, different OSs, etc). > > Embedding Flash video is easy enough, however, iPhone / iPad users cannot > view this format and I need to address these users. (I would also like users > of other mobile devices to be able to view the video, but the iOS issue has > been insurmountable thus far). > > Alternative formats suffer plugin difficulties. As we know, support for the > <video> element is still patchy. > > Has anyone managed to find a way through this obstacle course? If so, I would > be grateful for your suggestions! > > Many thanks and regards, > > Grant Bailey > University of Western Sydney > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
