You have all been so helpful as always, especially in the refocus of
my question which only makes me realize how imperfectly I pose
questions. Something to strive to better.
The video is being hosted on a server (client's) and Flash is the
clear winner.
/gayley
On Mar 17, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote:
Today's client question is what is the current thinking about
preferred format for delivering online media/movies via a web site:
This is a moving target. Someone mentioned Google Video, but that
will be
closed up soon. There are newer services like Mevio, but who knows how
long they will be around or what their focus will be.
The site most hospitable to hosting random videos is YouTube. It is
also
the site that will have the most staying power. They make it easy to
upload and easy to embed the video in your web page.
If you want to host the video on your own server, then the Flash video
player is your best option. Almost all online video is played through
Flash these days because it has far fewer browser-related problems
than
other formats. Flash has its own video format, FLV, and will also play
H.264, which is a fine format.
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