Good Way to Embed Video With Kompozer

Posted: 16 years ago 10 replies

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I want to put a short video at the top of a web page with text below and an add to cart button. Using Kompozer and I can make a few pages (I am not a techie, though) and was wondering if anybody knew a good way to put some video up on the page?

(Trying to use video to see if I can get my hit rates up) I am hosting the video on my site and not using YouTube.

Any help would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Millard

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16 years ago

You need a player - if the video is .FLV (recommended). What
you do is put the player in the same directory (it's usually
several files) and also a directory with the video in it - usually
named "videos" or "movies"

LongTail Video | Home of the JW Player
is a widely-used player. You aren't supposed to use it for
commercial purposes if you don't pay the license fee. It
is (or something that looks the same) included in Xsitepro2,
which I use - so I never bought a license.

I really like Josh Andersons players like this one:
FLV Video Player - FLV Video Hot Spots - FLV Player Triggers

Some of the more-premium video converter programs have
players included.

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16 years ago

Since the video is already on your server you can do it quick and dirty by clicking on the "source" tab of Kompozer. In the spot that you want the video copy and past this code:

Code:

<embed src="http://www.yoursite.com/yourfiles/yourvideo.mov"
 autostart="false"/>

If you want to center it just add the center tags at the beginning and end.

If you want the video to start when the page loads change the "autostart" attribute from "false" to "true".

This works with any video file type, .mov, .mpeg, .avi, etc. Even flash .swf files.

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16 years ago

Originally Posted by Alan Petersen

Since the video is already on your server you can do it quick and dirty by clicking on the "source" tab of Kompozer. In the spot that you want the video copy and past this code:

Code:

<embed src="http://www.yoursite.com/yourfiles/yourvideo.mov"
 autostart="false"/>

Thank you!

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!

Bravo!

Millard

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16 years ago

Originally Posted by MWGrubb58

Since you are not a techie (and presumably have no plans to turn into one), I would stick with youtube, but there are also other embed options like the free amazon video hosting service, vimeo and viddler too. Keep life simple - upload, embed, optimize your page and traffic, then move onto your next project.

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16 years ago

Consider, however, that Adobe Flash has the most widespread
compatibility. If you are embedding videos for fun, who cares
what format you use?

But if you are investing in traffic it is a different matter. Go
with .FLV - that's my professional advice if you want to make
the most amount of money from your marketing.
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  That's fine. I use easyWebVideo which does it all but on the cheap and by hand you can still convert your files to flv and play them with an FLV player.
  
  Convert your file to .flv file here:
  
  OnlineVideoConverter.com | Convert & Download YouTube videos...
  
  Just select "flv" as the conversion option once you upload file.
  
  You can use Flowplayer since it's open source and you won't violate the terms if you use it for commercial purposes.
  
  Flowplayer - Flash Video Player for the Web
  
  Upload your FLV file, the SWF player from Flowplayer to your server. Then from Kompozer, copy and paste this code where you want the FLV player:
  
  Code:
  
   <object id="flowplayer" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="400"> <param name="movie" value="/swf/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf" /> <param name="flashvars" value='config={"clip":"http://e1p1.simplecdn.net/flowplayer/flowplayer-700.flv"}' />  <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="500" height="400" src="/swf/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf" flashvars='config={"clip":"http://e1p1.simplecdn.net/flowplayer/flowplayer-700.flv"}'/> </object>
  
  Replace the "clip" URL with the URL to your FLV file.
  
  Replace the flowplayer-3.1.1.swf with the URL to where you uploaded the Flowplayer file on your server. yoururl.com/yourdirectory/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf /swf/flowplayer-3.1.1.swf
  
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  Since I (again) am not a techie...
  
  You mentioned if I want the video centered I put center tags in the code...
  
  Can you give me an example of a center tag?
  
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  <align="center">
  </center>
  
  With the html for the content you want centered in between those 2 tags.
  
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16 years ago

I would recommend sticking to YouTube for now. It will save you more time for more important things than to worry about how to put up video on your page.
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  Thanks Andrew... I appreciate it!
  
  Warmly,
  
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