Inserting Flash Video into a Website

[turkeyjerky]

I'm currently working on my personal website, and I've decided I want to use flash as the format for my video. I know how to upload videos to YouTube and then put them on a website, but I think that looks very tacky and unprofessional. Therefore, I'd like to host them myself.

So basically my question is, how would I go about encoding it in flash and then how would I insert it into my website?

 

[Petara]

Have you heard of Flash Video MX,I have used long time, you can view their feature description from their official website , Flash Video MX is the professional video to Flash conversion utility that offers you the solutions to convert video files into FLV and SWF that can be distributed and played on the web with high quality. The program will create the FLV players with multi-functional control bars and Flash video with settings of special effects, movie beginning and movie end, etc, to make the online sharing easier and simpler like youtube. It supports converting MPEG to FLV, AVI to FLV, MPG to FLV, WMV to FLV, RM to FLV, RMVB to FLV, MOV to FLV, ASF to FLV, MP4 to FLV, etc. Besides, this is a fine Flash video batch encoder that enables conversion of multiple files at once. If you want to build a flash website, maybe it is your best choice, There is a tutorial about how to create flash video for website step by step, hope that can help you

 

[Red Prince]

You convert the video to the .swf format, which is Flash Video for the web. You upload the file to your web site. You create an HTML page, in which you include an <embed> tag.

For a very simple example, take a look at this page and examine its HTML source.

The section of the HTML source that loads and plays the video is this one:

<embed src="galchoice.swf" width="320" height="240" loop="false"
play="true" quality="high"
pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
></embed>

In this example, the file that contains the video (galchoice.swf) is in the same directory as the HTML code, and that is probably the easiest way to do it.

Also, it contains no controls, but you can easily add them. Just google "HTML embed tag" for details on how to do that.

 

[thunderfish]

here is a programs which can help you to convert video to FLV or SWF
Flash Video MX