OK - let's start over.
I want youtube capability, but without youtube.
They seem to be able to adapt to a variety of OS's which I like.
If I paste a youtube link into jdownloader, I get choices of .wbm, .flv and mp4 in different resolutions.
Youtube somehow detects which one is best for the OS you're using.
I suspect it reads the environmental variables available (via Perl perhaps) by querying the OS you are running on.
BTW, it doesn't work to embed directly for .mp4, .avi, .mpg, .flv etc. (all require "helper" aps which the user might not have).
Youtube is able play on an out-of-the-box OS without helpers, which perplexes me immensely.
Still looking ...
NEIL
I think that youtube uses this procedure:
1) Query environmental variables
2) If OS1, then play VF1
3) else if OS2, then play VF2,
4) else if OS3, then play VF3
et cetera ...
On 10/30/2011 02:21P, RogerX19 wrote:
> Yes, they can "play virtually anywhere", but not because they are YouTube videos, but rather because of the format (filetype) they are stored in.
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> As long as the person is running an OS with a video player that plays that type of file, it will work.
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> .mp4 is a popular file format, as is .mov (requires something like the free Quicktime player)
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> Do you need to have your videos embedded in a webpage (actually play inside of your webpage), or is it sufficient just to provide a link where people can go to view them?
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> If the latter, then checkout free video upload sites like shutterfly.com and photobucket.com.
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> rogerX
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> --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, Neil<neil.orme@...> wrote:
>> Hmmm ... I didn't ask the right question, it seems.
>> I want to BYPASS youtube entirely, and make videos playable from whatever OS is used (same as youtube).
>> Youtube videos can play virtually anywhere, and THAT'S the capability I want.
>> I'm hoping there's a way, since I have a slew of videos I've made.
>> NEIL
>>
>> On 10/30/2011 12:39P, B Welkin wrote:
>>> I don't know HOW to do what you want but I know from a course I take
>>> at Hillsdale College that there is some method becouse the videos
>>> that I watch - on You Tube - say that they are not available to the
>>> general public and that I have to have a direct link to view them.
>>>
>>> Try Googling: how to post a private video on YouTube
>>> and see what you get.
>>>
>>> ...Bryce
>>>
>>> At 12:30 PM 10/30/2011, you wrote:
>>>> Need a way around youtube - want to be able to offer videos to a FEW
>>>> people, not the whole world.
>>>> Is there a player I can put on a web site that will detect the OS?
>>>> Is it free? What kind of files can it play?
>>>> And of course other questions I'm not smart enough to ask yet ...
>>>> NEIL
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