Perhaps this will help:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_videos.asp
...Bryce
At 05:16 PM 10/30/2011, you wrote:
>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.
> >
> > As long as the person is running an OS with a video player that
> plays that type of file, it will work.
> >
> > .mp4 is a popular file format, as is .mov (requires something
> like the free Quicktime player)
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > If the latter, then checkout free video upload sites like
> shutterfly.com and photobucket.com.
> >
> > rogerX
> >
> > --- In
> <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>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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