best XHTML code to inclide a mp4 file

[pberg]

Hi,

what is the best code to include a mp4 video file to a website?
My naive (I'm not a webdesigner) approach is:

<object type="video/mp4" height="340" width="240" standby="Das Video wird geladen..." data="http://www.randspringer.de/graphics/lasker2010.mp4">
<param name="src" value="http://www.randspringer.de/graphics/lasker2010.mp4" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.randspringer.de/graphics/lasker2010.mp4" />
<param name="autoplay" value="false" />
<param name="autostart" value="0" />
<param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" />
</object>

You can visit this example at:

http://www.randspringer.de/as/dud/lasker2010.html

Improvements are very welcome!

Thomas

[ChrisMac]

The other approach (IMHO better) is to use Flash player to play mp4 video content.
http://flowplayer.org/ is a good and free solution.

[pberg]

Originally Posted by ChrisMac

The other approach (IMHO better) is to use Flash player to play mp4 video content.
http://flowplayer.org/ is a good and free solution.

Why do you think is flash player the better approach?

Thomas

[ChrisMac]

Not every PC will have a web browser plugin capable of playing .mp4 video file installed. Whereas almost 95% will have Flash Player.

[pberg]

Originally Posted by ChrisMac

Not every PC will have a web browser plugin capable of playing .mp4 video file installed. Whereas almost 95% will have Flash Player.

Ok. Should I convert the mp4 file to "original flash format" or is it not necessary?
Can you give a code example based on that you see above?

Thomas

[ChrisMac]

You will need to convert your .mp4 to .flv, use free Riva Encoder

Next you can use free FlowPlayer to embed video into your web site.