How to Embed Streaming Video & Audio with HTML5 Fallback – using JW Player 5.6
JW Player 5.6 is a Flash video/audio player created with Adobe Flex which has the capability to switch to HTML5 fallback mode if a non Flash browser is encountered. In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to download and install JW Player and how to embed video and audio from S3 Amazon/CloudFront, making [...]
How to switch from low resolution video to HD – part 2
In this part, which is meant for S3 Amazon account holders, we are going to focus on streaming video. Streaming has a lot of advantages, which are explained in S3 Streaming video with CloudFront. One extra perk not discussed in that article is important: when you use HD switching, the HD video picks up where [...]
How to switch from low resolution video to HD automatically – part 1
In this article, I’ll show you how to switch automatically from a low resolution video to HD video on your site. Standard, the low resolution version will play and when the visitor hits the full screen button, the HD video takes over. HD switching can work on any site, whether it is a WordPress, Joomla, [...]
The do’s and don’ts of the autostart feature
Autostart is an attribute of embedding code to determine if rich media should start to play automatically when a page is loaded. There is a bit of confusion about when to use this feature, so I’ve thrown a couple of scenarios on a heap to explain best practices. When is autostart a bad idea? Generally, [...]
How to use screenshots for poster images
Creating a custom poster image for video and audio is quite simple. In the video tutorials below I show you how to capture part of the screen and turn it into a poster image. We also add text to the poster image to make it more clear what the video or audio is about, but [...]
S3 Amazon: How to embed video in your site
You want to embed video or audio from S3 Amazon into your site? This article tells you how to deal with the code involved to get your videos and audios up and running. You can use this code in practically any cms or regular website. Now, for content management systems like Joomla, WordPress or Drupal, [...]
How to embed Vimeo’s Badge widget
The badge widget of Vimeo shows thumbnails of your video collections on your post or page. Once embedded on your site, just like the HubNut widget, when you change settings in Vimeo, the changes reflect on your pages immediately. Selecting and customizing your widget Go to www.vimeo.com and log into your account. At the top [...]
YouTube doubled the size for uploads
YouTube announces that as from today, the upload for standard videos doubles from 1GB to 2GB, making it possible to upload bigger videos at higher resolutions. New features In addition, the YouTube team’s implemented new features to make it easier to show your HD videos on your site or blog by appending &hd=1 at the [...]
How to embed videos from Vimeo on your site – revised
Vimeo.com has 3 standard ways to display videos directly on your website or blog. In this article, I explain how to use the standard method, Embedding. In the coming article I show the other methods. But let me first sum up the all the options so that you know what to expect.
Embedding video & audio in WordPress – revision 3
If you want to play a video directly in your posts or pages, you cannot use the iFrame method because it doesn’t work in WordPress. iFrame is a way to import existing pages into your own page and it is frequently used by AudioAcrobat and other podcast services. The only way to make iFrame work [...]
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