How do I embed a video in a web page?

Is there a way (simpler the better) of embedding a video file in a web page?

Flash?

How do I convert from, say, WMV, to Flash?

I'm aware of the bandwidth and file size implications.

An example for flash (swf).

http://commit.me.uk/chav.htm

Plenty of free tools to convert videos to swf.

Thanks, that works. As I understand it as there's no player there's no control panel at the bottom to stop/pause etc. And that this is only available with .FLV files.

Any suggestions/enhancements that would give a player-like capability?

Can't help I'm afraid, it's not something I use.

This sort of works (at least in my browser).

http://commit.me.uk/chav2.htm

mpeg rather than flv,

Got it working now using free Flowplayer. I had a problem that it played sound but no video. I found it discussed on the Flowplayer forum which seems and was put down to FLV converters omit metadata which upsets Flowplayer. I then found FLVMDI (a FLV metadata inserter) which solved the problem.

It requires a JS module and then this HTML

<a href="myvideo.flv" style="display:block;width:425px;height:300px;" id="player"></a>

<script language="JavaScript">
flowplayer("player", "pages/flowplayer.swf")
</script>

And now seems to work just as I want it (famous last words!)

I would try and stay away from flash. As a format for on-line videos, it's slowly disappearing from use, thankfully.

A better solution that is more future proof is to use HTML5 video, use something like videojs, easy to implement and works on most devices / browsers. It also has a flash player for non HTML5 browsers as well if you use MP4.

The other option, if you are concerned about bandwidth, is just to use a Youtube account and embed it.

I like jplayer and have used it on a couple of sites. It only works with certain file formats (like .mov - the site lists which ones) but it is very customisable and easy to set up.

I believe most people would simply upload a video to YouTube and grab the embed code from there. No worries about the file size or bandwidth.

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In reply to a post by alext05:

I believe most people would simply upload a video to YouTube and grab the embed code from there. No worries about the file size or bandwidth.

I used the exact same method when updating my site done in HTML. upload straight to Youtube and take the code. if you don't want the video to be on Youtube, you can select the option which hides it from all.