Video Editing(sorta) problem

i made a video clip so people can download from my server, alright, but how do you make it so that people can watch it live from internet, without downloading it?
thx

 

help~ (bump)

 

You need to stream it. IE - it needs to be streamable. One format that will force a stream is ASX. I have no idea how that shit works though b/c I generally hate streaming, and would rather download videos.

Do a search in Junkies Jungle for BLondie's thread about streaming video of Team Hydra. There were a few options offered to him in there which might help you out.

 

If you make the video .wmv format, you can then link to it two different ways. Which way you link to it will change whether they stream it or save it.

I really hate it when someone tries to force me to stream a video when I'd rather save it. If you save it, you get 100 percent of the sound and video quality. If you stream it, you miss bits and pieces because your internet connection will flake out a little bit while you're watching (or the streaming server will slow down a little).

I'll give you the directions on how to make it stream, but I hope you are nice and also give people a direct link that they can right click and save.
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To create a right-click-and-save video, link to your WMV with a normal web page link, for example:

<a href=http://media.virtuafighter.com/media/creedsfavorites/lau_oldwin2.wmv>right click and save here</a>

This line should result in a link that works like this:
right click and save here.

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To make a streamable video, you need to create a little text document first, and then rename it to .asx ... if you link to a .asx file, people can left click and stream the video.

Copy this text to a new text document:

<asx version="3.0">
<entry>
<title>Your Title Here</title>
<author>Your Name Here</author>
<copyright>none</copyright>
<ref href="mms://media.virtuafighter.com/media/creedsfavorites/lau_oldwin2.wmv"/>
</entry>
</asx>

Replace the stuff like "your title here" with your own info. The only important blank you need to fill is the <ref href="mms://your.movie.link.goes.here"/> tag.

Notice that in the example, the link in "ref" is exactly the same as the right-click-and-save link that I gave...except it starts with mms:// instead of http:// ...

Filling in a title, copyright info, and author is optional.

Once you've done all that and you have a working link to the movie in the "ref" section, rename your text file from "whatever.TXT" to "whatever.ASX" ... then upload that .asx file somewhere. The asx file can be anywhere and it will work as a left clickable link to your movie.

Example:
here's a left clickable .ASX link to the lau movie.

http://media.virtuafighter.com/media/lau_old_win_pose2.asx

Even if the .asx on that page isn't located on the same server as the original movie, it works fine as a link to that movie. It's basically a tiny text file that tells your computer to open up windows media player and then it secretly links media player to an actual movie somewhere.

Troubleshooting: Some pages don't let you left click on certain content, or it will try to view the .asx file as plain old html. If a page forces all links to open in new windows, sometimes the .asx won't open properly. Also, it's possible to put more than one set of <entry> </entry> tags in your ASX file. By doing that it's like giving alternate sources for the same movie download.

For example:

<entry>
<ref href="mms://media.virtuafighter.com/media/creedsfavorites/lau_oldwin2.wmv" />
</entry>
<entry>
<ref href="http://media.virtuafighter.com/media/creedsfavorites/lau_oldwin2.wmv" />
</entry>

If a firewall or some other issue blocks mms:// links ... this code provides an alternate http:// link to the same file. Some work or school web sites might not like you to try to use streaming video, and having an http:// link fools the school or work computer into thinking you're clicking a normal web page link.

Lastly, if your asx refuses to open in media player and you just get (for example) copyright and author info for your movie - it could be one of the problems listed earlier or it could be you messed up the copyright and author info. That stuff's all optional so if you take it out and just leave your asx with the basic <asx> and <ref> tags, it can still work.

 

thank you very much, CreeD.
I am going to Vancouver gathering this weekend, and I was gonna play a lil' tournament with them and save the replay and host it on my server.
I think i'll stream it and make it so that people can download it /versus/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Thanks