[UPHPU] Video solutions

[Brandon Stout]

Ryan Erickson wrote:

> I was not aware that Firefox and IE could play FLV files natively.  My
> Firefox on windows can't.   If I give it the URL to a .flv file, it asks
> to save it or open it locally (with some other application).
>
> Even if the browsers could natively play the files, you'd want a .swf
> player for the controls (pause / position in file / volume / etc.)
>
> That's how Google Video / YouTube do it.  They have their own flash players.
>
> .swf is not a file format for the video.  When I say a .swf player, I mean
> a flash application that plays .flv files.  .flv is ONLY the encoded video
> file, it's NOT a flash application, it *needs* the flash application (like
> FlowPlayer) to play / control it.
>
> RyanE


Ryan,

In that case, I did install something.  I created an unattended install 
cd that automatically adds the Adobe Flash plugins for Firefox and IE 
whenever I repartition my hard drive.

Brandon Stout
http://mscis.org