Viewing WMV videos through Flash FLV player
There is however a workaround. And here's how :
You need to convert the wmv into flash video. The Flash Professional 8 has the conversion tool or there are a number of shareware ones. It is possible to convert files after they have been uploaded with PHP, this is usualy done by linux commands with tools that automatically convert WMV to Flv.
Do not embed your WMV, AVI or MPG movie files directly to your web page. You should convert your video file into a streaming video file format. This way your visitors can watch the video as it is getting downloaded (otherwise they can't see anything before the video file is fully downloaded).
Here are a few alternatives you might also find interesting :
Riva FLV encoder
Use Riva FLV encoder to convert ur vids into flv. And then use any of the players to stream your video. Dreamweaver has many kinds of flv players built in. As another alternative you could also use a modded version of ffmpeg to work with FLV files.
WMV2FLV Converter
You can use a WMV2FLV Fconverter to convert your WMV files into FLV files and then that can be made to work in flash and make changes required.
A4Desk Flash Video Player Software
This website video player software does the conversion fully automatically, and also let you choose a player template. At only 39 $ for a single user it is a cheap bargain.
http://video.a4desk.com/
Posted by James on 2009-08-05 in the category " tools "