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Embedding Movies
Embedding Movies on a Web Page
Streaming Video
Converting File Types
Exporting FLA as a Movie
Embedding Movies in Flash
Adding Movies to a Web Page
To put a movie on a Web page with
Dreamweaver, follow these steps:
In the design window, click to position
your cursor at the spot where you
want the movie.
Pull down the Insert menu and choose
Media > Plugin; the Select File dialog
appears.
Use the dialog to select the movie.
Sizing the Movie Window
After inserting the movie with
Dreamweaver, you must size it.
Use QuickTime’s Movie > Get Movie
Properties menu to find out the size
of your movie.
In the movie’s Property panel in
Dreamweaver, enter the exact width
of the movie, then enter the movie’s
height plus 16 extra pixels for the
movie controller.
Setting Movie Parameters
By default, the movie starts playing
when the Web page appears. To make
the movie wait until the user clicks
play, follow these steps:
In the movie’s Property box, click the
Parameters button.
When the Parameters dialog appears,
type autoplay, then set the value of
autoplay to false.
Streaming Video
Reasons for Streaming
Streaming Clients
Vodcasting
What is Streaming?
Wikipedia defines streaming media as
“media that is consumed (read, heard,
viewed) while it is being delivered.”
An important advantage of streaming
is that the user can begin viewing a
movie without having to wait for the
entire file to download.
Another advantage is that providers
can prevent movies from being
downloaded and shared illegally.
Media Streaming Options
Apple’s QuickTime Streaming technical
brief defines three mechanisms for
streaming:
Live—the server “reflects” real-time
video of a live event (concert, news,
sports).
Simulated live—the server uses a playlist
consisting of pre-recorded events.
On demand—each user initiates the
stream individually, so it always starts at
the beginning.
Streaming Technologies
Popular streaming media technologies
include:
Microsoft Windows Media
Apple QuickTime
RealNetworks
Macromedia Flash
Vodcasting
In a previous lecture/demo, you
learned how to create a podcast
consisting of an MP3 file.
Vodcasting follows the same process,
except you create a video; the V in
Vodcasting stands for video.
The latest version of QuickTime Pro
enables you to convert movies into
the H.264 format (MPEG-4 Part 10),
which plays on the video iPod.
Converting Movies
You may encounter situations in
which you need to convert a
movie to a different file type.
Getting QuickTime Pro
QuickTime is Apple’s greatest gift to
multimedia and the Web.
QuickTime Pro can open and save
movies in a wide variety of formats.
You get QuickTime from
www.apple.com/quicktime.
The cost of unlocking the Pro
features is $29.99.
Converting a Movie
To convert a movie, you begin by
opening it with QuickTime Pro.
Then you pull down the File menu and
choose Export.
When the Export dialog box appears,
click the Options button to set the
compression options.
The H.264 compressor is considered
best for Web pages.
Exporting a FLA as a Movie
Flash can export a FLA as a
QuickTime movie.
Exporting a FLA as a Movie
Use Flash to create or open the FLA.
Pull down the File menu and choose Export >
Export Movie.
In the Export Movie dialog box, set the Save
as Type box to the QuickTime *.mov setting.
Save the movie in the folder of your choice.
If you get a message telling you QuickTime
does have a handler for this kind of movie, use
the File > Publish menu to scale back the
version of Flash being published, such as to
Version Flash Player 5, and repeat these
instructions to try again.
Embedding Movies in Flash
Flash can import movies and
publish them as a SWF.
Embedding Movies In Flash
A powerful feature of Flash is its
ability to import movies in a wide
variety of formats, and convert them
into a SWF file.
A tutorial at the Flash Support
Center walks you through the basics
of Imported Images and Video.