[Pro] Video Size

HI,
I am experimenting with a large video which I would like to possibly use on a site.

The original .mov file is a whopping 56.5megs. I have attempted to compress - sample is now a 6 meg mp4 but suffering on quality a bit. The idea is to use it at its original size for visual impact. My sample is here:

http://www.trevormckay.co.uk/OOUKslide/index.html

Is there any possible way to cut the file size/loading time and keep reasonable quality?

Thanks :slight_smile:

Trev


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Hi Trevor,

I long did hundreds of experiments with video in freeway and came to the point to say:

“Off actions - into some simple lines of code”

cause I had so much trouble in proper set up my screencasts. The result of compressing is a so annoying quality - just poor.

Now I started to use sublime http://sublimevideo.net/ and I think it’s so coool.

I planned to make a small screencast on this, but haven’t had the time yet (and my english -DOH).

Have a look - if you’re not concerned about a small icon on the bottom right of your video - sign in for free and have a go.

An example can be found on:

http://www.kimmich-dm.de/screencasts/screen1-ecwid.php

and a hundreds of is doing Chris Coyier on css-tricks (so cool this guy).

It should be said:

A proper stream-rate a visitor need to have, but for sure:

50MB to compress will finally take you to approx. 38MB. You only loose quality but not really stream-win.

My 50 cent.

Cheers

Thomas

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… doh - forget about the very last line. The 99% of mistakes, sitting in front of the screen :slight_smile:

Cheers

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Thanks Thomas

I have had a look at sublimevideo site.
In order for me to test it . . .
I am not very good with code. How do I make this work in Freeway.
What code goes where?

Thanks

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So simple:

The before head :

that you get by hit the embed code in your sublime backend.

The video code goes into a markup item (similar like the ecwid widgets in the screencast) and could look like:

This is my original sample code of the above video.

First line: the size
Second line: The Poster image (first image that should be shown before start).
Third/Fourth: Video name and UID

And a few video files (much more than necessary) to prevent a browser from flash-fallback. Please type in carefully the path to your video-files (I think the only mistake that can be made here).

The videos I put into a folder called “media” using ftp (cyberduck …) and it was a just work.

The only thing that happened to me was Opera that doesn’t play well. I found out that this is a Server misconfiguration of my host, so nothing to do with sublime.

Give it go.

Cheers

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Thanks for that Thomas.

I see each video should be loaded as a different format ogv, mov, etc.
If for example I wish to use my original 56 meg .mov file.
What is the best method to create the different file formats.

Thanks so much for your help.

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Hi,

have a look at this:

http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/

The more format files you share, the higher the chance to play a video without Flash-Fallback.

The .mov is good for webkit
the opera should have theoras .ogv
and I think the .webm I did for Fox.
IE should fall back to flash in any cases.

Cheers

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Thanks for the information Thomas.

I think perhaps I am being too ambitious with what I want to achieve. The sublimevideo player is very good an I will certainly consider it for future use.
I think the inability of being able to place graphics over my looping video clip has put me off! I have attempted this with iMovie and a png file but it just wants to autofade in and I really just need it to so stay there all the time while the clip loops.

I think I will adopt a more simple approach.

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The sublimevideo player is very good an I will certainly consider it for future use. I think the inability of being able to place graphics over my looping video clip has put me off! I have attempted this with iMovie and a png file but it just wants to autofade in and I really just need it to so stay there all the time while the clip loops.

Any file that uses a Plug-in to display in the Browser tends to float to the top and so it is very difficult to ensure cross browser display the way you want ie with the graphic guaranteed to be over not under.

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