DVD to Web Site

[Mickie]

I've had a question from a potential client about how to take a video, that he's had available on DVD, and put it on his web site for viewing. I have embedded flash movies, but have no idea what has to be done to embedded a video.

My work for him will be print graphics, but it would be nice to be able to point him in the right direction for this. Any help would be appreciated.

Mickie

[Soquili]

Mickie, do you know if the DVD contains a mpeg or other video format?

For use on a website, it may need to be converted to either .avi or a quicktime format.

[Mickie]

Bill,

When I look at "properties" it says it's a ATI File Player. I think the video was originally done as an infomercial for TV.

Mickie

[Soquili]

Mickie,

ATI file player comes with ATI video cards and can play many video formats. Being an infomercial it could already be in a format compatible with websites. You may only need to copy it to a web server and place a link to the file on a web page.

[Mickie]

Thanks Bill, I will look into that.

Mickie

[RedWombat]

If you can get the video into a format supported by the Flash video encoder you can use Flash to put it online. The encoder supports many formats - AVI, MOV, MPEG, WMV etc. If you have added Flash movies to a site, it's no different once you have the video into Flash.