Can someone tell me where to find info on how to stream video from my Web site?

Question

I have a Web site, and I must me a moron because I can't figure out how to stream videos from site. I have enven tried to use a flash video player. I would love to fine a simple reference.

Answer 1

You may find lots of helpful information at this website when using Qucktime:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/streaming/

But essentially, streaming videos is uploading them like you would with pictues and invoking a media player (Such as Quicktime) into the page using HTML code. The player receives the file you uploaded and displays it on users computes.

EXAMPLE:
In this instance, Windows Media Player would be invoked by the below code to play a file at the following location: http://www.flarkinson.com/videos/fastshooter.wmv
NOTE: The code goes in the BODY section of the HTML webpage code:

Answer 2

You can either stream video from a server (can be expensive) or have the video as a progressive download using flash. Many tutorials are at http://www.macromedia.com. My advice is to you a flash file that begins downloading as soon as the page is hit, then it will appear to stream when the user hits play.