I've just started to look into this myself. I recently bought a webcam from ebay so I'm still learning the basics. Next step for me is to learn how to actually get it out there on the web.
I haven't done this with my blog, but I have done it for clients.
I found that the easiest and best format is Quicktime. Converting is easy, it looks better than any other streaming video type, and the newest versions have very good quality. Also the plug-in for users who don't have it yet are much easier to install (almost automatic in some cases).
It took me a few tries to get the compression and quality balance I wanted, but figuring out the parameter tags needed in order to get the proper size and controls is pretty easy..
Beastly, that page shows the proper way to use the embed tag to add the Quicktime, but it's important to surround the embed tag with an object tag and parameters for some browsers (anyone want to guess IE?)
I've started vlogging just a little bit, and what I do is make a small quicktime movie, and upload it to blip.tv (which seems to be just like flicker, but for vlog entries!) and then I link to that in my post.
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I've just started to look into this myself. I recently bought a webcam from ebay so I'm still learning the basics. Next step for me is to learn how to actually get it out there on the web.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done this with my blog, but I have done it for clients.
ReplyDeleteI found that the easiest and best format is Quicktime. Converting is easy, it looks better than any other streaming video type, and the newest versions have very good quality. Also the plug-in for users who don't have it yet are much easier to install (almost automatic in some cases).
It took me a few tries to get the compression and quality balance I wanted, but figuring out the parameter tags needed in order to get the proper size and controls is pretty easy..
see here--
ReplyDeleteif you choose the bottom option, you don't have to worry about your movie playing every time someone loads your page (can be annoying...)
good luck!
Beastly, that page shows the proper way to use the embed tag to add the Quicktime, but it's important to surround the embed tag with an object tag and parameters for some browsers (anyone want to guess IE?)
ReplyDeleteHere are the reasons why, and how to do it, along with a few good links on the subject.
I've started vlogging just a little bit, and what I do is make a small quicktime movie, and upload it to blip.tv (which seems to be just like flicker, but for vlog entries!) and then I link to that in my post.
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