Video on a Page

[Edward]

I am a real dummy with this... Can someone help me? I have built a small
hotel website for a client who has been quite happy so far. Now, however, he
wants me to load a video so visitors can view his hotel. The video is very
good and cost a lot of of money, but I haven't really got a clue. I
thought - wrongly - that it was simply a case copying the dvd to a folder,
loading it on the website and installing a link to the active file on the
DVD but that is clearly not the case. When I open the folder all I find are
..ifo, .bub and .vob extensions. None of which will launch the video. Using
the "Insert//Video" facility in Frontpage doesn't work with any of these
filess. [Or at least as far as I can see]!

Can some one please tell me how I go about placing a dvd video on the
website.
TIA

Ed..... BTW it's pretty late here so I'll look in again in the morning if
nothing has come in before I hit the sack.

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Ed,
This could be painful. The problem you're going to have here is formats. A
DVD is not just a simple video file, it's a whole collection of files. What
you need to do is get a program that will convert the DVD into another
format. Now, there are several formats. Windows Media (WMV), Real Video (i
forget their file extension),Apple Quicktime (mov), and Flash Video (flv).
Each of these also requires different coding on how to get it into the web
page. There's an add-in available in the add-in sections of the FP web site
for adding Windows Media files into a web page. The other companies all have
instructions on their own web sites on how to embed the various videos
formats into a web page. There are programs out there that can convert a DVD
into another video format (you can google for Convert DVD to x where x is
the format and see a bunch of options) but I can't recommend any off the top
of my head because I haven't done this in a while. Your client may be able
to ask the company that made the DVD for a format playable on the web.
Either way it's going to cost them, your time and a program to do the
conversion or the video maker's time. Heck, your client may even have a
useable video file as an option and not even know it. You can play with some
video converters to see which one makes the nicest video, most have a free
trial download though some will place a watermark over the video so that
it's not really useable unless you buy the full version. You may have to
play a bit to get a good looking video. You'll want to way the price of the
program though with how much it will cost your client to get a copy of the
video in a different format from the production house as it may be cheaper
and/or better quality since it would be a first generation master.


--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

I am a real dummy with this... Can someone help me? I have built a small
hotel website for a client who has been quite happy so far. Now, however,
he wants me to load a video so visitors can view his hotel. The video is
very good and cost a lot of of money, but I haven't really got a clue. I
thought - wrongly - that it was simply a case copying the dvd to a folder,
loading it on the website and installing a link to the active file on the
DVD but that is clearly not the case. When I open the folder all I find are
.ifo, .bub and .vob extensions. None of which will launch the video. Using
the "Insert//Video" facility in Frontpage doesn't work with any of these
filess. [Or at least as far as I can see]!

Can some one please tell me how I go about placing a dvd video on the
website.
TIA

Ed..... BTW it's pretty late here so I'll look in again in the morning if
nothing has come in before I hit the sack.

 

[Edward]

Mark, this is great information. Loads of thanks. I'm not sure how I'm going
to handle it yet, but at least I can proceed with a bit of knowledge.

Kindest....

Ed

Ed,
This could be painful. The problem you're going to have here is formats. A
DVD is not just a simple video file, it's a whole collection of files.
What you need to do is get a program that will convert the DVD into
another format. Now, there are several formats. Windows Media (WMV), Real
Video (i forget their file extension),Apple Quicktime (mov), and Flash
Video (flv). Each of these also requires different coding on how to get it
into the web page. There's an add-in available in the add-in sections of
the FP web site for adding Windows Media files into a web page. The other
companies all have instructions on their own web sites on how to embed the
various videos formats into a web page. There are programs out there that
can convert a DVD into another video format (you can google for Convert
DVD to x where x is the format and see a bunch of options) but I can't
recommend any off the top of my head because I haven't done this in a
while. Your client may be able to ask the company that made the DVD for a
format playable on the web. Either way it's going to cost them, your time
and a program to do the conversion or the video maker's time. Heck, your
client may even have a useable video file as an option and not even know
it. You can play with some video converters to see which one makes the
nicest video, most have a free trial download though some will place a
watermark over the video so that it's not really useable unless you buy
the full version. You may have to play a bit to get a good looking video.
You'll want to way the price of the program though with how much it will
cost your client to get a copy of the video in a different format from the
production house as it may be cheaper and/or better quality since it would
be a first generation master.


--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

I am a real dummy with this... Can someone help me? I have built a small
hotel website for a client who has been quite happy so far. Now, however,
he wants me to load a video so visitors can view his hotel. The video is
very good and cost a lot of of money, but I haven't really got a clue. I
thought - wrongly - that it was simply a case copying the dvd to a folder,
loading it on the website and installing a link to the active file on the
DVD but that is clearly not the case. When I open the folder all I find
are .ifo, .bub and .vob extensions. None of which will launch the video.
Using the "Insert//Video" facility in Frontpage doesn't work with any of
these filess. [Or at least as far as I can see]!

Can some one please tell me how I go about placing a dvd video on the
website.
TIA

Ed..... BTW it's pretty late here so I'll look in again in the morning if
nothing has come in before I hit the sack.

 

[Mike Mueller]

To expand upon what mark stated, there most likely is the raw video(s) that
the DVD was created from. These are going to be your best bet. What format
to put it in is going to be up to you. RealMedia is not as popular as it
once was, so the choices are going to be QuickTime, WindowsMedia, or Flash.
If you do not have a file in one of these formats, you will need an encoding
program for this. Windows Media Encoder is a freebie, and there is
Expression Media (free trial) which has an encoder and can do some more
window dressing of it. To insert it onto your page will vary as Mark stated.

Mark, this is great information. Loads of thanks. I'm not sure how I'm
going to handle it yet, but at least I can proceed with a bit of
knowledge.

Kindest....

Ed

Ed,
This could be painful. The problem you're going to have here is formats.
A DVD is not just a simple video file, it's a whole collection of files.
What you need to do is get a program that will convert the DVD into
another format. Now, there are several formats. Windows Media (WMV), Real
Video (i forget their file extension),Apple Quicktime (mov), and Flash
Video (flv). Each of these also requires different coding on how to get
it into the web page. There's an add-in available in the add-in sections
of the FP web site for adding Windows Media files into a web page. The
other companies all have instructions on their own web sites on how to
embed the various videos formats into a web page. There are programs out
there that can convert a DVD into another video format (you can google
for Convert DVD to x where x is the format and see a bunch of options)
but I can't recommend any off the top of my head because I haven't done
this in a while. Your client may be able to ask the company that made the
DVD for a format playable on the web. Either way it's going to cost them,
your time and a program to do the conversion or the video maker's time.
Heck, your client may even have a useable video file as an option and not
even know it. You can play with some video converters to see which one
makes the nicest video, most have a free trial download though some will
place a watermark over the video so that it's not really useable unless
you buy the full version. You may have to play a bit to get a good
looking video. You'll want to way the price of the program though with
how much it will cost your client to get a copy of the video in a
different format from the production house as it may be cheaper and/or
better quality since it would be a first generation master.


--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

I am a real dummy with this... Can someone help me? I have built a small
hotel website for a client who has been quite happy so far. Now, however,
he wants me to load a video so visitors can view his hotel. The video is
very good and cost a lot of of money, but I haven't really got a clue. I
thought - wrongly - that it was simply a case copying the dvd to a
folder, loading it on the website and installing a link to the active
file on the DVD but that is clearly not the case. When I open the folder
all I find are .ifo, .bub and .vob extensions. None of which will launch
the video. Using the "Insert//Video" facility in Frontpage doesn't work
with any of these filess. [Or at least as far as I can see]!

Can some one please tell me how I go about placing a dvd video on the
website.
TIA

Ed..... BTW it's pretty late here so I'll look in again in the morning
if nothing has come in before I hit the sack.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Real Video extension is rm ([R]eal [M]edia).

Ed,
This could be painful. The problem you're going to have here is formats. A
DVD is not just a simple video file, it's a whole collection of files.
What you need to do is get a program that will convert the DVD into
another format. Now, there are several formats. Windows Media (WMV), Real
Video (i forget their file extension),Apple Quicktime (mov), and Flash
Video (flv). Each of these also requires different coding on how to get it
into the web page. There's an add-in available in the add-in sections of
the FP web site for adding Windows Media files into a web page. The other
companies all have instructions on their own web sites on how to embed the
various videos formats into a web page. There are programs out there that
can convert a DVD into another video format (you can google for Convert
DVD to x where x is the format and see a bunch of options) but I can't
recommend any off the top of my head because I haven't done this in a
while. Your client may be able to ask the company that made the DVD for a
format playable on the web. Either way it's going to cost them, your time
and a program to do the conversion or the video maker's time. Heck, your
client may even have a useable video file as an option and not even know
it. You can play with some video converters to see which one makes the
nicest video, most have a free trial download though some will place a
watermark over the video so that it's not really useable unless you buy
the full version. You may have to play a bit to get a good looking video.
You'll want to way the price of the program though with how much it will
cost your client to get a copy of the video in a different format from the
production house as it may be cheaper and/or better quality since it would
be a first generation master.


--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

I am a real dummy with this... Can someone help me? I have built a small
hotel website for a client who has been quite happy so far. Now, however,
he wants me to load a video so visitors can view his hotel. The video is
very good and cost a lot of of money, but I haven't really got a clue. I
thought - wrongly - that it was simply a case copying the dvd to a folder,
loading it on the website and installing a link to the active file on the
DVD but that is clearly not the case. When I open the folder all I find
are .ifo, .bub and .vob extensions. None of which will launch the video.
Using the "Insert//Video" facility in Frontpage doesn't work with any of
these filess. [Or at least as far as I can see]!

Can some one please tell me how I go about placing a dvd video on the
website.
TIA

Ed..... BTW it's pretty late here so I'll look in again in the morning if
nothing has come in before I hit the sack.

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

Thanks. It's been so long since I installed Real's media player I couldn't
remember.

Mark

Real Video extension is rm ([R]eal [M]edia).

Ed,
This could be painful. The problem you're going to have here is formats.
A DVD is not just a simple video file, it's a whole collection of files.
What you need to do is get a program that will convert the DVD into
another format. Now, there are several formats. Windows Media (WMV), Real
Video (i forget their file extension),Apple Quicktime (mov), and Flash
Video (flv). Each of these also requires different coding on how to get
it into the web page. There's an add-in available in the add-in sections
of the FP web site for adding Windows Media files into a web page. The
other companies all have instructions on their own web sites on how to
embed the various videos formats into a web page. There are programs out
there that can convert a DVD into another video format (you can google
for Convert DVD to x where x is the format and see a bunch of options)
but I can't recommend any off the top of my head because I haven't done
this in a while. Your client may be able to ask the company that made the
DVD for a format playable on the web. Either way it's going to cost them,
your time and a program to do the conversion or the video maker's time.
Heck, your client may even have a useable video file as an option and not
even know it. You can play with some video converters to see which one
makes the nicest video, most have a free trial download though some will
place a watermark over the video so that it's not really useable unless
you buy the full version. You may have to play a bit to get a good
looking video. You'll want to way the price of the program though with
how much it will cost your client to get a copy of the video in a
different format from the production house as it may be cheaper and/or
better quality since it would be a first generation master.


--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

I am a real dummy with this... Can someone help me? I have built a small
hotel website for a client who has been quite happy so far. Now, however,
he wants me to load a video so visitors can view his hotel. The video is
very good and cost a lot of of money, but I haven't really got a clue. I
thought - wrongly - that it was simply a case copying the dvd to a
folder, loading it on the website and installing a link to the active
file on the DVD but that is clearly not the case. When I open the folder
all I find are .ifo, .bub and .vob extensions. None of which will launch
the video. Using the "Insert//Video" facility in Frontpage doesn't work
with any of these filess. [Or at least as far as I can see]!

Can some one please tell me how I go about placing a dvd video on the
website.
TIA

Ed..... BTW it's pretty late here so I'll look in again in the morning
if nothing has come in before I hit the sack.

 

[+Bob+]

Mark, this is great information. Loads of thanks. I'm not sure how I'm going
to handle it yet, but at least I can proceed with a bit of knowledge.

Kindest....

Ed

Most every vidographer I've worked with is familiar with outputting to
web friendly formats. It's half their job now. You or the customer
should talk to them about getting a format you can use.

 

[Edward]

Thanks, everybody. It looks like I may have to decline this one. I'm too old
now for steep learning curves!!

Best wishes,

Ed