How do you like to Archive your video?

btanoue

Joined: 2005-10-10
Posts: 7

Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 01:22

Hi,

My Cannon point and shoot camera can take 720p video. I tend to use it when I don't have my camcorder around for those moments that just happen in life.

The video comes out in *.MOV files, I think its MPEG 4 AVC, but not sure.
The files can be quite large as well. Some are about 2.2 GB.

So here is my question...
I use gallery 2 only for my family photos, and I know it can do video.
Do you put your video in gallery 2?
Are there performance problems doing this?
Does it play well in gallery 2?

Thank You,
btanoue

floridave

Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300

Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 01:34

Is G2 for video? See for yourself:
http://www.flashyourweb.com/media/index.php?g2_itemId=30
I would say YES.

@ performance: how long is a piece of string?
Seems to play just fine.

Dave
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suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 02:13

Quote:

Some are about 2.2 GB

That is way too big for web. You'll want to break those up a bit.

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

btanoue

Joined: 2005-10-10
Posts: 7

Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 12:11

suprsidr,

Actually, my gallery is just on my home private network.
So it should be ok since I am not worried about bandwidth.

I put a 700 MB *.MOV file in gallery last night and it actually played (on the host computer) within gallery's media player.
I figure that I'd have to download it to the client if I really want it to play well.

comments, suggestions?

btanoue

suprsidr

Joined: 2005-04-17
Posts: 8339

Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 12:41

In Apple's latest Quicktime spec, they have moved the header to the beginning of the file allowing for "streaming".
Chances are, your camera uses the older spec which means full download before play.

Quote:

within gallery's media player

The flashvideo player? *.mov plays in the Quicktime browser plugin or whatever player your system has set to handle the format.
I did add that format to my niece's flashvideo player, but never released it.
.mov(video/quicktime) is a qualified video/mp4 if the video/audio is true .H264/AAC which the older format is not(.H263/AAC).

What I'd do is:

Download my flashvideo update (adds video/mp4 support)
Rename one of your videos from my-video.mov to my-video.mp4
Upload to your gallery and see if it plays in the new flash player.
If it plays: either keep renaming them to mp4 or ask me for the .mov mod for the flashvideo module.

The advantage of playing in flash is a cross-browser/cross-platform user experience.

My $.02

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FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

btanoue Joined: 2005-10-10 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 01:22
	Hi, My Cannon point and shoot camera can take 720p video. I tend to use it when I don't have my camcorder around for those moments that just happen in life. The video comes out in *.MOV files, I think its MPEG 4 AVC, but not sure. The files can be quite large as well. Some are about 2.2 GB. So here is my question... I use gallery 2 only for my family photos, and I know it can do video. Do you put your video in gallery 2? Are there performance problems doing this? Does it play well in gallery 2? Thank You, btanoue
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floridave Joined: 2003-12-22 Posts: 27300	Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 01:34
	Is G2 for video? See for yourself: http://www.flashyourweb.com/media/index.php?g2_itemId=30 I would say YES. @ performance: how long is a piece of string? Seems to play just fine. Dave _____________________________________________ Blog & G2 \|\| floridave - Gallery Team

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 02:13
	Quote: Some are about 2.2 GB That is way too big for web. You'll want to break those up a bit. -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

btanoue Joined: 2005-10-10 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 12:11
	suprsidr, Actually, my gallery is just on my home private network. So it should be ok since I am not worried about bandwidth. I put a 700 MB *.MOV file in gallery last night and it actually played (on the host computer) within gallery's media player. I figure that I'd have to download it to the client if I really want it to play well. comments, suggestions? btanoue

suprsidr Joined: 2005-04-17 Posts: 8339	Posted: Wed, 2010-09-22 12:41
	In Apple's latest Quicktime spec, they have moved the header to the beginning of the file allowing for "streaming". Chances are, your camera uses the older spec which means full download before play. Quote: within gallery's media player The flashvideo player? *.mov plays in the Quicktime browser plugin or whatever player your system has set to handle the format. I did add that format to my niece's flashvideo player, but never released it. .mov(video/quicktime) is a qualified video/mp4 if the video/audio is true .H264/AAC which the older format is not(.H263/AAC). What I'd do is: Download my flashvideo update (adds video/mp4 support) Rename one of your videos from my-video.mov to my-video.mp4 Upload to your gallery and see if it plays in the new flash player. If it plays: either keep renaming them to mp4 or ask me for the .mov mod for the flashvideo module. The advantage of playing in flash is a cross-browser/cross-platform user experience. My $.02 -s FlashYourWeb and Your Gallery with The E2 XML Media Player for Gallery2

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