I've got a video which I made that I want to put on my web site.
So, I installed two packages which come free with my hosting, ClipBucket and VidiScript.
Both are rubbish. I hit major problems immediately. ClipBucket won't play the video - get a connection error and having tried everything suggested in the user forums without succes, gave up trying. VidiScript has the Upload button missing off the upload page - yes it really is that bad ! Again tried a few things suggested in the user forums without success.
Anyone know a good video package? I just want something dead simple and basic.
What about using loading it up to Youtube (private settings, so you can control access) and then embedding it? I think photobucket now also accepts videos.
Or do I simply misunderstand your problem?
No, you haven't misunderstood, I could do that. Except I don't want it public.
I've found an OpenSource player - very simple to use, and would do the job nicely if I could get my html code to work.
My Code:
<html>
<p>Loading......</p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3/jwplayer.js"></script>
<p>Getting video</p>
<video src="http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3/video.mp4" height="270" id="container" poster="http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3/preview.jpg" width="480"> </video>
<p>Setting Up</p>
<script type="text/javascript"> jwplayer("container").setup({ flashplayer: "http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3/player.swf" }); </script>
<p>Ready to Play</p>
</html>
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PRODUCES ON SCREEN - web browser:
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f1\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}} {\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.21.2509;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\f0\fs20 \par \par
Loading......
\par \par \par \par
Getting video
\par \par \pard\sb100\sa100\f1\fs24 \par \par \pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\f0\fs20
Setting Up
\par \pard\sb100\sa100\f1\fs24\par \par \par \pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\f0\fs20
Ready to Play
\par \pard\sb100\sa100\par \pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\par \par \par }
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOURCE generated:
{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f1\froman\fcharset0 Times New Roman;}}
{\*\generator Msftedit 5.41.21.2509;}\viewkind4\uc1\pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\f0\fs20 <html>\par
\par
<p>Loading......</p>\par
\par
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3/jwplayer.js"></script>\par
\par
<p>Getting video</p>\par
\par
\pard\sb100\sa100\f1\fs24 <video src="\f0\fs20 http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3/\f1\fs24 video.mp4" height="270" id="container" poster="\f0\fs20 http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3\f1\fs24 /preview.jpg" width="480"> </video>\par
\par
\pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\f0\fs20 <p>Setting Up</p>\par
\pard\sb100\sa100\f1\fs24\par
<script type="text/javascript"> jwplayer("container").setup(\{ flashplayer: "\f0\fs20 http://universalwaters.com/video/jwplayer5-3\f1\fs24 /player.swf" \}); </script> \par
\par
\pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\f0\fs20 <p>Ready to Play</p>\par
\pard\sb100\sa100\par
\pard\tx0\tx959\tx1918\tx2877\tx3836\tx4795\tx5754\tx6713\tx7672\tx8631\par
</html>\par
\par
}
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ie. garbage.
Looks like my tags aren't working? ? If not, why not??
Or have I made some other mistake. ??
NOTE : this same code works on the packages demo pages using my files. So there must be something different at my end.
NOTE: all files on my server have correct permissions and are referenced correctly.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!