Embedding video with vpip
Displaying several embedded video players on a single page can cause many problems for users, particulatrly dial up users as they wait and wait, and wait for all the different media players to load up. A very cool solution I have just discovered comes via the people over at vpip.org
What they offer (for free) is a javascript solution that will initially represent each embedded video on a web page as a jpg image of your choice.These load up quickly. Then , when a user clicks on a picture, its respective player is loaded. Click on another picture, and the previous player is now closed, while a new player is opened ...and so it gos on. They refer to this technology as Vpip (video playing in place)
The code is a snip to install and they have very thoughtfully also included a generator to create the required embed code. Media it works with are:
Windows media
Quicktime media
Flash media
If you have source flv files then these will be displayed with the cinegage flash player. Usefully, it is also possible to display videos uploaded to video hosts such as googlevideo and youtube (see examples below).
Another very nice feature is the thick box feature whereby a webpage is partially blacked out and the clicked on videoplayer is centrally displayed. See the cinegage site for examples of this.
The application is in its BETA stage of development at the moment so there may be issues. I had problems when using the thickbox option, which would result in unwanted boxes appearing at the bottom of the page. These problems will I am sure be ironed out as the software matures
Checkout my examples below ..players may be slow to load depending on the video host
What they offer (for free) is a javascript solution that will initially represent each embedded video on a web page as a jpg image of your choice.These load up quickly. Then , when a user clicks on a picture, its respective player is loaded. Click on another picture, and the previous player is now closed, while a new player is opened ...and so it gos on. They refer to this technology as Vpip (video playing in place)
The code is a snip to install and they have very thoughtfully also included a generator to create the required embed code. Media it works with are:
Windows media
Quicktime media
Flash media
If you have source flv files then these will be displayed with the cinegage flash player. Usefully, it is also possible to display videos uploaded to video hosts such as googlevideo and youtube (see examples below).
Another very nice feature is the thick box feature whereby a webpage is partially blacked out and the clicked on videoplayer is centrally displayed. See the cinegage site for examples of this.
The application is in its BETA stage of development at the moment so there may be issues. I had problems when using the thickbox option, which would result in unwanted boxes appearing at the bottom of the page. These problems will I am sure be ironed out as the software matures
Checkout my examples below ..players may be slow to load depending on the video host
posted by Alan O at 3:20 PM
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