How do I put a .mov file in flashplayer?

I have a flash player, and up until now, I just link movies from youtube etc...

    <record>    
        <movie>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2XH5KrrPw8</movie>
        <title>blah test</title>
        <desc>YOYOYOYOYOYOY</desc>
        <preview>videos/previews/avatar.jpg</preview>
        <imgplaylist>videos/imgplaylist/p1.jpg</imgplaylist>
        <category>Action;Adventure;Sci-Fi; ALL CATEGORIES</category>
        <banner>videos/banners/sony.swf</banner>
        <bannerLink>http://www.flashcomponents.net/author/LambertGroup.html</bannerLink>
    </record>   

</gallerylist>

I now have a large .mov file that I want to host on there. Should I make a folder for it and put it on my server and link to it? or is there a better way?

If I do put it in a folder on my site and link to it, do I need to put the .mov extention on the folder or the .mov file inside the folder will take care of that? Sorry, seems like a silly question but I've never dealt with this before

thanks in advance

lightingwrist

Posted 2010-06-30T17:11:12.250

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simply, flash doesn't support .mov files, it'll need to be converted to an flv or something supported by flash

nathan

Posted 2010-06-30T17:11:12.250

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This is 100% wrong. http://www.google.com/search?q=mov%20site%3Aflowplayer.org Flash supports QuickTime .mov files, and certain formats that it can utilize.

– None – 2010-06-30T23:00:36.660

it's not at all, not all .mov's are H264 - and not all flash players are the latest 10.x's – None – 2010-06-30T23:15:55.263

That's an interesting way of acknowledging one's inaccuracy. :p P.S.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash#Flash_Audio http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html

– None – 2010-06-30T23:57:15.117

Depending on how exactly the file was encoded, it may or may not "just work" with Flash video players. If it wasn't encoded as required, you will indeed need to transcode. This can be done easily server-side with FFmpeg, and otherwise with any of a handful of FFmpeg frontends (HandBrake, WinFF, ffmpegX).

reisio

Posted 2010-06-30T17:11:12.250

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