What format video to put on school website?

[SimpleSi]

For past years, I've been converting videos into .flv (and sometimes .swf) as that seemd to give most chance of people being able to view them on PCs/Macs/IE/FF etc. and uploading them to my school websites (mainly use Joomla and the AllVideos module for playback)

 

But now, I'm getting feedback from pupils/parents saying they can't view the videos on their Ipads

 

So looking for practical suggestions on how to move onwards

 

Si

[Flakes]

Well looking into the future how about using HTML 5?

 

HTML5 Video

 

or creating a school youtube account and uploading videos there, thats what we do.

[hit]

If you dont have restrictions on youtube you can host them there and use

{youtube}heu37ej3qs{/youtube}

in your AllVideos plugin instead. this works on ipads IIRC

[jamesbrown]

I convert all videos to wmv format for use on the schools joomla website

[hit]

I convert all videos to wmv format for use on the schools joomla website

 

WMV wont play on an iOS device unfortunately.

[tmcd35]

Isn't mp4 pretty much the most widely supported cross platform video container? HTML5 video tags certainly support it. I'm sure you can embed mp4 video into a webpage without HTML5 support as well.

[jamesfed]

YouTube it and let them deal with it

 

Both Flash and HTML5 video - will play on anything without issue.

[SimpleSi]

If you dont have restrictions on youtube you can host them there and use

We mostly block youtube in my schools on the curric network so we wouldn't see them in school

 

Si

[SimpleSi]

Well looking into the future how about using HTML 5?

I didn't realise the coding was so easy and compact - I'll have a play and see what problems it throws up

Ta

 

Simon

[north-ict]

YouTube it and let them deal with it

 

Both Flash and HTML5 video - will play on anything without issue.

 

Funnily enough the head asked me about videos to put on the website as well. I was just curious as to what restrictions and set up you had for the youtube account? eg unlisted vids etc. I was thinking of making a school youtube account hence the question.

[edutech4schools]

YouTube für Schulen - YouTube

[tmcd35]

I didn't realise the coding was so easy and compact - I'll have a play and see what problems it throws up

Ta

 

Simon

 

The only problem you should have with HTML5 is users running older browsers so you'll probably want to include a couple of embed tags for them.

[SimpleSi]

The only problem you should have with HTML5 is users running older browsers

Ahh Just noticed that IE on XP won't handle it so that's a bit of a no-no as well

 

Si

[mavhc]

Simple HTML5 video player with Flash fallback and custom controls - Dev.Opera

 

That youtube for schools thing needs to link with google apps groups, so every user in an approved group can authorise videos

[Arthur]

Try the SublimeVideo, VideoJS or HTML5Media players.

 

The first two will both fall-back to Flash on older browsers.

[Marci]

Use the original: Longtail Player... full fallback etc. Works fine to provide MP4 playback to all OS' via either HTML5 or swfobject / flash

JW Player: Overview | LongTail Video | Home of the JW Player

[SimpleSi]

Isn't mp4 pretty much the most widely supported cross platform video container? HTML5 video tags certainly support it. I'm sure you can embed mp4 video into a webpage without HTML5 support as well.

 

And a week later, I think my brain has clicked into place.

I'd so locked myself into flv as being the "mutli-platform" playback format that I'd ignored mp4 !

 

Could you all try out

St Leonards CE Primary School

 

 

and just confirm that it plays back (or not as the case maybe) in your browser(s)

 

All I had to do was stick

{mp4}class6/re2012/David and Goliath animation final version_x264{/mp4}

in my joomla article (I use the AllVideos plugin) and it did it all for me

 

Si

[X-13]

and just confirm that it plays back (or not as the case maybe) in your browser(s)

 

Nope. But, we're using IE7...

 

It's also popping up a MIME type config error. And asks if you want to restore them back to quicktime.

 

Regardless of whether you choose yes or no, it breaks.

 

All that's shown is a black box on the website with a broken quicktime file icon.

 

 

Will post images if requested.

[tmcd35]

Could you all try out

St Leonards CE Primary School

 

 

and just confirm that it plays back (or not as the case maybe) in your browser(s)

 

 

Works fine in Firefox - loads Quicktime on here to handle the playback.

[SimpleSi]

Nope. But, we're using IE7...

I'll think if they work across IPad Safari, IE8, IE9, Chrome and Firefox then I'll be happy.

 

Works here on an Ipad and Chrome and IE8 on XP

 

Si