Embedding Video in HTML files

After you have created your video files

• you can embed them on a Web page
• or hyperlink to them.
• NOTE: The Browsers no longer support the presentation of Microsoft .AVI files via the browser.

Embedding Video files is simple

Dreamweaver Embedding:

• Insert>Media>Plugin creates embed tags for a video file in Quicktime MOV, MPG, or Microsoft WMV files
  • These tags do not validate as XHTML
• When you embed movies on an HTML page, Increase the size of the icon to show both the movie and the controls to play the movie below the video display.
• The dimensions for this 160x120 MPG movie are 200px x 150px to allow room for controllers

Examples of embedding video that validate:

• Video Exported as Quicktime MOV file via Adobe Media Encoder (validates)Video Exported as Windows Media (WMF) file via Adobe Media Encoder (validates)

Examples that do NOT validate

• Video Exported as SWF file via Adobe Media Encoder
• Video Exported as Real Media file via Adobe Media Encoder -- very difficult to embed RM files -- better to link to them.
• Video Exported as and AVI file NOT through Adobe Media Encoder, and then imported into Flash as an FLV file. Requires Actionscript 3.0 which does not enable script necessary for <object> tags to work.