What's the easiest way to put a video in an HTML page?

[NickFitz]

There is a reason why YouTube and a million other websites have chosen Flash to stream the video.

There's also a reason why YouTube and others are now preparing for the move to HTML5.

[d000hg]

So does YouTube not work on iPhone? I always assumed they had a custom version in the same way that IPlayer works on many devices without full Flash support.

[Durbs]

So does YouTube not work on iPhone? I always assumed they had a custom version in the same way that IPlayer works on many devices without full Flash support.

Yup, iPhone uses the MP4 version of the vid i think, not Flash.

[NickFitz]

So does YouTube not work on iPhone? I always assumed they had a custom version in the same way that IPlayer works on many devices without full Flash support.

Yup, there's a YouTube app that comes pre-installed - YT have encoded all their content in H.264, which is also what they serve for their HTML5 <video> element beta.

[cojak]

Further info about the Youtube HTML migration here.

I've been lurking on this thread as I'm about to produce a video for my website using Camtasia and need to decide the format. (uploading to screencast.com and youtube).

[northernladuk]

Further info about the Youtube HTML migration here.

I've been lurking on this thread as I'm about to produce a video for my website using Camtasia and need to decide the format. (uploading to screencast.com and youtube).

Really! My day just got brighter!!!

[cojak]

You'll be very disappointed, it's all about the Service Management lifecycle and Business...

[northernladuk]

You'll be very disappointed, it's all about the Service Management lifecycle and Business...

OMG!! Now you are talking my language baby. Linky!! Do you take Visa??

[doodab]

This is the 21st century. People expect streaming embedded video, not a 35 minute download of a video file that is missing the correct codec.

There is a reason why YouTube and a million other websites have chosen Flash to stream the video.

There's your answer.

Sorry ipod, iphone, ipad, ipants users.

I am aware of the date.

The OP asked if it was possible to put a file on the server and link to it. I gave a code example. If the file is in the correct format it will in fact stream rather than simply downloading.

Perhaps you should spend less time on youtube and more time on google?

[VectraMan]

That way, everybody should be happy. Given that Adobe have never yet managed to produce a version of Flash for OS X that doesn't use loads of CPU and send the fans crazy (as well as crashing on a regular basis)

Works fine on Windows. Perhaps OSX is inherently inferior? It has to be something to do with the interface with the OS as the OSX Flash player is obviously 99% the same Intel code that runs on the Windows version. I'm guessing OSX just doesn't have the raster graphics performance that Windows has with DirectX, and that leads to a higher CPU usage in trying to get things on the screen.