You can get the flash plugin

JeevesBond — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:05:12 +0000

You can get the flash plugin on 64-bit Ubuntu.

It's not a 64-bit plugin though, it's possible to run the 32-bit plugin on a 64-bit system (as long as the 32-bit libraries are installed). How easy is that though? I keep hearing people complaining about this, although I'm using a 32-bit machine so wouldn't know.

As you see, there will be a lot of visitors unable to view it on first visiting the site. I suggest you add some instructions and a link for downloading both the movie and the Quicktime player, as well as a warning that it opens a new window or tab.

This is good advice.

P.S. Look for a tiny icon in

webwiz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:40:26 +0000

P.S. Look for a tiny icon in the center of the status bar, at the bottom of the browser window. This indicates when a pop-up is blocked by IE 7. Click the icon to unblock it.

Works here on Windows XP Pro

webwiz — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:35:03 +0000

Works here on Windows XP Pro - but that's because I recently installed Quicktime.

Reasons that it may not work on a particular computer:

1. Quicktime is not installed at all
2. Quicktime is installed, but not incorporated in the browser
3. Pop-ups are disabled, either in the browser or by the firewall

As you see, there will be a lot of visitors unable to view it on first visiting the site. I suggest you add some instructions and a link for downloading both the movie and the Quicktime player, as well as a warning that it opens a new window or tab.

It shows up on my computer -

pr0gr4mm3r — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:28:23 +0000

It shows up on my computer - using Ubuntu 7.10 & Firefox 2.x.x. I do have the Quicktime plugin installed which is what is needed to view it.

Quote: (although it doesn't work on 64bit systems, annoying)

Are you talking 64-bit Linux or Windows? You can get the flash plugin on 64-bit Ubuntu.

Doesn't work for me on

JeevesBond — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:03:42 +0000

Doesn't work for me on Ubuntu either. This sort of thing depends entirely on what plugins you've got installed on your machine, is there a Quicktime plugin for Windows Vista?

About the only video format that will work on pretty-much every platform is Flash. That's why Youtube uses it (although it doesn't work on 64bit systems, annoying). Video on the Web is tricky, so don't be worried that you've hit problems.

Another way around this is to allow people to download the video, if they haven't got a plugin installed the user can usually play it on their machine later on whatever media player they've got installed.