Hi all! [OBJECTIVE: need best solution to have flash (and perhaps likely .flv as well) and also SIFR stuff work]
Hoping to have a plugin guru advise as to whether 2 plugins whould be advised, or one, and which one(s) ??? Here's what I've thought. 1) There's a couple or a few flash/flv type JQery plugins, all very cool.... one of them (or more) do SIFR as well. 2) I would like to AVOID using JW flash player and that other popular one so I've thought that having flash SWFs and not FLVs might be needed. Not sure. I DO need to have a play and stop button at least. Would this mean I HAVE to custom create/encode EACH video to a SWF and with player features? I guess so... AND, I'm using LINUX... so...hmm..... what would I use?? 3) YES. I'm able to fumble around and try to answer all the questions myself though it would take me at least hours and likey days. And even then I'd probably make at least one decision wrongly. Could anyone help on finding out the MOST elegant/flexible way of having SIFR and SWF or FLV working with JQuery...?? (or standalone? as in using SWFobject 2 ?) - Should I use SWFobject or the one/two of the JQuery plugins? - IS there a, well, ... REAL full open source player anymore that's worth getting good at any more? - If not I'd want to find some way to have SIFR and SWFs (and FLVs?) play and stop on demand. - For SIFR I'm confused still. Is it a good idea to use a PLUGIN that does flash and sifr? Basically I started out thinking.... geez..... JW player and the other one seem to not be for me any more... I wonder if I can easily on linux take my videos (mpeg etc.) and create flash SWFs or FLVs that don't need a player. Must have stop and start feature though, and hopefully volume control. And of course, I'm in love with my Linux box though not experienced with transcoding/ flash etc.....um, yet! :--) ANY help greatly much appreciated of course. Thing is, I KNOW there IS a best way. one plug? two plugs? which? flv or custom swf? and then... what to do on linux? much thanks goes here, for yur reading of this! how cool is 2008!!!! -
