BlobFisk - 9:22 am on Jul 4, 2008 (gmt 0)

Wow! 900k sounds very big, even with a fast connection that will take a little time to come down - probably enough time that people will have navigated away by the time it's ready to play.

While there's no set in stone metric for filesize for images, embedded objects etc., it's always worth trying to build your page to load quickly and cleanly for everyone.

How about using a preview shot of the movie that gives people a hint of what they will see, a play button and let them click to play the movie? People are generally more open to waiting a little for a movie to load if they have clicked a play button!

HTH