javascript:LaunchVideo

[webmannw]

Hi all,

I am trying to play video clips in on a web page. Someone told be that 'javascript:LaunchVideo' could be what I'm looking for but I cant seem to find how to use it!

Does anyone have some advice or know of a resource or tutorial that would help?

Thanks a million

[choster]

There is no native JS function called LaunchVideo-- that looks like the name of a custom function someone has written. While you can start videos using JS, you can also do so through other mechanisms. Maybe a kind mod will move this to the Multimedia forum. It would be easier to assist you if you could indicate

1) whether you want the video to stream or to download
2) what type of video files you are working with (mpg, rm, asf, avi, mov, etc.)
3) whether you want it to appear embedded in a web page or launched in an external desktop application
4) whether you want custom controls or the controls native to the video application

[webmannw]

Hi,

Yes sorry I was a litle vague!

Basically I need an video window embedded in a web page. The user comes along and has a choice of links to press - each of the links when clicked plays a different .mov file in the embedded video window on the same page.

The controls can be generic but I may also need a facility for a user to search for a specific video clip by keyword(s). In this case the choice of video will be offered by a dynamic list of search results.

The website will also need to be burned onto CDROM and distributed as a stand alone product.

I was thinking of Director of Flash for this but I have no experience of either so wondered if it could be done in another way.

Thanks again