--- On Fri, 12/19/08, yvonney <yvonn...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: yvonney <yvonn...@gmail.com> > Subject: [jQuery] Need help to decide on SWF/FLV/SIFR plugin - a bit unsure, > for sure! > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > Date: Friday, December 19, 2008, 8:43 PM > > 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!!!! > - > > >