--- 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!!!!
> -
>
>
>
