Yes, this is a great solution and roughly what we did at Rocketboom... but customizing blogger templates ain't as easy for everyone to grasp.
-Josh On 2/9/06, Stephanie Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well... > > a) I wrote a book on HTML, so I don't have a problem with it. > b) It's not that hard. No harder than a hyperlink. > c) I use a Blogger post template and just replace the video file URL > when I post. Automation. Built-in. > > --Stephanie > > On 2/9/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not to mention, embedding the video requires more code and better > > knowledge of HTML. I wouldn't want to have to write all that for each > > blog entry... helps to automate things like this to make it easier. > > > > -Josh > > > > > > On 2/9/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you embed the videos in the blog entries, then you also need to > > > provide a direct link to the video file in order to use a service like > > > FeedBurner to create enclosures. > > > > > > This is why the video popup method is good. It preserves the direct > > > link to the video for FeedBurner, but also gives an embedded video > > > solution for playback in the browser (including IE, which requires > > > embedded video playback). > > > > > > -Josh > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/9/06, Stephanie Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My answer was to not have more than one post per page. I embed video-- > > > > I like it that way. > > > > > > > > --Stephanie > > > > > > > > On 2/9/06, B Yen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A video-blog has a series of video-clips. Many just have a link to > > > > > the videos, e.g. "Click HERE for video". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I notice some video-blogs use <embed src="myvideo.mov">. Suppose you > > > > > have like 30 entries on 1 page, then 30 <embed src=> tags will > > > > > download 30 videos for playback? This is a LOT of bandwidth, & is > > > > > not preferable. Is it possible to have an "embed tag" which doesn't > > > > > download the video (until the users hits "play")? > > > > > > > > > > I've implemented the "embed src" at my video-blog, for the 1st entry: > > > > > > > > > > http://jumplive.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to do the "<embed src=" for the > > > > > remaining entries, without downloading the videos (until the user > > > > > hits play). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Stephanie Bryant > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Blogs, vlogs, and audioblogs at: > > > > http://www.mortaine.com/blogs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Stephanie Bryant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blogs, vlogs, and audioblogs at: > http://www.mortaine.com/blogs > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
