let people download from your site

[bert]

how to do this is there a script or anything else????


thank you.......

[fredricknish]

Ok now this is how you make zipped files download.
Just include a link in your site to the zip file.There is no script involved in this.Like if you have a animation called fish,then link the text fish to the zip file.When someone clicks on fish then the file starts downloading.

[bert]

I mean how to play a movie without downloading it first..

.avi movie with Windows media player how to this??

[fredricknish]

You cannot do that with AVI files.But you can do that by converting yor file to WMA Format.After you convert the file to WMA then you can stream the movie.

[bert]

and with MPEG files it does???

when I just link to that it playes the file????

[fredricknish]

No you cannot stream MPEG.Convert your avi into WMA format and then you can stream it.When someone clicks on the link, Windows media player opens and starts playing the file.

[punkdood]

I think he means how to <embed a movie.

[fredricknish]

No,he does not want to embed.He has some avi clips and he wants to stream it.

[bert]

what is embed (maybe it's something I could use)

[Oscar Petti]

YES , you can stream MPEG nad AVI. The dowload will start if the user doesn't (and most users don't) have enough bandwidth (or will play only audio - depending on the player used).

To embed the player means to have the player displayed as part of your html page.
Otherwise it's called "stand alone".

You asked first how to download the movie then how to stream. What are you exactly looking to achieve?

You might make a short streaming preview (Avi to wmv or rm)
and then allow users to dowload your mpeg (better quality).


Oscar

[bert]

I want the visitor to choose download or see the animation right away......

[fredricknish]

In which format is the animation? AVI???

[bert]

yes avi

[fredricknish]

Then convert it into Windows Media file or real video format. Then you can let people view the download before downloading it.I mean you can stream it.
For this this you need to download a real or windows media encoder.

[bert]

Oke thanks...............