how can I add a 5MB movie file ....

[rob129]

to my site so one or two people can view it by DL or streaming video. I tried to email it to them but the file is to large. Please keep in mind that they are both computer newbies.

Thanks,
Robert

[midwest]

The link below shows a nice way to use javascript to pop-up a page with embedded video.

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutors/videoembed.html

[rob129]

How can I upload a MPEG to mysite so my friend can DL it to his computer? I'm using FrontPage.

Thanks,
Robert

[stratplan]

If you have Cpanel, go into File manager, then find the directory/folder you want it to be in, and do 'upload file'.

select the MPEG on your computer, and upload it.

Then tell your friend where it is. Use the full URL. by clicking on the file it should download.

Good luck.

Dick

[TechWeasel]

All the above are great solutions. Something to remember is most "in-line" players don't have "save source" options, so if you want the people to be able to download the file (so they're not streaming it from the server every time they watch it) it's probably preferable to make a link to the file on a web page so they can right click it and select "Save Target As", rather than just calling the movie directly from the browser (http://www.yourdomain.tld/mymoviefile.mpg).

You can link to a movie file the same as you'd link to any other type of file:

<a href="mymoviefile.mpg">Download mymoviefile.mpg</a>

Then just tell your friends to go to whatever page you put the link on. That also makes it easier for them to view the file in whatever player they want if their browser isn't properly set up to handle embedded movies.


If it's something popular (or private, or copyright) be sure to password protect the page through cPanel as people on the Internet accidentally sumbling across your video file is a good way to burn through a lot of bandwidth *very* quickly.

For example, Dead End Days moved a little over 40 _GIGS_ of Bandwidth last month... and that was a "slow" month :-)!