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Inserting Flash and Shockwave Elements 25
In a world accustomed to being entertained by moving images 50 feet high,
it??™s hard to understand why people are thrilled to see a grainy, jerky, quarterscreen-
sized video on a Web page. And in truth, it??™s the promise of video on
the Web, not the current state of it, that has folks excited. Many of the industry??™s
major players, including Microsoft and Apple, are spending big bucks to bring
that promise a little closer to reality.
In the last number of years, video on the Web has truly come into its own. From
online video??™s humble beginnings as a grainy, jerky, quarter-screen-sized moving
image to the full-screen, high-fidelity movie-like imagery of today, video is an
essential element for many Web sites.
Adobe Flash video, QuickTime, RealVideo, and Windows Media Player are the
most popular formats on the Web, and all are cross-platform. Video can be
downloaded to the user and then automatically played with a helper application,
or it can be streamed to the user so that it plays while it??™s downloading.
This chapter describes the many different methods for incorporating video??”
whether you??™re downloading an MPEG file or streaming a movie??”into your
Web pages through Dreamweaver.
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