I have done some more experimenting with how I can encode the video and keep the quality as best I can. So this link leads to the same video with some additional edits and a different method of encoding the video.

The quality is not as good as the first video and the ability to go full screen goes away with this method of encoding the video. However its three times smaller than the first attempt. So please check out the two videos (dont forget to let them finish loading before playing them) and leave comments in the comments section on what you think. Comments dont require you to even register.

1. Click here for High Quality big download video preview.
2. Click here for Medium Quality smaller download video preview.

I will fix the interface up so that you dont get the option to play the video before its downloaded.

Cheers
Shane

So a feature I mentioned in the latest podcast (20) was I was going to bring videos to the site. Seeing as screen capture technology has gotten to the point that capturing a playing session in UO is relatively easy I thought I would check it out.

So on the menu to the right or clicking this link will take you to a test capture I made last night. Now please provide feedback in the comments for this news post so I can tune the experience. This first video has not been optimised or trimmed for size and is fat and raw. Going forward I will tunes these video alot more.

The opportunities to add content through the site are numerous and I have a series of vidoes I will make should this experiment be well received.

Cheers
Shane

P.S. Update, you need to wait for the page to load as the experience is crap otherwise. I will write some code tonight to hide the video until the page is loaded.

P.P.S You can tell the page is loaded when it says DONE in the bottom left corner of the status bar.