Are you sick of having to download many players? Many sites like youtube utilize FLASH. I wanted to figure this out for my own site. I have gone the Semi-Free way, which always takes some time… Here are the steps.
You will need three pieces of software, that are open source. Start downloading them from the various sites:
1. 7Zip compression software
a. A new high compression software to replace zip
b. Download this and install it
c. 7-Zip Compression
2. FFMPEG – Converts your video file to FLV
a. Flash video is the key to the player problem, as it’s installed on 99% of browsers!
b. You can read about it here: ffMpeg Converter
c. Its very geeky, but ill make it a little easier with a simple Batch file
d. Download the file here: FFmPeg download
i. Grab the one with the most recent Date
e. Unzip it with the 7Zip software above
3. A Web Player – JW FLV Player
a. It’s a player that’s free for personal sites and cheap for commercial
b. It’s very extensible
c. FLV Media Player Download