Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 - Manual (Page 356)

Adding video
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Embed videos in web pages (HTML5)
Inserting FLV files
Note: The user interface has been simplified in Dreamweaver CC and later. As a result, you may not find some of the options described in this
article in Dreamweaver CC and later. For more information, see
this article .
Embed videos in web pages (HTML5)
HTML5 supports video and audio tags that allow users to play video and audio files in a browser, without an external plug-in or player.
Dreamweaver supports code hints for adding video and audio tags.
Live View renders the video, providing a preview of the video that you are embedding in the web page.
Note: Although you can embed any video in your web page, Live View does not always render all videos. The audio and video tags are
supported in Dreamweaver using the Apple QuickTime plug-in. In Windows, if the Apple QuickTime plug-in is not installed, then the web page
does not render the media content.
Inserting FLV files
Insert FLV files
You can easily add FLV video to your web pages without using the Flash authoring tool. You must have an encoded FLV file before you begin.
Dreamweaver inserts a SWF component that displays the FLV file; when viewed in a browser, this component displays the selected FLV file, as
well as a set of playback controls.
Dreamweaver gives you the following options for delivering FLV video to your site visitors:
Progressive Download Video Downloads the FLV file to the site visitor’s hard disk and then plays it. Unlike traditional “download and play”
methods of video delivery, however, progressive download allows the video file to start playing before the download is complete.
Streaming Video Streams the video content and plays it on a web page after a short buffer period that ensures smooth play back. To enable
streaming video on your web pages, you must have access to Adobe® Flash® Media Server.
You must have an encoded FLV file before you can use it in Dreamweaver. You can insert video files created with two kinds of codecs
(compression/decompression technologies): Sorenson Squeeze and On2.
As with regular SWF files, when you insert an FLV file, Dreamweaver inserts code that detects whether the user has the correct version of Flash
Player to view the video. If the user does not have the correct version, the page displays alternative content that prompts the user to download the
latest version of Flash Player.
Note: To view FLV files, users must have Flash Player 8 or later installed on their computers. If a user does not have the required version of
Flash Player installed, but does have Flash Player 6.0 r65 or later installed, the browser displays a Flash Player express installer instead of the
alternative content. If the user declines the express install, the page then displays the alternative content.
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