Embed FLV videos in web page

Question

I have a user requirement to embed mp4 and flv in the website. I have not found any success with this. I realised that <video> </video> does not do the magic.

Is there any other way?

Solution

HTML5 does not support .FLV files directly. You will need to convert the .FLV files or use a Flash Player. See the spec for more info

You can, however, embed a .swf file, I believe. See this SO question for more information there.

As for MP4 format, Firefox versions before v21 and Opera do not support it. Opera and older versions of Firefox both support WebM and Ogg Vorbis format for video, however.

Comments

[Guilherme Nascimento]

Your code requires codec installed, this is not a solution, edit your answer please.

[Guilherme Nascimento]

're almost there, but your answer is not the focus of the question yet.

[Peter]

Using a flash player is a good way to go. Can you show me? I'll appreciate that.

[TylerH]

@Wale This answer has some good information on that.