Question on a video I uploaded, How to compress space? Options

[RhapsodyPhantom]

Okay so I recorded a video of me talking as my new weblog entry and I'm ready to upload it. It's 5 minutes long but it's a whopping 300 MB. Is this normal for a webcam video? Does it need to be compressed or whatever? It's in .wma format I believe, but I don't think my hosting site can handle that much of a space and if it does, it will take a while to upload.

What to do?

Also on a related note, what is the script for which I can add a windows media player video (with stop, play, pause) in a weblog entry. and starts when the visitor clicks play, not automatically starting when they enter?

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[lilphoenix]

Not sure about the video...

But as for the media player...

Please look in Xanga Scripts next time!

Click here and scroll down.

[XxArsonFreakxX]

heres the code u needed for the video player look in the scripts section next time and as for your other half of the question i have no idea

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com --><br />  <object ID="Player" CLASSID="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6"><br /><param name="AutoStart" value="True"><br /><param name="Loop" value="True"><br /></object><br /><br /><script LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><br /><!--<br />function StartMeUp1()<br />{<br />   Player.URL = "http://www.ffmoonlight.net/video/ffx2/opening.mpeg" <br />}<br />--><br /></script><br /><FORM><br /><INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" NAME="BtnPlay" VALUE="realEmotion" OnClick="JavaScript:StartMeUp1()"><br /></FORM><br /><!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

[largosama]

that's cuz it's minimally compressed.. the video camera thingy should come with compression software. Otherwise, encode using the windows media codec

[RhapsodyPhantom]

^Thanks all. But how do I encode using WMP?

[RhapsodyPhantom]

Say...I put in the code in my weblog entry but when I submited it, nothing worked (it just showed the html coding)

Remember I want to put a wmv file IN a weblog entry, not any where else in the site which requires me to put in the webstats or header sections.

[ryan_73]

holy smokes! 300 mb! that will take forever for someone to download if they visit your page. i've compressed 5 min. music videos in the past down to about 10 mb. you'll need to reduce the size, bitrate quality of the video and sound of your movie to reduce it to a downloadable size. there are several programs out there you can use. i use mediasoft joiner-converter. it's free to use but has a limit of 5 min. movies you can edit. anything longer than that and you have to pay to use the program for it's full function.