Avi files in an html page

[JohnSmith]

When I click on the link the following code is generated:

document.getElementById('movie').innerHTML="<img border='5' dynsrc='C:/Movie1.avi' width='344' height='316'>"

The only problem is the avi file is 10 megs... so when the link is clicked on it takes a while for the avi file to download from the server. Two questions:

1) Is there a freeware software that will allow me to convert the 10 megs to something much smaller, this way when you click on the link the video will play right away...

2) Or is there a way to have a message appear advising the user to " be patient, video is downloading"?

[Danial]

Originally posted by JohnSmith
When I click on the link the following code is generated:

document.getElementById('movie').innerHTML="<img border='5' dynsrc='C:/Movie1.avi' width='344' height='316'>"

The only problem is the avi file is 10 megs... so when the link is clicked on it takes a while for the avi file to download from the server. Two questions:

1) Is there a freeware software that will allow me to convert the 10 megs to something much smaller, this way when you click on the link the video will play right away...

2) Or is there a way to have a message appear advising the user to " be patient, video is downloading"?

Why not convert them to RM(Real Media) and make it streamable. There should be plenty of shareware available on the net which converts AVI to RM. I am not sure if it will reduce in size but test it out.

[bekkel]

rm yuck.....

well you can make the size smaller but that way people need the codec which you used to compressed the avi. divx and xvid can make the movie much smaller..