what's the current best way to put audio and video on a web site?

audio, html, video

Solution

Outsource it.

- Youtube

- Blip.tv (FAQ)

- Vimeo (Basics)

Many popular video sites use Blip.tv

- Thatguywiththeglasses

- Cinemassacre

And others use Youtube

- Screwattack

Problem

I'm working on a very small site, with almost zero budget as a favor for a friend. She wants to put a short audio and video clip on the site (both clips are under two minutes). The audio is currently a 1.6 MB AAC (.m4a) and the video is a 30 MB H.264 (.mov). What's the current best practice that's going to be the easiest for me, while still creating a good experience for the users? Should we upload the video to youtube or vimeo and embed? There's probably some simple audio player I could download. I have flash, so could make an FLV; I could convert the m4a to an mp3, etc. I could just link directly to the raw files....

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