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The videos contained in this site can be viewed with one of the following free media players:

This site is web standards compliant:

The Office of Information Technology encourages faculty and departmental staff to use the WebMedia facility to meet academic, administrative, and instructional needs, including support for University sponsored events and activities.

If you have a UNIX account, you can stream content through Princeton's Flash Media Server or RealMedia server.

For Flash streaming:

Encode your content into MP4 or QuickTime MOV format using the following specifications:

Video Codec: H.264 Video bitrate: 300 - 400 kbps Framerate: 30 frames per second Dimensions: 320 x 240(4:3) or 426 x 240(16:9)

Audio codec: AAC Audio bitrate: 48 - 64 kbps Sampling rate: 44 kHz Channels: Mono

Place the encoded file under your public_html directory or a subdirectory under public_html. (Make sure it is readable to the world by using chmod o+r filename).
Embed the video in a web page using the following HTML code, replacing netid/public_html/directory/file.mp4 with your own netid, directory and file name:

<embed src="http://bc.princeton.edu/flash/player/player.swf" width="320" height="260" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="file=FILES/netid/public_html/directory/file.mp4&streamer=rtmp://flash.princeton.edu/puvod" />

For RealMedia streaming:

Encode your content into RealMedia format (i.e with .ra, .rm extensions).
Place the encoded file under your public_html directory or a subdirectory under public_html. (Make sure it is readable to the world by using chmod o+r filename).
Place a link on a Web page to point to the content with the following URL syntax:

http://avserver.princeton.edu:8080/ramgen/u/netid/public_html/directory/file.mp4