Before putting video on theWorld Wide Web, there are 3 considerations:

1. How big (measured in pixels) do you want the video to be?:

• full screen (640x480) is unreasonable because of limited bandwidth
  
• qsif (160x120) is the most popular size used on the internet
  
• sif (320x240) is also used if qcif is too smal

2. What format do you wish to display your video?:

• two main formats are mpeg and Quicktime
• it is often a good idea to put both formats on the Web
• Quicktime and mpeg will play on all platforms but ease of use varies on each platform. It is best to give the end user the option to choose

3. How do you want the end user to view your movie?

• the movie can be embedded within the web page itself (the movie can be played within a web page)
• the movie can spawn an application to play the movie (a picture orhypertext link would need to be clicked by the end user to download the movie and spawn an external application to play it)
• the movie can be played by downloading the movie in it's entirety before viewing or the movie can be streamed (play as it is being downloaded)
  
  

  To view streamed movies, a "plug-in" is required and Netscape must be used

Putting video on the Web requires 3 steps:

1. Digitizing the video

• fromVHS or S-VHS source
• fromHi-8 or 8mm source
• auxiliary source