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Video backgrounds on websites

  • 18-05-2016 01:24PM
    #1
    Amik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭


    Hi all:

    Can please someone point me to some information on how to create video backgrounds? For example, what you see when you visit paypal.com on a desktop.

    Is it HTML5 at work?


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  • #2
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Using Chrome, you can use the "Inspect Element" feature.

    Here's what I found...

    x3dRsAg.png


  • #3
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    I experimented with this for a client but we ended up going with a static photo in the end.

    The video is often webm format, which seems to run about 40% of the size of an equivalent mp4. It wasn't easy to create the webm, the converters often produced a broken file format.

    It's nice but I'd only use it on a site homepage where there are a limited number of simple actions that can be taken (i.e. login or register).

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  • #4
    Amik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭Amik


    Appreciate the quick and informative replies, guys!

    I had an idea for using this for an internal page here at work to give it more life. True it would get annoying on a page other than login or register.

    Thanks again!


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