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[Thundr_xD]

Was wondering if anyone has some experience / tips for a video player to use.

I am trying to have a video player on my site, that looks as minimalistic as possible until played.
So far Sublime player seems to be the best available. Though in Beta phase and looks like it will cost money to use.
Using HTML5 it allows a poster frame before the video is played. This is great as the design for my site has a logo center of screen, hence me wanting the player as minimalistic as possible until played.
So far Sublime player has a fade grey effect (which I don't want) when the mouse isn't hovering on it and I can't center it on pageEDIT: centered with CSS margin: auto; override.
Downsides to Sublime: soon to not be free, have to host the video files (multiple files for compatibility locally)

I have been using Youtube and Vimeo to host movie files so it would be grand if there was some nice embed code for those somewhere. If possible that would be the ideal solution.

Does anyone know of any nice HTML5 video implementations or youtube/vimeo embed code alternatives?

My site with Sublime player: vsnrypictures.com
My site with a simple youtube embed: deanjullie.com

Edited by Thundr_xD, 01 October 2010 - 06:25 PM.

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[Phrozen]

Have you tried looking into JW Player by LongTail Video? I have personally used this package before and I was very pleased with the results.

I have used the free, open source version and highly enjoyed it. I found it relatively easy to implement into my site, found it highly customizable and found the feature set to be very decent for a free download.

My only complaint is that with the free version you have a small JW Player watermark in the bottom corner.

Not sure if this is exactly what you were looking for, but I thought I would throw this one into the mix.

[Thundr_xD]

Close, I do want to be able to customize the way it looks, or just have one that looks modern, but not tacky.
The watermark on the JW player makes me cry  
Also it is a flash player, was hoping to use html5 so I could make use of the Poster attribute.

It does let me play youtube hosted files though which is a plus.
Considering my latest video, finished .mp4 1080i version = ~450mbs, 720p = ~350mbs and youtube quality is ~ 45mbs
So if I host myself there are way too many size related issues (monthly bandwidth, streaming time for 450mbs etc)

So definitely wanting to host on Vimeo or Youtube.