While I am not a big video posting person, I was made aware about the open source FLV player through a colleague of mine that had customized the style of the player. Had it not been for the information obtained when you right clicked on it I would have been fooled into thinking he wrote it from scratch.
This player, designed by Trent Tompkins, is a very easy way for those of us who aren’t Flash designers to get our content out there while making the wrapper (player) around our content look good at the same time.
As a test, I recorded a short clip, converted it into a FLV file, and uploaded it onto this site. Below are the results:
[flash /labs/osfp/player.swf?movie=/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sample.flv&bgcolor=0x051615&fgcolor=0x13ABEC&volume=&autoload=on&autorewind=on&clickurl=&clicktarget=]
The video may have been a little dark (my fault, poor lighting) and a little spooky, but it took me a few seconds to make the video, a few more to convert it, and no more than a minute to upload and add the code above!
So for those of you who are looking into dipping your toes into video content publishing, I advise you take a look at this excellent player.