video without youtube

I have a video clip that I want shown on my website. I downloaded it and now it is a file in the windows media player format. Let’s say it is the video clip that is the death scene from “The Interview” and I am sure youtube would remove it. So, how do I show the video on my website without using youtube? I think I remember doing this with a third party tool.

I remember something that is open source but I do not remember what it is called. As long as you were not doing it for profit, you did not have to pay for it, as I recall.

I tried to find a solution by googling but, no matter what I tried as a search statement, the search results were always something that assumed the user was looking for some information about youtube.

You could just upload the video file to your server and use the video element to display it. All modern browsers will have no problem with showing you the video. For maximum compatibility, you will need to provide it in different formats, though: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Supported_media_formats

A tool I use for converting videos is the awesome and free HandBrake: http://www.handbrake.fr

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