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Is it possible to have a video pop up that stays and plays different videos?

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Dec 22.2010

Hi,

I’m in the process of creating a document that specifies what I’d like a developer to create for me, and I need to know what’s possible and what isn’t.

I have a series of video lessons, and on each module page, I want to have several 30 to 70 links to video lessons.

Since the videos are best viewed at 800×600 resolution, I’m worried that, if I have the videos play from the same page as the list of videos (as well as the browser header AND the web page header), the whole thing will look awful.

So, when a user clicks on a lesson link, I’d like to have a separate video screen pop up. That way the user can see that the lesson links are available AND the videos are just playing in the pop up (which they can move to the side, to select other videos).

First, is this possible? Is it an okay from a functionality standpoint (I know some people have pop ups turned off)?

Also, once the first video has played, and the user clicks on a different video, is it possible to have the next video play in the same pop up video player that was used for the first video, or will a second video player pop up? As you can imagine, I’d like to have the same pop up video player to be used each time.

Aside: I plan to use a commercial video hosting site (like Vzaar) to host the videos.

The other remedy I’m considering is having a new window open when someone clicks a link. This is less desirable to me since the new window will have all of the brower stuff on it. That said, if I go that route, will it be possible to have subsequent videos play in the same window that was used for the first video?

This is a long post, I know.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Brent

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@Eye_for_VideoDec 23.2010 — Well since you have been underwhelmed with responses, I'll chime in with a few thoughts...

I'm curious, why did you chose the 800 x 600 resolution?

Have you thought about the bitrate requirments of a video of that size?

What is the target audiance for your videos?

To me it just seems that things are sort of mismatched and I dont really see the need for the popup window. But if you could fill in some info here, I could make a better recommendation.

Best wishes,

Eye for Video
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@louie540Dec 28.2010 — Here's a script I found for popup windows.

This needs to go somewhere in your head.

<script language="JavaScript">

function popUp(URL) {

day = new Date();

id = day.getTime();

eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=800,height=600,left = 112,top = 0');");

}

</script>

Then put this link somewhere in your body but replace google.com for the link of window.

<a href="javascript:popUp('http://www.google.com/')">Open the Popup Window</a>

Hope this helps.
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