Sourcing Video

All media you use on your sites should be your own or in “fair public use,” usually under Creative Commons (CC) public licence. You should always credit the author when asked to do so.

IMPORTANT: Test your pages on multiple computers and browsers to make sure the embedded media works.

How-To Video:

A cellphone video is a good option, or The Moving Image Archive ahs creative-commons video that you can download, which conveniently show metadata like size and filetype. Here’s an example about Pluto:

NOTE: Hovering your cursor over the download link will show you the file’s size. Most videos give you the two required options you need: H.264 (.mp4) and an open-source type (.ogg).

Hovering mouse over download icons