Sourcing Video
Important: All media you use on your sites should be your own or in “fair public use,” usually under Creative Commons (CC) public license. 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.
Common Downloadable Video Sources
How-To:
A cellphone video is a good option, or the Moving Image Archive has a Creative Commons video that you can download, conveniently showing metadata like size and file type. Here’s an example about Pluto using Firefox:
Hovering your cursor over the download link will show you the file’s size. Most videos give you the two required options: H.264 (.mp4) and an open-source type (.ogg).
