Best/preferred way of handling videos in mobile apps

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Toitjie

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I am currently busy developing a mobile (Android & iOS) app that has a few videos that must be played.

what is the best way to do this?

  • let the videos stream from an online source (which I personally don'y like)


or

  • let it be downloaded on the first run of the app?

or

  • somehow build it into the app? (if so which video format to use)?
 
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Option 1 doesn't allow for offline access
Option 2 is probably the best. Download, then use local storage for offline accesss
Option 3 will result in a very large initial download.
BTW, mp4/h264 is what you want
 
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