Download details for Video and Audio Clips
- Download information must be provided to help users determine whether they wish to access the video or audio clip. This includes the download and usage instructions, file size, and file format.
- If a specific program is required to access the multimedia file, a link to enable the user to download it must be provided.
- Formats of audio/video files should be common across a government website.
- Streaming audio/video should be used as much as possible rather than forcing the users to download the entire file, which eventually may not turn out to be what they are looking for.
Examples:
PDF Reader icon linked to the Adobe Acrobat download page.
“Get Flash Player” icon linked to the Flash player download page.
For more information on the above, See section
Multimedia and Animation.
Embedded Media
- Media content may be embedded inside a webpage using third-party hosting and streaming solutions when needed (e.g. YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr).
- Alternative link to download the embedded media, independently from the third-party provider, should be included.