Is this the right code to play videos?

atomicstomp · 10-20-2003, 11:16 AM

Is this the code I would put into a web page to put up videos? I got it from the apple site and it seems too simpal.

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="160"HEIGHT="144"
CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
<PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="sample.mov">
<PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="true">
<PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="false">
<EMBED SRC="sample.mov" WIDTH="160" HEIGHT="144" AUTOPLAY="true" CONTROLLER="false" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

DaveyBoy · 10-20-2003, 11:17 AM

not sure if the code is correct, but auto playing a video is one of the most annoying things on a web site ever. What if people have 56k connections?

Jazzee · 10-20-2003, 11:17 AM

*Moved to scripting.

atomicstomp · 10-20-2003, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveyBoy

not sure if the code is correct, but auto playing a video is one of the most annoying things on a web site ever. What if people have 56k connections?

Its for a skiing and snowboarding park page I have been seeing a ton of kids in the park filming each other so I think that it would be cool for them to have a place on the site where I could put there stuff. That wouldent be annoying would it?

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ATLien · 10-20-2003, 12:55 PM

I am not sure about the code but i agree that auto start files are awful. I say turn of autoplay. I like to let my vids load then play.

atomicstomp · 10-20-2003, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ATLien

I am not sure about the code but i agree that auto start files are awful. I say turn of autoplay. I like to let my vids load then play.

This is from apple

"AUTOPLAY=value (optional...requires QuickTime 3 or later)
AUTOPLAY can either be set to TRUE or FALSE. The default behavior is set by the user in the 'QuickTime Plug-in Settings.' When set to TRUE, the AUTOPLAY attribute causes the movie to start playing as soon as the QuickTime Plug-In estimates that it will be able to play the entire movie without waiting for additional data.
"

But I think you are right QuickTimes estimates are off most of the time.

Distorted · 10-20-2003, 06:03 PM

I think that a screenshot, which links to the movie, would be a better idea.

If you did it like that, you would just need to use a regular anchor tag, like this:

[code:1:613c9a7596]
<a href="movie.mpeg">Movie</a>
[/code:1:613c9a7596]

atomicstomp · 10-20-2003, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Distorted

I think that a screenshot, which links to the movie, would be a better idea.

If you did it like that, you would just need to use a regular anchor tag, like this:

[code:1:97e2aa89bc]
<a href="movie.mpeg">Movie</a>
[/code:1:97e2aa89bc]

So all I have to do is put a mpeg file on my server and when someone wants to view to movie all they do is open the link?

Ferre · 10-20-2003, 07:40 PM

I have this script in one of the posts on our phpBB boards.

[code:1:03e6cac38c]<embed height="256" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="http://www.yourmovie.mov" type="video/quicktime" width="320" controller="true" autoplay="true" cache="true"> [/code:1:03e6cac38c]

you can see it work here :

http://www.thc-ministry.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=93