Playing QuickTime Movies
The <object> element can play QuickTime movies.
The QuickTime Format
The QuickTime format is developed by Apple. Videos stored in the QuickTime format have the extension .mov.
QuickTime is a common format on the Internet, but QuickTime movies cannot be
played on a Windows computer without an extra (free) component installed.
With the object element, code that will play a QuickTime movie can easily be
added to a web page. The object can be set to automatically install a QuickTime
player if it is not already installed on the users computer.
The Solution
This is the code required to play a QuickTime movie:
<object width="160" height="144"
classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
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>
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The <object> Element
The width and height attributes of the object element should
match the size of the movie in pixels.
The classid attribute uniquely identifies the player software to use.
It must be set
to "clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B". This unique code
identifies an ActiveX control that must be installed on the users PC before the
movie can be played. If the user does not have the ActiveX control installed,
the browser can automatically download and install it.
The codebase attribute specifies the base path used to resolve
relative URIs specified by the classid, data, and archive attributes. When
absent, its default value is the base URI of the current document. Note:
Internet Explorer uses this attribute to specify a location from where the player can
be downloaded. It must be
set to "http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab". This location
will always contain the latest version of the QuickTime player.
The src parameter should point to the movie file.
The autoplay parameter should have the value "true" if you want the
movie to play automatically.
The controller parameter should have the value "false" if you don't
want the control buttons to show.
The <embed> Element
The embed element is added to support browsers that don't support the
object element. A browser that understands the object element will ignore the
embed element.
The object element will be used by new browsers that support ActiveX
controls (Internet Explorer 5 and 6). Older browsers (Netscape 4 and 5)
will use the embed element.
The width and height attributes of the embed element should
match the size of the movie in pixels.
The autoplay and controller attributes of the embed element
should be set to the same values as for the parameters in the object element.
The pluginspage attribute defines the players download path. It must
be set to "http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/".
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