Hello; Thanks for that. I wish i had known, but the stuff i was reading on the web was talking about mp4 as if it wouldn't play in quicktime. Got any suggestions for how i create a download link to go with the streaming one? Thanks again, Max On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Quicktime can play mp4 files just fine. The example I gave below is > from a working site with mp4 video embedded on it. > > CB > > Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: >> >> Hello; This is pretty much what I had come around to. I don't like >> the idea of running something on my site that I can't use myself. I >> finally decided to search for a program that would convert my mp4 >> files to mov for quicktime. Turns out vlc which is free did the trick >> very nicely. Now, I have the file and the player embedded on my >> site, >> but I'm not sure how well its working. would appreciate it if >> someone >> would check the site and click on the watch video and tell me what >> they think. Still needs some tweeking i believe. Thanks, Max >> On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >>> Flash works fine but is not accessible in Mac browsers. It has some >>> accessibility on Windows with Jaws (dunno about WindowEyes) but even >>> then it has to have been coded with labeled buttons and such. HTML5 >>> supports a new video tag which should be accessible but I haven't >>> tried >>> that out. What I have done is used quicktime to embed video in the >>> page >>> and then made HTML links to start and stop it. Here is a snippet of >>> code >>> which does this: >>> >>> <object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" >>> codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"; width="335" >>> height="312" id="movie2"> >>> <param name="src" value="/videos/accessibility/ >>> JawsFormGoodMarkup.mp4"> >>> <param name="qtsrc" >>> value="/videos/accessibility/JawsFormGoodMarkupQT.smil"> >>> <param name="autoplay" value="false"> >>> <embed src="/videos/accessibility/JawsFormGoodMarkup.mp4" >>> qtsrc="/videos/accessibility/JawsFormGoodMarkupQT.smil" >>> autoplay="false" >>> width="335" height="312" >>> pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"; >>> enablejavascript="true" name="movie2"> >>> </object> >>> <div> >>> <a href="#" onclick="document.movie2.Play();return false">Play good >>> form >>> markup video</a> >>> <a href="#" onclick="document.movie2.Stop();return false">Stop good >>> form >>> markup video</a> >>> </div> >>> >>> You probably could do something similar for flash but the video >>> player >>> you use would need to enable control by javascript. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: >>> >>>> Hello List; I need to know if there is a definitive answer about >>>> whether or not flash players and their files will play on a mac. >>>> The >>>> reason for this has to do with my website. I'm wanting to add a >>>> video, and everything I read seams to be about using some sort of a >>>> flash player. I've run across a lot of websites that talk about >>>> using >>>> a flv player. As macs seam to be gaining popularity I don't want >>>> to >>>> put something on my website that exclused people just because they >>>> aren't using internet explorer. I'll appreciate any help I can >>>> get. >>>> thank you, Max >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
