I think you just make the href point to the mp4, but it depends on the user's browser since it may notice the file ending and try to shunt the file to a media player.
CB Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
