Hi, Chris, This assumes that Windows has QT installed.
Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 9:12 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > With the current QuickTime it works fine in Windows. I was using QT > mainly because I needed to put captions in the video and html > controls on the page. I also wanted to use mp4 for it's smaller size/ > higher quality. My sample code links in a SMIL file for captions. QT > has most of the basic controls accessible via Javascript so I could > make links to toggle audio, captions and playback. This calls were > > document.movie1.Play() > document.movie1.Stop() > document.movie1.SetMute(muted) > document.movie1.SetTrackEnabled(2,caption) - caption is either true > or false > > where the embed tag for the quicktime sets the ID to be 'movie1' > > CB > > Alex Jurgensen wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Windows can't play this. Neither can Linux. >> >> Regards, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 2-Jul-09, at 8:29 AM, 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. 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