From: Jordan Bigel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dhtml vs <smil>?
><smil> appears to be a proprietary format that works only with =
Synchronized Multimedia (SMIL) is an approved recommendation from the W3C.
Check out
http://www.w3c.org for more info.
Jordan.
At 04:03 PM 2/2/00 -0800, RealForum wrote:
>From: "Rasmus Wolff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: dhtml vs <smil>?
>
>Hi,
>
>Could anybody explain to me the advantage of using <smil> vs. =
>dhtml/layers?
>
>It seems that most of the stuff (timing events, integrating video/audio) =
>can be done in dhtml also? And, I guess, a lot more.
>
><smil> appears to be a proprietary format that works only with =
>real-streaming-media (through the realplayer). On our site we wish to =
>offer both RealVideo and WindowsMediaPlayer files to the user, and let =
>him/her choose which is preferred. With DHTML we can reuse most of the =
>code for both wmp and real, showing the video embedded in the page.
>
>But what are the disadvantages of this compared to smil?
>
>Thanks for any comments!
>
>Best regards,
>Rasmus Wolff
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