Is this code right for video?

[atomicstomp]

Is this the code I would put into a web page to put up videos? I got it from the apple site but it seems too simpal.


<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="160"HEIGHT="144"
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>

[Creatures]

did you try it out? it looks simple but it should work!
it looks like opening a Flash file

Creatures

[davidamarkley]

That looks okay...

Just change the 'sample.mov' part to whatever the path to the *.mov file that you're wanting to use.

David

[atomicstomp]

I have not tried it yet I do not have any movies to try. I am going to get all the skiers and snowboards who come to our terrain park filming each other to submit their videos and I will post them. Could I just link to the movie if it were on the server like this:
<a href="movie.mpeg">Movie</a>

[davidamarkley]

If you link like that, it would let them download and/or play the movie from your server. The other way(first post) allows you to embed the movie IN the web page, so they can't easily download it to their computer. It's very possible, but not as easy.

Unless you have a good amount of bandwidth, I would suggest just letting them download it by just linking to the file like:

<a href="/folder/path/movie.mpg">My Movie</a>

The embedded way, makes it stream the movie, so like I said you want some bandwidth to be able to do that. Otherwise, just link to the file. Much easier, and lets the people have the most control over the movie file.

Either way, it just depends on what you want the viewers to do...

HTH,

David

[atomicstomp]

thanks any speed difference I have no max bandwidth.

[davidamarkley]

I don't think there is a speed difference, the main difference between the two methods is that the first one(embed) makes it so they can only watch the movie on the web page itself, while the second option(link) makes it so that they can click on it to open in their media player, which will stream the movie to them. Or, they can Right-Click > "Save as..." to download the movie directly to their computer.

So, as I said before, it just depends on whether you want them to watch it on the webpage, or download it.

David

[atomicstomp]

Hay thanks I think I will mix it up and use both.

[davidamarkley]

Your welcome!

One more thing...

Just remember that the embed code you have in your first post will only work with .mov/QuickTime movie files...

Also, if you have more than one of those embedded on the same page, you want to change these two lines:

<PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="true">
<PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="false">

Make it so only one(or none) of the movies autoplays, and you want the controller ON or "TRUE" so the viewer can see the "Play", "Pause", and "Stop" buttons and etc.

David