Quicktime embedding controller issues
by Kevin Kratzke
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Dec 2, 2008 at 4:07:46 pm
I'm working on a small site for a client, and am having difficulties with embedding the Quicktime movies. I can get them to show up and play, but I can't seem to get the controls to display. I've included "" in the object tag, and "controller='true'" in the embed tag. From everything I've been able to find, that should display the controller. Alas, I have no joy.
To load the movie, click the link which says, appropriately, "Load Movie."
Be warned, the client is still working on figuring out appropriate compression settings (he's preparing all of the videos himself), and the current file is very, very large. It might sit on the QT logo for quite a bit before playing. I will be adding a loading animation eventually, but first things first. :)
If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
Alternatively, I have been able to do some very basic control of the movie through javascript (I have a small example in the test file), so if I can't figure out why the controls won't show up, I was contemplating creating my own. The client wants the functionality of the scrubber, however, which will require a bit more javascript coding than I'm comfortable doing from scratch. Has anyone seen an example of anyone creating any of the more advanced controller functions using javascript/DOM events? My searches all led me to the same basic play/stop examples...
Re: Quicktime embedding controller issues by Kevin Kratzke on Dec 3, 2008 at 2:03:13 pm
The movie is 640x314. I had read somewhere to add 16px as opposed to 30, so I tried making the height 400 to give some additional headroom. Alas, still no controller...
Thanks, though! That's exactly the kind of mistake I usually make. :)
Re: Quicktime embedding controller issues by Kevin Kratzke on Dec 4, 2008 at 7:10:17 am
Turns out that it might be less of a problem with the embedding and preparation of the files, and more of a problem with the quicktime plugin itself.
I'm working on a Vista 64-bit machine, and that appears to be the problem. The controller is visible on my Vista 32-bit machine (the one I use for iTunes and all other non-essential and highly bloated but really handy apps).
I'm now trying to repair compatibility mode on my computer, which seems to be completely broken. I'm hoping that running a browser in some different mode might solve the problem.
Hope this helps anyone else who runs into the same problem!
