17 Replies Latest reply: Apr 2, 2008 8:28 AM by Newsgroup_User RSS

    You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!

    gold987987987 Community Member
      I've been trying for 3 days now to embed a QT movie into an html doc and have had no luck.
      All I'm trying to do is embed a simple QT movie in an html document and then be able to load another movie by clicking a text link. I've looked at every Javascript document from here to the Gama quadrant and I can't get it to work with IE.
      If you can tell me how to embed a QT movie into a html doc and then be able to load a new movie into the same with with a text link, I'll give you 1,000,000,000,000 Plutonian Marks.

        • 1. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
          JoeyD1978 CommunityMVP
          Wouldn't it be more simple to just have the link go to a new link, ie: movie2.html, etc.? You can get as far as inserting the movie right?
          • 2. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
            gold987987987 Community Member
            No, I don't want to make 15 pages worth of movies. I'd like to have just one page that can load movies once you click on the link. It's been documented all over the place but it flat out doesn't work in IE.

            The offer still stands, I'll give 1,000,000,000,000 Plutonian Marks to the person that can tell me how embed a QT movie into a html document and then be able to load a different movie by clicking a text link using Javascript.
            Must work in IE and in FF.
            • 3. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
              Newsgroup_User Community Member
              The time you've spent looking for a solution could have easily been used to
              create the separate pages. Just something to think about when trying to get
              something "out the door".


              • 4. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                gold987987987 Community Member
                The time I "wasted" was well spent. What I found out was that, it's impossible to control a QT movie as Apple claims with simple Javascript. Go ahead, look at Apple's Javascript and QT tutorial and test it in FF and then in IE.
                You'll get error's every single time in IE.

                I'm now deploying this site in flash, but at least I know, that QT and Javascript at Apple claims, do not work in IE.
                It's a lie.

                However, out of curiosity, the offer still stands, I'll give 1 Gazabillion Plutonian Marks to the person who can solve it.
                • 5. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                  Newsgroup_User Community Member
                  Yes you did.

                  You could have converted to a Flash file and been on your way.



                  • 6. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                    gold987987987 Community Member
                    My client needed H.264, very large screen size. FLV sucks compared to H.264, file sizes are twice the size and no where near the resolution.
                    I wanted to deliver the best video possible, now I've had to compromise because you can't control a QT with Javascript in IE.

                    • 7. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                      Newsgroup_User Community Member
                      Guessing you are on your 4th or 5th day doing this now...wouldn't it be
                      simpler to zip the quicktime movie, and have him download it and run it
                      locally? Geesh, talk about leading a horse to water...

                      "gold987987987" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
                      news:fsti4o$6h0$1@forums.macromedia.com...
                      > My client needed H.264, very large screen size. FLV sucks compared to
                      > H.264,
                      > file sizes are twice the size and no where near the resolution.
                      > I wanted to deliver the best video possible, now I've had to compromise
                      > because you can't control a QT with Javascript in IE.
                      >
                      >
                      >


                      • 8. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                        gold987987987 Community Member
                        Nope, I quit long ago yesterday. The videos had to be deployed in a lesser format, but it works.
                        I'd like to keep this thread going because I'd really like to see if someone can solve this issue.
                        As of right now, no one on earth can control Quicktime movies in IE using Javascript.
                        • 9. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                          Newsgroup_User Community Member
                          Ranting and raving about it isn't going to get you much help. The fact
                          remains people have offered helpful solutions, which you have chosen to
                          ignore - so I guess you get to keep your plutonium.
                          The files could have been supplied to the client in the requested format -
                          in the end it was your choice not to do so.

                          "gold987987987" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
                          news:fsu6kh$scu$1@forums.macromedia.com...
                          > Nope, I quit long ago yesterday. The videos had to be deployed in a
                          > lesser
                          > format, but it works.
                          > I'd like to keep this thread going because I'd really like to see if
                          > someone
                          > can solve this issue.
                          > As of right now, no one on earth can control Quicktime movies in IE using
                          > Javascript.
                          >
                          >


                          • 10. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                            gold987987987 Community Member
                            First of all, thank you all for your suggestions. It's always nice to hear different approaches to solving problems.
                            It's my fault for not being more specific with explaining my clients request.
                            They wanted single page deployment in H.264 with a video list controlled by simple text buttons.
                            Zip files and multiple pages were out of the question, not to mention other video formats.
                            In the end, I had to convince them to use this inferior format because IE cannot take commands from Javascript to control QT movies.

                            Big clients demand exact things, and I had oblige.
                            So, I'm sorry everyone, I didn't mean to ignore your suggestions, I just couldn't use any of them because it's not what my client wanted.

                            • 11. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                              Newsgroup_User Community Member
                              gold987987987 wrote:
                              > First of all, thank you all for your suggestions. It's always nice to hear
                              > different approaches to solving problems.
                              > It's my fault for not being more specific with explaining my clients request.
                              > They wanted single page deployment in H.264 with a video list controlled by
                              > simple text buttons.
                              > Zip files and multiple pages were out of the question, not to mention other
                              > video formats.
                              > In the end, I had to convince them to use this inferior format because IE
                              > cannot take commands from Javascript to control QT movies.
                              >
                              > Big clients demand exact things, and I had oblige.
                              > So, I'm sorry everyone, I didn't mean to ignore your suggestions, I just
                              > couldn't use any of them because it's not what my client wanted.

                              Why don't you post the offending code that doesn't work, along with a
                              test page with the code that doesn't work, to see if it can be solved?
                              Without a link or the code, no one will be able to help.

                              Steve
                              • 12. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                                malachidj Community Member
                                Have you tried using javascript to dynamically write the embed code based on a GET variable (page.html?file=blah.mov) in the URL? Just a thought. Do I get the uranium?
                                • 13. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                                  gold987987987 Community Member
                                  I've posted multiple times trying with complete code and url's but no one could tackle the problem. No replys or suggestions. I guess the code scared them away.
                                  This thread was my attempt to get some original ways to use JS in IE for QT without having my code around to scare people off.

                                  My code is just like the apple tutorials on JS and QT.
                                  Even their own tutorial code that shows how to embed QT with JS page shows "Error on page" when in IE.
                                  • 14. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                                    Newsgroup_User Community Member
                                    gold987987987 wrote:
                                    > I've posted multiple times trying with complete code and url's but no one could
                                    > tackle the problem. No replys or suggestions. I guess the code scared them
                                    > away.

                                    I am sorry, but there is no code in any of your posts. Most of the
                                    people who help use Newsreaders to access the forum, not the website, so
                                    we won't see anything attached to a post, or edited posts, we just see
                                    the message, and there is no code any of your messages that I can see.

                                    > This thread was my attempt to get some original ways to use JS in IE for QT
                                    > without having my code around to scare people off.
                                    >
                                    > My code is just like the apple tutorials on JS and QT.
                                    > Even their own tutorial code that shows how to embed QT with JS page shows
                                    > "Error on page" when in IE.

                                    Please post your code, and a link to your site, we will take a look and
                                    try to help. We can't do anything to help without it.

                                    Steve
                                    • 16. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                                      Newsgroup_User Community Member
                                      gold987987987 wrote:
                                      > http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?forumid=12&catid=189&threadid =1349568&highlight_key=y&keyword1=javascript%20error

                                      Ok, so its in another post, sorry, I thought you meant you had posted it
                                      in this thread, which is why its been so hard to understand.

                                      Can you give me a link to the page that produces the error please? The
                                      one in the post is your newly created flash player...which looks really
                                      nice by the way :)

                                      Steve
                                      • 17. Re: You can't embed QT movies into HTML!!!!
                                        Newsgroup_User Community Member
                                        gold987987987 wrote:
                                        > My client needed H.264, very large screen size. FLV sucks compared to H.264,
                                        > file sizes are twice the size and no where near the resolution.
                                        > I wanted to deliver the best video possible, now I've had to compromise
                                        > because you can't control a QT with Javascript in IE.
                                        >
                                        >

                                        Why not use the JW Media Player which can play multiple H264 files
                                        (along with a host of other formats) from an XML playlist.

                                        http://www.jeroenwijering.com/

                                        Roy