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Browse All TopicsThe word embed is limiting but i put it in the question header just for searching.
Am building a website and I want users to be able to play movies listed on the page, in a "player" in the middle of the screen. I followed a tutorial on the web and using quicktime I can play an mpg on FF (Firefox), IE and Netscape. But when i put the files on the web it does not work at all.
Rather than me post the code, can we start from scratch. It has been suggested I need to use active X for windows users and because of the way IE is now built I have to put a separate js file on the web server to take care of that. Is it really that complicated? The fact that I am using DW (Dreamweaver ) is probably of no consequence as if I have the code i can paste it in.
WHAT I WANT (ideally)
Whether the user is on a PC or a Mac, and on 'any' browser,
when a video is selected, Quicktime opens on the screen, and plays the video (or starts streaming and plays when it is ready or when the user clicks play)
Can I forgo using active X if the Quicktime "player" is coming in from Apple on demand or am I ignorant here? If i am right, then with the right code, Quicktime player would play on any browser including those that do not have Quicktime already installed.
Experts please..?
I have had trouble on this forum from people skimming and then answering without fully understanding what I am asking, and from those who shoot off hasty best guesses, but with no real experience in solving my question.
Could i respectfully ask to limit Experts to those who have ACTUALLY done this successfully please?
Many thanks.
[win XP,
Dweaver CS3,
Webserver: linux]
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