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quicktime controls are not showing on web page

I have a video that I embedded in a web page. I included a quicktime version and a windows media version.

The quicktime video does not include the controls to stop, play, etc.

Do I need more code for the controls or do I need to resize the window? If I just need to resize, which part of the code needs to be changed.

Here is the webpage, http://greenwoodridge.com/winery_chapters/winery_pruningvideo.htm

Here is the quicktime code:
<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" height="300" width="330"> 
 
<param name="src" value="http://www.greenwoodridge.com/videos/greenwood_v2.mov">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
<param name="type" value="video/quicktime" height="300" width="300">
 
				<embed autoplay="true" height="330" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="http://www.greenwoodridge.com/videos/greenwood_v2.mov" type="video/quicktime" width="330">
						
</object>
 
Here is the Windows Media code:
	<object id="media1" height="300" type="video/x-ms-wmv" width="330">
		<param name="filename" value="../videos/greenwood_v2.wmv">
		<param name="autoStart" value="0">
	</object>

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Jason C. Levine

Hi northernknight,

You do need to make the window bigger to account for the padding required by the embedded QT player.

A suggestion that is not related to the question:

You are wasting bandwidth and server space with this approach to embedding video. What you really should do is convert one of those to Flash Video (flv) format and just place the single video on the page via FlowPlayer or JW Media Player.

The advantage to doing this is that you will achieve near-complete cross browser compatibility (almost everyone runs flash) and you don't have to worry about issues such as the above. Also, FLV is much smaller than QT or WMV so you will save a lot of space via the conversion.

northernknight

ASKER

Thank you jason1178,

What part of the qt code makes the window bigger and not the video?

Thanks for the suggestion about flash. I will also look into this.

Mark

Jason C. Levine

<param name="type" value="video/quicktime" height="300" width="300">
<embed autoplay="true" height="330" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="http://www.greenwoodridge.com/videos/greenwood_v2.mov" type="video/quicktime" width="330">

See how the param height and width are smaller than the embed? Set those to be the same.

northernknight

ASKER

I changed the code ot 300 for everything but it still does not show the controls

<TD width="300" HEIGHT=22 VALIGN=top>
                  <object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" height="300" width="300">

<param name="src" value="http://www.greenwoodridge.com/videos/greenwood_v2.mov">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
<param name="type" value="video/quicktime" height="300" width="300">

                        <embed autoplay="true" height="300" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="http://www.greenwoodridge.com/videos/greenwood_v2.mov" type="video/quicktime" width="300">

Jason C. Levine

What is the original resolution of the QT file? I think you may want to go higher on the size, not lower.

Jason C. Levine

Yes, definitely go higher. I just used Firebug to change the size to 500 x 500 and I can see the controls just fine.

northernknight

ASKER

I will try increasing it. Do I change all of the width's to 500?

I am not sure which code is for the video and which is for the frame. There is codebase, param name, and embed. Which do I change to increase the window without increasing the video?

codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" height="300" width="300">
<param name="type" value="video/quicktime" height="300" width="300">
<embed autoplay="true" height="300" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="http://www.greenwoodridge.com/videos/greenwood_v2.mov" type="video/quicktime" width="300">

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Jason C. Levine

northernknight,

Why the B grade? Did I get something wrong?

northernknight

ASKER

I thought the answers were somewhat vague.and could have been a bit more complete so we wouldn't have to go back and forth so much. Maybe you just assumed I knew more than I did.

I do appreciate you seeing it through.

Thanks,

Mark

Jason C. Levine

>> I thought the answers were somewhat vague

Q. Why can I not see the controls?

A. You need to make the embedded area bigger.

Q. Where is that?

A. Code provided.

Q. Which code do I change?

A. Answered.

So every question you posed, I answered. That's normal. I can't be expected to read your mind and/or know your skill level unless you tell me.

northernknight

ASKER

This was my first question: "Do I need more code for the controls or do I need to resize the window? If I just need to resize, which part of the code needs to be changed?"
This was your answer: You do need to make the window bigger to account for the padding required by the embedded QT player.

"You need to make the window bigger" does not tell me which part of the code needs to be changed and that was part of my original question.

I was not complaining but you asked why I did not give you an "excellant".