[MacDV] Re: Quicktime problem

Wed May 7 22:06:20 PDT 2003

Mark,

I tweaked the code. What follows is a combination of Apple's sample, which
is incorrect, what you sent me, and my own final tweak.

<embed width="320" height="256"
pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"
src="http://www.schoenburg.com/test.mp4" type="video/quicktime"
controller="true"
autoplay="true">

Note that the src is the key to getting it right. I don't know if I needed
the full path, but it works.

Thanks,

Bob

> Looking at your page code, there's one missing attribute in the EMBED tag
> that may do the trick:  type="video/quicktime"  add that and see if that
> does it.
> 
> On 5/7/03 11:08 PM, "Robert Schoenburg" <rschoenburg at schoenburg.com> wrote:
> 
>> Mark,
>> 
>> I uploaded a movie and a web page. The web page references the movie. Here
>> is the link.
>> 
>> http://www.schoenburg.com/test.asp
>> 
>> The movie plays in Netscape and in Safari but not in Explorer.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 5/7/03 7:16 PM, "Robert Schoenburg" <rschoenburg at schoenburg.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I will try again. Thanks Mark. I did try something like that with no luck.
>>>> Interesting that Netscape and Safari open it with no problem.
>>> 
>>> Do you mean Netscape and Safari open the movie if you drag it into a browser
>>> window when the movie is on your hard drive?  That should work fine, since
>>> your computer knows what kind of file it is and is able to call on the
>>> QuickTime plugin to handle it.  But a web server has to know a file-type
>>> (MIME) mapping for a ".mov" file (video/quicktime), and if it's not
>>> programmed in the server, it will spit back the generic binary format
>>> "application/octet-stream", which can cause problems in some situations (as
>>> you've seen for yourself).
>>> 
>>> Hope that helps some more.  ;-)
>>> 
>>> - Mark
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> That usually has to do with MIME type mappings on the web server.  Usually
>>>>> if you ask the hosting provider to add a MIME type for you it shouldn't be
>>>>> a
>>>>> problem.  You should also be able to add the MIME information if you embed
>>>>> the QuickTime movie in it's own HTML page, rather than linking to it
>>>>> directly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's a sample embed tag you can use as a reference:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <embed width="320" height="256"
>>>>> pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"
>>>>> src="path/to/quicktime.mov" type="video/quicktime" controller="true"
>>>>> autoplay="true">
>>>>> 
>>>>> Note:  if you have the "controller" attribute set to "true" then you need
>>>>> to
>>>>> add 16 pixels to the height of the movie to make room for the controller
>>>>> without causing the movie to lose proportion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> There's more info on embedding QuickTime movies on web pages on Apple's
>>>>> site.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hope that helps.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Mark
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 5/7/03 10:06 AM, "Robert Schoenburg" <rschoenburg at schoenburg.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I uploaded a QT movie and a web page. The page has a link to the movie.
>>>>>> When
>>>>>> the page loads, the following message is displayed:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Plug-in for application/octet-stream is not installed
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anyone have a clue as to what this is?
>>>>>> 
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