Embedded quicktime files in website

Hi
whats the best method of embedding some .mov h264/mp3 demos in a website WITHOUT having the videos load on page load. essentially i want an embedded player like the JW FLV Media Player which you see on blogs all the time and doesnt load the video until the user clicks on the video image - problem is it dosent work with my .movs, are there any other flash-written embedded players that will?

The technique is known as a "poster movie" page.
A simple image file format saved as a .mov file. It loads the QuickTime browser plug-in (testing the machine for a QuickTime install) and just "waits" for a viewers "click".
The click triggers the HREF link and the "target" (browser window, new browser window or QuickTime Player) downloads and displays the file.
Advantages to this method are obvious. The image format "poster" is a very tiny file size. Nothing happens until a visitor click on those images so you could have dozens of them on a single page. Nothing downloads until a visitor clicks which saves you tons of bandwidth usage.
One of my pages as an example:
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/03war/
Another method is a QuickTime Media Link file. These are tiny .qtl files that are "text based" links you can add to your page(s). Because they are text based URL's you could disguise them in the body of an html file page text. They measure in KB's (bytes, really) and a click on them would download to the viewers computer. If they have their browser set to open "Safe" files the QuickTime Player app would launch and the file would play using the Presentation settings you set for the file.
Another of my files as an example:
http://homepage.mac.com/kkirkster/.Public/TouchofGrey.qtl
If my example reverts to the "small" version please wait about 30 seconds and then hit Command-F to revert to full screen so more data can download.

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Problem embedding quicktime files

Hi,
I run a website with embedded quicktime files at www.tubespot.com. I have a problem viewing the quicktime files using Safari. The page seems to work fine on any other web browser.
I copied the code for the <object> tag and the <embed> tag straight from trailers.apple.com. And in Safari, if I refresh several times, eventually it will show the video. This is true on any of several macs running Panther and Tiger.
Also, when I put forth just the <object> tag it works every time. But in the context of my site, it often doesn't show up. I've tried playing with the tag specs to make sure there's way more than enough room, etc., but I cannot seem to make it consistently show up.
Can anyone look at the code and offer any insight to the problem? Is anyone able to reliably see the videos using Safari?
Thanks,
Chris

Read Bill Hunt on a file type as WRAPPER
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811?tstart=0
What CODEC is INSIDE that file? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037?tstart=0
Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below
For PC http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ or http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
For Mac http://mediainfo.massanti.com/
Once you know exactly what it is you are editing, report back with that information... and your project setting, and if there is a red line above the video in the timeline, which indicates a mismatch between video and project

How do I get an embedded quicktime file to appear "activated" w/playback & volume upon opening PDF?

I am new to adobe acrobat, and I'm using version 8. I am trying to insert quicktime videos in a PDF File. I have figured out how to insert the video files and embed them in the PDF.
However, when I save the PDF, close it, and then re-open the it, the quicktime file does not appear. If I don't use a poster image, then it is just blank where the file is, but the file is there, and when I click on the empty space where I know that it has been embedded a dialog box opens about playing it just this once, or making it a trusted file, etc. Then it plays, and the volume and playblack controls, along with the background, are visible. (it is actually just an audio track in a quicktime file, so nothing is playing but the audio, and the background is solid black. I have set it up so that it stays there once activated.
What I want is for the volume and playblack controls and the black background to appear as soon as you open the PDF file, without having to click in the blank area where the file has been inserted. This is going to be part of a portfolio that I am submitting for a school program, so I need the person that is opening it to be able to clearly see where the file is, and see the playblack and volume controls so that he can playback the file.
So how do i get the embedded quicktime file to automatically show up in "activated" mode, with the playback and volume controls visible and ready to be used?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks...

If the video is only linked it would reduce the file size of the pdf and it would make it accessible for people opening on a device (like iPad) which does not allow flash which must be installed with Acrobat to view embedded media.
But I would recommend to send the people only a link to the PDF. I hate it, when my iPhone filled with useless stuff, if I would like to see it I could donwload, but as attachment make my space overfilled.

Embedded QuickTime files not playing sound

I'm having trouble getting older, embedded QuickTime files to play properly. Many of them do play but without sound.
An example:
The embedded QuickTime files in questions 6 and 10 here...
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Web_Quizzes/Quiz_07/07web.htm l
...do not play sound.
When viewing the files directly...
Example: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Web_Quizzes/Quiz_07/07_Quiz_m edia/0706_split_brain_red.mov
...the sound plays properly.
I have done a bit of playing around on a few different machines and have found the following:
2009 MacBook Pro: video and sound play correctly in Safari and Firefox
OS X: 10.7.5
Safari: 6.1.6
Firefox: 36.0 with QuickTime Plugin ?
QuickTime 7: ?
QuickTime X:10.1
2009 Mac Mini: video and sound play correctly in Safari and Firefox
OS X: 10.8.5
Safari: 6.2.3
Firefox: 33.1 with QuickTime Plugin 7.7.1
Firefox: 36.0.1 with QuickTime Plugin 7.7.1
QuickTime 7: 7.6.6
QuickTime X: 10.2
2011 Mac Mini: video and sound play correctly in Safari and Firefox
OS X: 10.9.5
Safari: 7.1.3
Firefox: 31.0 with QuickTime Plugin 7.7.1
Firefox: 36.0.1. With QuickTime Plugin 7.7.3
QuickTime 7: 7.6.6
QuickTime X: 10.3
2011 iMac: no sound in videos, improper display of video with menu in both Safari and Firefox
OS X: 10.10.2
Safari: 8.0.3
Firefox: 36.0.1 with QuickTime Plugin 7.7.3
QuickTime 7: 7.6.6
QuickTime X: 10.4
2011 Mac Pro: no sound in videos, improper display of video with menu in both Safari and Firefox
OS X: 10.10.2
Safari: 8.0.3
Firefox: 36.0.1 with QuickTime Plugin 7.7.3
QuickTime 7: 7.6.6
QuickTime X: 10.4
Is this a Yosemite issue? Not being able to play older QuickTime 7 files properly? I'm not sure what else the issue could be since everything seems to work fine in 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 (unfortunately, I have been unable to test this in 10.10 or 10.10.1). Maybe I'm overcomplicating a simple issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Is this a Yosemite issue? Not being able to play older QuickTime 7 files properly? I'm not sure what else the issue could be since everything seems to work fine in 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 (unfortunately, I have been unable to test this in 10.10 or 10.10.1). Maybe I'm overcomplicating a simple issue? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Some very interesting observations which peaked my own curiosity due to on-again, off-again nature of the playback. I suspect this is either a "bug" or represents content handling changes that are currently in the process of "evolving." Not a web site programmer so I used iWeb to run some contrast-comparison tests on how audio was handled by the plug-in software when directly accessing the content by its URL and via the page embed strategies. My results mirrored yours in that:
1) All legacy codecs tested (A-Law, IMA, QDM2, QPV, and u-Law) in an MOV file container played correctly in the QT 7 player.
2) The same files all played correctly when content was accessed by the plug-in software directly using the URL reference.
3) None of the files containing legacy audio compression formats would play audio using the plug-in software using a web page embedding strategy.
4) An MP4 (H.264/AAC) version of you original clip played correctly in all instances.
5) Replacing your QDM2 audio track with an AAC audio track in the original MOV file allowed the file to play correctly in all instances.
Based on these observations, I suspect the problem is in the way the software is currently programmed to handle (or rather ignore) the embedded strategy content. However, as you indicated, it is probably time to update your files. Not only did the H.264/AAC version of your original file play in all instances, but it used less than 45% of the file space/bandwidth for the settings I employed as compared to your original "0706_split_brain_red.mov" original file.

Embedding quicktime files to be viewed in mobile safari on iphone

I'm trying to place some quicktime files i've made on my site so that they're viewable on my iphone's mobile safari browser. I can't seem to get it to work, anyone else have any luck?
Currently i've exported it as .mov, and .m4v several different ways including using QTPro, FCP, and compressor and always selecting the iPhone option.
Is there a certain type of html the iphone needs to have the video embedded with in order to read it on the iphone?
My current result is either the phone says "can't download file" or "quicktime can't play file"

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http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

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Possible workarounds that don't load the movie until the play button is selected:
Opening Item in a New, Precisely Sized Window
QT Movies via Export for Web in QT Player
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Embedding QuickTime Files - Autoplay Off ?

I thought I would embed my clients QuickTime movies instead
of opening up into a new page, href. they are embedded fine HOWEVER
all are playing at once when page opens!!!. I do not see Properties
for Quicktime.
I used the xhtml code line : <parem name="autoplay"
value="false" />
which does not fix the problem. Here is the whole code for
one of the movies, if it helps (came from classroom teacher)


<object
classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
codebase="
http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"
width="320" height="255">
<param name="src"
value="../../movietests/ffems_entry.mov" />
<parem name="autoplay" value="false" />



<object type="video/quicktime"
data="../../movietests/ffems_entry.mov" width="320"
height="255">
<parem name="autoplay" value="false" />
alt : <a href="../../movietests/ffems_entry.mov">Click
for Movie </a>
</object>


</object>

This method uses two tags: <object> and <embed>.
This is for maximum browser
compatibility.
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/quicktime/streaming/
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
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"Jane Barber" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g0kpka$p25$[email protected]..
> I thought I would embed my clients QuickTime movies
instead of opening up
into
> a new page, href. they are embedded fine HOWEVER all are
playing at once
when
> page opens!!!. I do not see Properties for Quicktime.
> I used the xhtml code line : <parem name="autoplay"
> value="false" />
> which does not fix the problem. Here is the whole code
for one of the
movies,
> if it helps (came from classroom teacher)
>
> 
> 
>
> <object
classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
> codebase="
http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"
> width="320" height="255">
> <param name="src"
value="../../movietests/ffems_entry.mov"
/>
> <parem name="autoplay" value="false" />
> 
>
>
> 
> 
>
> <object type="video/quicktime"
> data="../../movietests/ffems_entry.mov" width="320"
height="255">
> <parem name="autoplay" value="false" />
> alt : <a
href="../../movietests/ffems_entry.mov">Click for
> Movie </a>
> </object>
> 
> 
> </object>
>
>
>

QuicktimeX Not Streaming Apple Trailers or Embeded Quicktime Files

For examples, going to http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/invictus/ and clicking "Large" or any other format brings up a black box with a link saying "QuickTime required. Free download". Clicking an hd format (480, 720, etc" does absolutely nothing. Nothing loads, no progress bar, no downloads windows. This happens in both Safari and Firefox.

I too cannot get movie trailers to play on my macbook running leopard. If I go to the apple website to play trailers.. I get an error that says "quicktime required,. free dowload". I try to download it and its version 7 of quicktime so I get an error message saying it can't be installed because quicken x is already installed. All I am trying to do is play some movie trailers. I tried trashing quicken x and re-installing form the mac oxc snow leopard disc, but that didn't fix it. Same thing happens. 'm perplexed?

Embedding Quicktime On Website

Hey,
I'm working on a website that involves embedding a few movies I've made as quicktime files.
Here's a link to the site so that you can see what I am talking about:
www.nathan.onemightymyth.com/movies
I've set it up so that when the person clicks on the link to the movie, a small pop-up window opens, and the movie loads in that window.
The problem is, for some reason quicktime doesn't seem to want to load right away. Usually, when I watch movies online in embedded quicktime files, the player shows up, even before the video is loaded completely, and you can watch the download progress on the little slider bar.
For some reason, on my website, quicktime will not open until the file is completely downloaded.
I'm not sure if this is an issue with the script, or with the format I use when I create the file?
Here's the script I used:
<embed src="http://www.nathan.onemightymyth.com/movies/station/Station.mov" width="300" height="216" bgcolor="#000000" autoplay="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" type="video/quicktime">
Dell XPS 400 Windows XP using Premiere Pro 1.5 for Exporting *.mov files

Thanks for your help. We're getting somewhere.
I've replaced my code with the correctly one, thank you very much for bringing that to my attention, QuickTimeKirk.
However, I can't seem to find the "Fast Start" feature when encoding my quicktime files.
I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro to encode quicktime, but am willing to download any programs that do have this feature.
I've posted a message on an adobe forum asking if anyone knows anything about this "fast start" thing. So maybe someone will answer that for me, but if anyone knows where I can find this feature, please let me know. Thanks again.

Embedding a quicktime file into a page

hey guys. Im trying to embedd a quicktime file into a page
ive made. I found this tutorial online.
http://www.csupomona.edu/~llsoe/42101/premiere/playmov.htm
I embedded the file but when i try to play it its telling me
"Unable to find the plug-in that handles this media type. " When I
play the movie in quicktime its fine, buyt I cant get it to play on
the page? Has anyone ran into this before? Thanks

There is a great extension that will do it all for you and
it's free...it's here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#view=sn106&viewName=Exchange%20Search%20De tails&loc=en_us&authorid=32895559&page=0&scrollPos=0&subcatid=0&snid=sn106&itemnumber=0&ex tid=1007547&catid=0

Can a flash website launch quicktime files?

Hi
I am not really familiar with what options are available for
video but would appreciate some advice on what is achievable. Does
the server always need to be enabled in some way to run any type of
flash video, if so can flash launch quicktime files?
Many thanks
Tristram23

If your question is to whether Flash can load QuickTime into
a swf, the
answer is no. Flash can load Flash Video (.flv)
If your question is whether Flash can launch a QuickTime
movie, use
getURL("yourMovie.mov")
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> Hi
>
> I am not really familiar with what options are available
for video but
> would
> appreciate some advice on what is achievable. Does the
server always need
> to be
> enabled in some way to run any type of flash video, if
so can flash launch
> quicktime files?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Tristram23
>

HTML code for embedding QT file

Hey QuickTimeKirk, I liked yr last answer and liked yr new proposal even better. So can you tell me the HTML code for embedding a looping .mov file on a website?

Here's a link that describes the html tags for QuickTime files:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61011
Here's a link that shows a more modern method required by IE on a PC:
http://developer.apple.com/internet/ieembedprep.html
The tag for looping is simply loop="true" (embed tag) and param name="loop" value="true" for the object tag.

Downloading Quicktime files in Safari - Snow Leopard.

I seem to be having trouble downloading a quicktime file from my University website since I upgraded to Snow Leopard. I found some posts on other sites that say you can get the URL from Safari's activity window and paste it into the 'open URL' box in Quicktime 7 - or even just double click the URL in the activity list. These seem to work ok; however, the Quicktime file I'm trying to access seems to be embedded in the University System; I know they use Java, so I'm presuming its embedded in a Java applet. This means that the URL of the file is not displayed in Safari's activity window and is not part of the HTML source code. This, combined with the lack of the old Quicktime 7 Pro menu tab on the window, mean I can't download the file.
Does anyone know if there's a way around this? It would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Awesome, Limnos! That's done the trick; thanks very much for your advice.

Acrobat Pro: Making timecode visible in embedded sound files?

Hello. I teach music history courses. For copyright purposes (i.e., to prevent music theft), I am embedding sound files in PDFs for student use. Some of my commentaries have timing cues (e.g., Horns enter at 3'38"), but I've not found a way to make the timecode visible to the students.
Time codes are, of course, a standard feature on most music players (iTunes, Quicktime, WMP, etc.), as well as on many Flash players. It seems reasonable that the media player in Acrobat should have a similar feature, even if disabled by default. But if it does, I have been unable to locate or enable it. Does such a feature exist on Acrobat?
If not, does anyone have a recommendation for a possible alternative? Thanks.

You do know that as of Acrobat 9.0 you are able to include Flash Movies in PDFs. Now as to how that works I couldn't tell you as I haven't used Flash much even though I have it as part of Studio 8.

Embedded wav files not playing in IE7 after installing QT 7.3

I created a web page that uses javascript to play embedded wav files on an onclick event. I was having trouble with my Firefox browser not playing the wav files at all, so I thought I'd update from QT 7.1 to QT 7.3. This has caused my IE browser to stop playing the embedded files, and has not helped my Firefox browser, either. Uninstalling QT 7.3 does restore IE7's ability to play the embedded files. I'm using some simple popular Javascript for the function, and the page works for me in my home installation of Firefox, so I'm still mystified why the wav files won't play on my workplace Firefox (yes, I tried disabling all the other plugins, to no avail), and also, I need to fix IE7 now, as well. QuickTime Object is enabled in IE's add-ons list.
I did search all over the knowledge base here and at Firefox's site for solutions.
Suggestions?

Internet Explorer requires the "object" tag code and your html only uses "embed".
http://developer.apple.com/internet/ieembedprep.html for more info.

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