EMBED Tags for QuickTime on the Web

 

Note: This page includes the basic tags for using QuickTime on the Web.

For more tags and details, see "Embedding QuickTime for Web Delivery:" http://www.apple.com/quicktime/authoring/embed.html

Basic tag in your html document which you must type or paste into the source code:

<EMBED SRC="qtsample.mov" HEIGHT=200 WIDTH=200>
This points to the movie file and specifies the height and width of the movie.
Note: For both Mac and Windows, add 16 pixels to the height of the movie.


A few additional embed tag attributes:

autoplay
 height
 loop
cache
 hidden
 volume
controller
 kioskmode
 width

AUTOPLAY

If you do not want the movie to start playing automatically, set "AUTOPLAY" to FALSE:
If you do want the movie to start playing automatically, set "AUTOPLAY" to TRUE:

If AUTOPLAY is not specified, the default will be whatever the user has set in the QuickTime Plug-in Preferences.

CACHE

If CACHE=TRUE is specified, the browser will CACHE movies. If the movie is in CACHE when the user returns to the page, the movie will be played from CACHE instead of downloading again.

CACHE can either be TRUE or FALSE, or simply CACHE. CACHE by itself implies TRUE. The default behavior is set by the user in the 'QuickTime Plug-in Settings.'

Example: <embed src="qtsample.mov" width="200" height="240" cache="true">

If the CACHE is not specified, the default will be whatever the user has set in the Netscape Preferences.
You should experiment with these settings to see how they work in a particular situation.

 

CONTROLLER

If you do want the controller to show, set "CONTROLLER" to TRUE:
If you do not want the controller to show, set "CONTROLLER" to FALSE:

HEIGHT

If you want the movie to be visible, the HEIGHT must be specified as in the basic tag above.
Add 16 pixels to the actual height of the movie if you want the controller to be visible.

WIDTH

If you want the movie to be visible, the WIDTH must be specified as in the basic tag above.

HIDDEN

If you do want the movie to be hidden, add this tag.

LOOP

If you do want the movie to loop repeatedly, set "LOOP" to TRUE:
If you do not want the movie to loop repeatedly, set "LOOP" to FALSE:

VOLUME

Use this tag to set the starting volume. The default value is 100; a setting of "0" will silence the movie.

KIOSKMODE

If you do not want anyone to copy the movie, set "KIOSKMODE" to TRUE:
If you allow the movie to be copied, set "KIOSKMODE" to FALSE:


Default Settings for Basic Tags:

KIOSKMODE is set to FALSE.

AUTOPLAY is set to TRUE.

CONTROLLER is set to TRUE.

LOOP is set to TRUE.

VOLUME is set to 100.