How can I embed Quicktime movies?

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To include Quicktime Movies on your site directly through the product, you need to follow these basic steps:

Upload the file into the document library. If the file is too large, you will need to upload this file onto your FTP site.

Use the following HTML code in the desired WYSIWYG:

This means that your movie, mymovie.mov, will be played in that spot in your web page.

The width of the movie is 240 pixels.

The height is really 180 pixels, but since you want the controller to be available for your user, you need to add 16 pixels for it to appear.

The movie will play automatically since AUTOPLAY=true. Making it equal false would force the user to click on the movie to play it.

LOOP=false means that the movie will play only once instead of infinitely.

The PLUGINSPAGE tag tells the users browser where to download the QuickTime plug-in if they don't already have it.

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  • Rachel
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    Can you define what an FTP site is? Another browser correct?

  • gpeck
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    FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is a way interacting with a web server. There are quite a number of protocols, but there is one you use everyday... HTTP (the beginning of URLs) - stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. Protocols essentially establish the rules that are set for the transfer of information from one system to another. An FTP software application is required for interacting with an FTP server, however most modern browsers to offer a basic level of functionality. The assets are accessed via HTTP once they are placed in the FTP account.

    Convio sites are a combination of files and database information, with justification Convio may grant some clients access to their FTP server for special purposes. In most cases, this level of access is not required and as such is not granted without request and evaluation. FTP is somewhat like walking a high wire without a net, and should not be entered into lightly.

    A point specific to this example, the file size limitation of the document library (10MB) is fairly large as an online file. Before seeking to circumvent the library limitation by using FTP, you should consider impacts to your users as well as server performance and contractual usage limitations. Please consult with your Convio contact about these items if you are considering use of large multimedia assets on your site.

  • Derrell Wright
    Derrell Wright ✭
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    The code snippet seems to be broken so here is the updated version with FTP info as well.

    To include Quicktime Movies on your site directly through the product, you need to follow these basic steps:



    Upload the file into the document library. If the file is too large, you will need to use FTP to upload this file onto your site.



    Use the following HTML code:

    <EMBED src="DocServer/MyMovie.mov?docID=1111" WIDTH=240 HEIGHT = 196 AUTOPLAY=true CONTROLLER=true LOOP=false PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/">



    To determine what should follow the src=, follow these steps:

    1) Use the WYSIWYG to create a link to the video in the document library. It will look something like this:

    <a href="DocServer/MyMovie.mov?docID=1111">test</a>

    or for FTP it will look like this:

    "../FOLDERNAME/FILENAME"

    2) Copy the code that is contained in quotes following the href= that was created by the WYSIWYG in step 2.

    3) Paste the information you copied in step 3 following the src=. You should end up with something that looks similar to:

    src="DocServer/MyMovie.mov?docID=1111"



    In this case the width of the movie is 240 pixels. The height of the clip is really 180 pixels, but since you want the controller to be available for your user, you need to add 16 pixels for it to appear.



    The movie will play automatically since AUTOPLAY=true. Making it equal false would force the user to click on the movie to play it.



    LOOP=false means that the movie will play only once instead of repeating infinitely.



    The PLUGINSPAGE tag tells the user's browser where to download the QuickTime plug-in if they don't already have it.

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