Bye Bye Embed. It has always gotten my goat that Internet Explorer’s non-standard use of the object tag has forced standards-loving browsers to use the non-standard embed tag in order to embed movies on a web page. Even on Apple’s site, the embed tag—a Netscape extension, for Pete’s sake! —is so entrenched that it’s hard to even find information about using the object element for QuickTime, except in a non-standard way. The use of embed has gone on too long. Wishing for it to become part of the official specs is like wishing your partner would start putting the cap on the toothpaste. It’s not going to happen. It’s time to move on. Online Movies: Google Video and YouTube#section1 ALA readers will remember Drew McLellan’s seminal article on Flash Satay.
I’ve been experimenting with Drew’s code on Google Video and YouTube content. My real peeve, however, as I mentioned above, isn’t with Flash movies—which I have little experience with—but with QuickTime and Windows Media Player movies. Eureka! Authoring - SMIL. Preparing Websites with Active Content for Upco... Web Player: Code Generator | DivX Labs. Dr. DivX is a cosmetic surgeon for your video collection. The doctor takes almost any frumpy old video file you have laying around and converts it into a sharp, lean mass of multimedia joy. Audio/Video files are compressed using a codec.
There are countless codecs to choose from although you usually don't make a conscious choice. You probably already have a bunch of video files encoded with a variety of codecs. The doctor will convert that mess into a library of tightly encoded DivX video files. There are lots of reasons why everyone clamors for a library of DivX video files. Due to all the poorly crafted codecs and players out there, lots of videos don't play very well. HTML Scripting Guide for QuickTime: QuickTime <...