Posted by patrick j on 12/30/07 23:01

On Dec 30, 2007 Art wrote:

> Patrick,
> cwdjrxyz's method certainly has merit if you're coding the page from
> scratch as it is easier to attach any parameters where you wish to
> override the default states. As I mentioned in a follow-up posting, the
> BBEdit tool was intended for bulk conversion of legacy pages that
> utilized the <embed> tag method.

Hi Art

I'll be using the BBEdit tool when that situation arises. At present I'm
dealing with just one bit of code on one page, so it is good for me to use
cwdjrxyz's method.

> Looking back at one of your follow-ups, if the final intent is to place
> this on a DVD, have you considered importing it into a tool such as
> iMovie/iDVD or Toast and creating a stand-alone DVD media ? You wouldn't
> be faced with the streaming issues, or browser "idiosyncrasies" with
> this method. Your 4.3GB movie would fit on a SL DVD media.

Yes I'd love to do it this way, it would be far better.

But...

This is a project for an MA Digital Media University course I'm doing. The
stipulation is that it should be in HTML. To fulfil that then I am putting
a wrapper for the video. It's a drag but there's no way out of it :(

I can do anything for this part of the MA, so for example I could have done
an animation, or something advanced with Photoshop, but it must be viewable
in a web-browser. In my case I've done a video. They use Macs primarily in
the shool so they all have the QuickTime plug-in.

I'm convinced now that the problem for me getting the video to work in
Firefox and other browsers is something to do with the video rather than
the code in the html page I've created.

In fact I am very likely going to create a standalone DVD version of the
video as well for my own uses :)

--
Patrick - Brighton, UK
If you wish email me from my web-site: <http://www.patrickjames.me.uk>

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