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Embedding Video in XHTML
Content from video-sharing services such as YouTube or Google Video, which serve movies through the Flash Player,
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can be embedded using the Flash Satay method discussed earlier. Listing 9-22 shows an example.
Listing 9-22.
Embedding a Flash Video Using Flash Satay
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
data="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4226784084458819393#" width="400"
height="326" id="VideoPlayback">
<param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4226784084458819393#" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
</object>
Window Media Video files (
.wmv
) can be embedded by using the MIME type
video/x-ms-wmv
(Listing 9-23).
Listing 9-23.
Embedding a WMV Video File
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv"
data="http://www.example.com/dreamcar.wmv"
width="320" height="260">
<param name="src" value="http://www.example.com/dreamcar.wmv" />
<param name="autostart" value="true" />
<param name="controller" value="true" />
</object>
For QuickTime videos, there are dedicated MIME types: the
video/quicktime
and the
application/x-
quicktime
. IE tends to open such videos through an ActiveX control. To embed QuickTime videos in a browser-
independent way that also validates, you can use the method presented in Listing 9-24.
Listing 9-24.
Embedding a QuickTime Video File
<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
codebase="
http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab
"
width="352" height="288">
<param name="src" value="http://www.example.com/video/dreamcars.mov" />
<param name="controller" value="true" />
<param name="autoplay" value="false" />
<!--[if !IE]>-->
<object type="video/quicktime" data="http:// www.example.com/video/dreamcars.mov"
width="352" height="288">
<param name="autoplay" value="false" />
<param name="controller" value="true" />
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->
</object>
The code provided as IE-style conditional comments
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is used by all browsers except Internet Explorer, in which
these comments are hidden and the outer object is displayed.
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Adobe Flash Player is widely used for streaming video playback on web sites.
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The method was suggested by Lachlan Hunt.
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