QuickTime Info

Hardware/Software Requirements [download]

1. A Mac running MacOS System 7 or later, or a PC running Windows
   95, NT, or 3.1. 
2. Latest version(s) of QuickTime and Macintosh Sound Manager 
   (QuickTime 2.5 for Macintosh, Sound Manager 3.2 for Macintosh
   (included in System 7.5.3), or QuickTime 2.1.1 for Windows).
3. Apple's QuickTime plug-in 
   The QuickTime plug-in is included with the 3.0 release of 
   Netscape Navigator. It can also be obtained on the Apple 
   QuickTime Software page. 
4. Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later. The current version is 
   available on Netscape's web site.  The Apple QuickTime plug-ins
   have not been fully tested with other browsers and have 
   specifically been disabled for Netscape 2.0/2.01. 
   Apple is working on a future release that supports other 
   browsers. 

Utility Software (for Macintosh)

MoviePlayer 2.5

Internet Movie Tool

Online Information

QuickTime Plug-in Sample Web Site

QuickTime FAQ Site

QuickTime (Apple)

To Use:

1. Create or obtain a midi or audio file.
2. Import the file into MoviePlayer 2.5.
3. Choose "Save As..."   Name the file using the ".mov" extension,
   select the "self-contained movie" and "playable on other 
   computers" options, and save the file.
4. Create and save an HTML document that includes an embed tag of 
   the form:
        <embed src="myfile.mov" height=32 width=150>
5. Upload both files to the same directory.

More Technical Information:

Syntax for the EMBED tag

<EMBED>

The EMBED tag is used to embed different kinds of contents within an HTML page such as QuickTime movies. When the document specified in the SRC parameter is a QuickTime movie then the QuickTime plug-in will be used to display it. As with the rest of HTML, all parameter keywords listed below are case insensitive.

SRC=url

The URL of the source document.

PLUGINSPAGE=url

PlugInsPage is an optional parameter. The PlugInsPage parameter allows you to specify a URL from which the user can fetch the necessary plug-in if it is not installed. This parameter is handled by Netscape. If Netscape cannot find the plug-in when loading your page, it will warn the user and allow them to bring up the specified URL, from which one could download the QuickTime plug-in. IMPORTANT: Please set this parameter to: "http://quicktime.apple.com" which will point to the most appropriate plug-in for various versions of Navigator and different operating systems. This option is appropriate for both QuickTime movies and QuickTime VR Objects and Panoramas.

WIDTH=size in pixels

The WIDTH attribute specifies the width of the embedded document, in pixels. This option is appropriate for both QuickTime and QuickTime VR movies. The WIDTH parameter is required unless you use the HIDDEN parameter (below). Never specify a width of less than 2 as this can cause problems with Navigator. If you are trying to use tiny width and height to hide the movie, use the HIDDEN tag instead, as explained below. If you don't know the width of the movie, open your movie with MoviePlayer (PLAYER.EXE on Windows 3.1 or PLAY32.EXE on Windows NT/'95) that comes with QuickTime and select Get Info (Get Movie Info under Windows) from the Movie menu. If you supply a width that is smaller than the actual width of the movie, the movie will be cropped to fit the width. If you supply a width that is greater than the width of the movie, the movie will be centered inside this width.

HEIGHT=size in pixels

The HEIGHT attribute specifies the height of the embedded document, in pixels. This option is appropriate for both QuickTime and QuickTime VR movies. If you want to display the movie's controller, you will need to add 24 pixels to the HEIGHT. The HEIGHT parameter is required unless you use the HIDDEN parameter (below). Never specify a height of less than 2 as this can cause problems with Navigator. If you are trying to use tiny width and height to hide the movie, use the HIDDEN tag instead, as explained below.If you don't know the height of the movie, open your movie with the MoviePlayer that comes with QuickTime (PLAYER.EXE or PLAY32.EXE on Windows 3.1) and select Get Info (Get Movie Info under Windows) from the Movie menu. If you supply a height that is smaller than the actual height of the movie (plus 24 if you are showing the controller), the movie will be cropped to fit the height. If you supply a height that is greater than the height of the movie, the movie will be centered inside this height.

HIDDEN

HIDDEN is an optional parameter. The HIDDEN parameter controls the visibility of the movie. There are no values to supply for this parameter. If you do not supply HIDDEN, then the movie will be visible. If you supply HIDDEN, the movie is not visible on the page. This option is not appropriate for QuickTime VR Objects or Panoramas. You can use the HIDDEN setting to hide a sound-only movie.

AUTOPLAY=value

AUTOPLAY is an optional parameter. When set to TRUE, the AUTOPLAY parameter causes the movie to start playing as soon as the QuickTime plug-in estimates that it will be able to play the entire movie without waiting for additional data. Acceptable values for this parameter are TRUE and FALSE. The default value of AUTOPLAY is FALSE. This option is not appropriate for QuickTime VR Objects and Panoramas.

CONTROLLER=value

CONTROLLER is an optional parameter. The CONTROLLER parameter sets the visibility of the movie controller. Acceptable values for this parameter are TRUE and FALSE. The default value of the CONTROLLER parameter is TRUE. This option is not appropriate for QuickTime VR Objects and Panoramas.

LOOP=value

LOOP is an optional parameter. When set, the LOOP parameter makes the movie play in a loop. Acceptable values for this parameter are TRUE, FALSE and PALINDROME. Setting LOOP to PALINDROME causes the movie to play alternately forwards and backwards. The default value of LOOP is FALSE. This option is not appropriate for QuickTime VR Objects and Panoramas.

PLAYEVERYFRAME=value

PlayEveryFrame is an optional parameter. When set, the PlayEveryFrame parameter causes the movie to play every frame even if it is necessary to play at a slower rate to do so. This parameter is particularly useful to play simple animations. Acceptable values for this parameter are TRUE and FALSE. The default value of the PlayEveryFrame parameter is FALSE. This option is appropriate for QuickTime movies. Note: PLAYEVERYFRAME=TRUE will turn off any audio tracks your movie may have.

HREF=url

HREF is an optional parameter. When set, the HREF parameter provides a link to another page when the movie is clicked on. This option would only be appropriate for a movie without a controller. Note: if you are using a relative pathname for the HREF then it should be relative to location of the movie specified in the SRC= parameter. This option is not appropriate for QuickTime VR Objects and Panoramas.