Best HTML code to display Video in Any browser is ???

will-3 wrote on 9/5/2003, 8:37 AM

I found out in a previous post that MS's Front Page uses the Dynsrc tag by default to display video... BUT... this tag is only used by MS so your video will only play in MS Internet Explorer... and there are other browsers out there so...

1 - What is the best line of HTML code to use to make sure your video will display in the most browsers?

2 - Ditto... if you video is in .wmv Windows Media 9 format?

Thanks for any help.

Will

Comments

Jay Gladwell wrote on 9/5/2003, 9:08 AM

I simply give people the option of choosing--Windows Media or Quicktime. Then render two files each in small and medium. See:

http://www.gooddogproductions.com/samples.htm

By-the-way, using this method allows Windows Media to be played using Mozilla (Netscape) browsers.

Cheesehole wrote on 9/5/2003, 6:29 PM

probably an <object> tag for IE with an <embed> tag nested inside it for other browsers...

<object>
<embed>
</embed>
</object>

you can find the exact code on the MS site.

kleb wrote on 9/6/2003, 12:16 AM

Timely topic as I am also dealing with a Mac client who cannot play my *.wma file from their browser. I'll try out these tags!

-kleb