Quicktime can play mp4 files just fine. The example I gave below is from a working site with mp4 video embedded on it.
CB Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > Hello; This is pretty much what I had come around to. I don't like > the idea of running something on my site that I can't use myself. I > finally decided to search for a program that would convert my mp4 > files to mov for quicktime. Turns out vlc which is free did the trick > very nicely. Now, I have the file and the player embedded on my site, > but I'm not sure how well its working. would appreciate it if someone > would check the site and click on the watch video and tell me what > they think. Still needs some tweeking i believe. Thanks, Max > On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > > >> Flash works fine but is not accessible in Mac browsers. It has some >> accessibility on Windows with Jaws (dunno about WindowEyes) but even >> then it has to have been coded with labeled buttons and such. HTML5 >> supports a new video tag which should be accessible but I haven't >> tried >> that out. What I have done is used quicktime to embed video in the >> page >> and then made HTML links to start and stop it. Here is a snippet of >> code >> which does this: >> >> <object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" >> codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"; width="335" >> height="312" id="movie2"> >> <param name="src" value="/videos/accessibility/ >> JawsFormGoodMarkup.mp4"> >> <param name="qtsrc" >> value="/videos/accessibility/JawsFormGoodMarkupQT.smil"> >> <param name="autoplay" value="false"> >> <embed src="/videos/accessibility/JawsFormGoodMarkup.mp4" >> qtsrc="/videos/accessibility/JawsFormGoodMarkupQT.smil" >> autoplay="false" >> width="335" height="312" >> pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"; >> enablejavascript="true" name="movie2"> >> </object> >> <div> >> <a href="#" onclick="document.movie2.Play();return false">Play good >> form >> markup video</a> >> <a href="#" onclick="document.movie2.Stop();return false">Stop good >> form >> markup video</a> >> </div> >> >> You probably could do something similar for flash but the video player >> you use would need to enable control by javascript. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> CB >> >> Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: >> >>> Hello List; I need to know if there is a definitive answer about >>> whether or not flash players and their files will play on a mac. The >>> reason for this has to do with my website. I'm wanting to add a >>> video, and everything I read seams to be about using some sort of a >>> flash player. I've run across a lot of websites that talk about >>> using >>> a flv player. As macs seam to be gaining popularity I don't want to >>> put something on my website that exclused people just because they >>> aren't using internet explorer. I'll appreciate any help I can get. >>> thank you, Max >>> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
