'Embedding' QuickTime

An article, posted almost 21 years ago filed in html, online, video, standards, quicktime, movies & embedding.

There seems to be a problem with embedding quicktime video when XHTML strict is being used. Solving our problem with the <embed>-tag is no option. But do we have, to have quicktime working on (@ Windows machines) for IE as well as Mozilla users, to use non-validating code, or work with javascript workarounds?Update: More up to date information on this matter can be found on age's site. Embedding Quicktime video is not as easy for a webdesigner as one would guess. Simply using the <object>-tag following the rules set by the w3c doesn't work (for Mozilla it does, but not for IE).I try using the data tag for referring to the original content, and the type attribute for assigning the right mimetype.

	<object data="test.mov" type="video/quicktime" style="width:380px;  height:285px;">   
		   <p>Error Text or alternative object, or alternative  image...</p>
  </object>
	
	Result: (Mozilla wor...

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