August 2006
Beginner
456 pages
14h 55m
English
One of the nice features of QuickTime is that you can offer a preview movie (also called a poster movie). This can be a single JPEG image or just a shortened version of your movie. Your full-length version will be played when the visitor clicks on the preview movie.
To offer a preview movie:
1. | Create a single frame or shortened version of your movie. Save it in QuickTime format with the .mov extension and upload it to your server.
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2. | Insert the preview.mov file on your page in the usual fashion.
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3. | Use <param name="controller" value= "false" /> to hide the controller.
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4. | Type <param name="href" value="full-movie.mov" />, where fullmovie.mov is the full-length version of your movie.
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5. | Type <param name="target" value="myself" ... |
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