Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Attributes and parameters

The embed element has a number of attributes for controlling various aspects of playback and display. These attributes are recognized by every browser that supports the embed element and are supported by the QuickTime plug-in as well.

These attributes and their values are provided to the object element using name/value pairs in the param elements. Notice in the example that the false value of the autoplay attribute in embed is repeated as a param element where name="autoplay" and value="false".

The attributes that are part of the definition of the embed element are listed here. The attributes are described as they apply to QuickTime movies. They may have other functions for other media.

src=" url "

Required. This attribute points to the video file you want to play.

width=" number of pixels " height=" number of pixels "

Required. These attributes set the width and height in number of pixels for the video frame. It is important that the values of width and height be at least 2, even when the player is set to be hidden. A value of less than 2 results in crashes in some browsers. Add 16 pixels to the height of your movie if you have also set the controller tag to true, so that the QuickTime controller strip has room to display.

hidden="true|false"

When set to true, the plug-in player is not displayed. Be sure that the height and width are set to at least 2 even if the player is hidden to prevent crashes. This attribute is listed here for thoroughness’ sake, but ...