Adding multimedia to pages
A reference for multimedia formats and codecs is
www.fourcc.org/indexcod.htm.
- Video Formats
- QuickTime (.mov)
- Windows Media including AVI (.avi) and DirectShow (.asf)
- Real Audio/Video/Media (.rm)
- MPEG (.mpeg or .mpg)
- Flash video (.swf or .flv)
Adding video to web pages
There are two ways to place a movie on a web page; one, using
the <A>, tag required a user to click a link while the
other, using the <Embed> tag loads automatically. Here
is a sample of how to use the <A>, tag coding:
- <A HREF="media/cs217.mpg">Class
Video </A>
And here is the link to download the Class
Video (4.6 MB). Now, here
is a sample of how to use the <Embed>, tag coding:
- <EMBED src="media/sun.mov">
A Sample
that uses the <Embed> tag. The same
QuickTime movie using ActiveX controls.
An additional sample: a Real
media video.
- Audio Formats
- WAVE (.wav)
- MIDI (.mid)
- m-law (.au)
- MPEG audio(.mp3)
Adding audio to a web page
There are three basic ways to add audio to a web page, the
<A> tag, the <Embed> tag (as we saw above),
and a <BGSound> tag. An attribute can be added to the
<Embed> tag to hide the controller bar. Here
is a sample of the code that can be used.
- <A HREF="media/song.wav">A nice
song</A>
- <EMBED src="media/song.mid">
- <EMBED src="media/song.mid"
AutoStart="True" Hidden="True" Loop = "True">
- <BGSound src="media/song.mid" Loop =
"infinite">
The following pages (if they all work) illustrate each code: (You
might check what happens in different browsers.)
Link
Sample, Embed
tag sample, Embed
tag with Hidden "on" sample,
and BackGround
sound sample.