What's New in QuickTime 5

Displaying Movies in Web Pages

Now you put all of the movies in the same directory together. Do not change any of the names. Even changing capitalization will break the references. If you need different names, go back and repeat the process with a different starting name.

There are a few ways to go about displaying the movie in your Web pages. The simplest (and least attractive) approach is to put a link to the first node in one of your pages:



 
<A href src="my_scene_node127.mov">click to view the QTVR scene"</a>

This causes the Plugin to open the movie in an empty browser window. Clicking any URL links loads the new movies in the same place.

You can improve the user experience significantly by embedding the movies in your pages:



 
<Embed src="my_scene_node127.mov"...

You copy and paste the embed tags provided in the HTML file written by the Splitter. In this case, the Plugin displays the movie in place like a graphic. However, when you click a URL link the new movie will be loaded in a blank window like the above case.

To remedy this, either override the URLs in the movies with links to pages with the other nodes embedded in them (a bit of work), or display the movies in a frame.

To load the movies in a frame, just use the first one as a frame source (instead of an HTML source with it embedded):



 
<frameset>...

Now the movies will all load in that frame, providing a smooth experience for the user.

What's New in QuickTime 5