Help - How do I Embed Mp4?

[ehmjay]

Okay, so I am trying to embed this movie file into my website and nothing seems to be working.
This is the code I'm currently using:

<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" WIDTH="480"HEIGHT="286" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
<PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="3x-Screener.mp4">
<PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="true">
<PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true">
<EMBED SRC="3x-Screener.mp4" WIDTH="480" HEIGHT="286" AUTOPLAY="true" CONTROLLER="true" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Someone told me that it loads everything first and THEN plays - but perhaps it just doesnt work.

You can see the actual page its loading on here:

http://imagearts.ryerson.ca/aschoales/portfolio/films/3x-watch.html

UPDATE: Did some poking around and im thinking that perhaps the server im using has blocked mp4 because if i try to load it directly/download it loads a cannot display page - if i change the extension to .mov it lets me download it just fine...

but it still wont let me embed it - even if it's set to .mov

[terryj]

the path to the mp4file should read:
http://something.something.server/containingfolder/file.mp4
in the embed tag.
this in case the Server does a weird kind of resolve....

They shouldn't block it unless it is over a certain size, or
if you have size restrictions /bandwidth restrictions on your server.

ask your webmaster as to what he says....

[ehmjay]

found out about the mp4 issue - its something the admin has to fix (just tell the windows server to allow mp4)

I tried switching the extension to .mov and embedding that and still have no luck... even after following your advice.

anyone else know?

[terryj]

I recreated your page here:
http://members.cox.net/terryjackson1/adam.html

I did as a test both .mp4 and .mov. Both embed fine.
I would look at either:

1. the size of your files--my two samples are less than 10kb a piece.
Could be size constraints on your webspace or bandwidth

2. Your Webmaster not setting correct mime typing for .mov or .mp4

But the example I gave you works fine as far as the html goes....

[Baldrick]

please just use one topic, https://forum.videohelp.com/topic344294.html