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QuickTime Size Attribute to Fit or Scale Aspect Ratio

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:39:08 +0000

How to set the size or scale the aspect ratio of a QuickTime video to a supplied size. HEIGHT=size in pixels (Required) & WIDTH=size in pixels (required) You can set the HEIGHT and WIDTH of the QuickTime embed attributes to match the size of the movie or to crop the movie to the set dimensions. For example if you set the size smaller than the source movie, you could cut off the controllers at the bottom of the player. To force the video to a smaller scale, you will have to set the SCALE attribute (see below). If you supply a height or width that is greater than the movie, the movie will be centered inside this embed size. The HEIGHT and the WIDTH of the movie can be found by choosing 'Get Info...' in the 'Movie' menu within QuickTime Player. Note:Never specify a height of less than 2 as this can cause problems with some browsers. Note 2:If the movie controller is visible, an additional 16 pixels will need to added.

SCALE=value (optional...requires QuickTime 3) SCALE is either TOFIT, ASPECT or a number. By default the value of SCALE is 1. If set to TOFIT, the movie is scaled to fit the embedded box as specified by the HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes. If this is set to ASPECT, the movie will scale to fit the embedded box while maintaining the aspect ratio. If this is set with a number, the movie will be scaled by that number (e.g. 1.5). Note: Using the number scale attribute with a QTVR Panorama movie can degrade the performance of the movie even on high-end systems.

Embed QuickTime Movies with Custom Embed Tags

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:22:11 +0000

How to hide the controller player, change movie background and auto start to the embed QuickTime mov file. AUTOPLAY=value (optional...requires QuickTime 3 or later) AUTOPLAY attribute causes the movie to start playing as soon as the QuickTime Plug-In estimates that it will be able to play the entire movie without waiting for additional data when set to TRUE. AUTOPLAY can either be set to TRUE or FALSE. The default behavior is set by the user in the 'QuickTime Plug-in Settings.' AUTOHREF=value (optional...requires QuickTime 4 or later) Load movie file immediately without waiting on a mouse click, The default value is set to FALSE: BGCOLOR=hex value (optional...requires QuickTime 3 or later) This attribute sets the background color for any eara that's not occupied by the movie. For example, if a 160x120 movie was embedded in a space of 200x120, there would be 40 pixels of undefined color space in the width. Specifying the hex value of the background color will fill the undefined space with the value specified. CONTROLLER=value(optional...requires QuickTime 3 or later) You can hide the QuickTime player controller by setting the CONTROLLER attribute to FALSE. This will effect the visibility of the movie controller. CONTROLLER can either be TRUE or FALSE. By default, CONTROLLER is TRUE. Note: For compatibility with existing web pages, the default is FALSE for QuickTime VR movies, image files, and flash files. Note 2: For poster movies, you would normally set controller="false".