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Re: Re[2]: quicktime accessibility

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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Jul 9, 2004 1:21PM

The way I do this is to use QuickTime reference movies (which a qtl file is
a type of). Apple makes a tool called "makerefmovie"
(http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/quicktimeintro/tools/) which allows
you to create a very small .mov which you link to directly. QuickTime opens
the .mov, which then opens the movie. This is helpful when using a qt smil
movie or an mpg that you want to open in QT, and Jared's instructions show
how to make the movie open in the QT player (if you use a qtl file, the
server configuration is particularly important - if the server isn't
configured to handle a qtl file the user may just see XML).

If you link to the mov in an anchor tag, there is the possibility that the
user's browser will try to play the media in the browser - this is user
configurable, but few users will modify this setting. However, I haven't
found too much difficulty with this, so I generally link directly via an
anchor tag to the mov.

AWK


On 7/9/04 12:25 PM, "Jared Smith" wrote:

>
>> What's the best (or most widely accpted) way to handle a text
>> link to an external viewer.
>
> There are two ways to open a Quicktime movie in the stand-alone
> player. One is to link to a page that has an embedded placeholder movie
> which tells the stand-alone movie to open and play the movie you want.
> This is an extra step for the end user and because there is an
> embedded movie, it may be confusing to end users, especially those
> using AT.
>
> The second method involves using the .qtl file. This is the most
> simple method, though the user must have Quicktime 5 or newer (not
> typically an issue). The .qtl file is simply a text file that contains
> the reference information for the movie you want to open.
>
> Both methods are detailed at
> http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/quicktime/7#opening
>
> Jared Smith
> WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind)
> Center for Persons with Disabilities
> Utah State University
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