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Re: QT saving SMIL to the Desktop?

J:

I take it there's no way of overriding this behaviour then, is there? We
currently have an application established that works fine and all, and all we
did was swap out the ASX/WMV code and replaced it with SMIL/QT. We are indeed
using <a href> style links to force open a new QT window rather than using
object/embed tags, but I guess if the behaviour cannot be overridden then I
might as well just go with an embedded player window.

There are a variety of ways you could link to your smil content. I've illustrated a few here:
http://soundscreen.com/SMIL/

Is this a Mac-specific thing I'm just not used to seeing or something? I
notice when I try something similar with Safari and a PDF file, Preview
displays the file without downloading it. Is QT special in this regard? And
if so, I don't suppose you know the rationale behind downloading what is
essentially a pointer to other resources in addition to playing it? I would
have thought it would have been one or the other, I can either download the
file OR I can play it, not both.

It isn't Mac specific, but it is client/browser specific. It really depends on how their browser is configured to handle smil. When using an href tag, the browser will use the mime type of the object referenced. What happens next depends on how the the client's browser to handle that mime type. If you want to invoke a specific plug-in (i.e. QuickTime) use the Object/Embed tag.

-George


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