Hi all - I'm trying to figure out a way for each movie in a
sequence I'm playing with QTNEXT to have its own distinct link.
Any thoughts on how to make this happen? It looks like the HREF
applies to the whole sequence. I haven't been able to think of
anything better than basically abandoning QTNEXT to drive the
sequence, and instead have just one QTNEXT which calls a
javascript function that sets all the parameters and plays the
next movie. But I'd rather not do that . . . thoughts?
Hi Steve. There are numerous approaches, but here's the most
obvious one:
You can put EMBED parameters such as HREF right into movies
themselves. That way you can let each movie have its own HREF
parameter, instead of just using the HREF parameter from the web
page. To place EMBED plugin parameters into movies, use the
PluginHelper utility program from Apple:
<http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/quicktimeintro/tools/
pluginhelper.html>
Very cool - I set this up and it appears to work, but with a couple
of quirks. I need the link to load in another frame, and setting the
object's TARGET attribute did that. But the weird thing is that even
though each movie has its own HREF (verified in the QT player),
clicks always go to the HREF of the first movie in the QTNEXT
sequence. I tried adding the SAVEEMBEDTAGS=FALSE and
AllowEmbedTagOverrides=TRUE attributes, but that didn't seem to
change anything. Even if I don't click on anything until the 2nd or
3rd movie, it still goes to the HREF embedded in the first
movie. . . . weird . . .
So, unless someone has a bright idea, it looks like I'm back to using
javascript triggered by QTNEXT that would grab the movie data from a
list and set the movie and HREF for the object explicitly to the next
next in the sequence.
Thanks,
SR
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