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Web Design in a Nutshell, eMatter EditionThe dynsrc Attribute
This is Internet Explorer’s attribute for embedding a video inline on a page. Note:
This tag does not work with any version of Netscape Navigator, so using it may
alienate a large portion of your audience.
You place this tag on a page like any other image, and you can add the same
attributes to it that you could add to an<img>tag, such as alignment, horizontal
and vertical gutter space, etc., as follows:
<IMG DYNSRC="waycool.mov" ALIGN=right HSPACE=12>
The<img dynsrc>tag can also take a number of specialized attributes for
controlling video display:
controls
Adds playback controls for the video.
dynsrc=url
Provides the URL for the video file to be displayed on the page.
loop=value
Sets the number of times to play the video. It can be a number value or set to
infinite.
start=fileopen, mouseover
Specifies when to play the video. By default, it begins playing as soon as it’s
downloaded (fileopen). You can set it to start when the mouse pointer is
over the movie area (mouseover). If you combine them (separated by a
comma), the movie plays once it’s downloaded, then again every time the
user mouses over it.Bibliography
The following books were instrumental in writing this chapter. Both are excellent
resources for further study.
Designing Multimedia Web Sites, Stella Gassaway, Gary Davis and Catherine
Gregory (Hayden Books, 1996), ISBN 1-56830-308-4.
Publishing Digital Video, Second Edition, Jan Ozer (Academic Press, 1997),
ISBN 0-12-531942-8.