Quicktime SetURL from Javascript

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ghassett - 30 Nov 2005 00:06 GMT

Hello,

When I have a Quicktime object embedded in my web page, and I use
Javascript to set its URL, the clip always starts playing immediately,
even if I have the player's autoplay property set to false. Here is a
code snippet:

<EMBED width="100%" height="100%"
TYPE="video/quicktime"
PLUGINSPAGE="www.apple.com/quicktime/download"
name="mediaPlayer"
autoplay="false"
loop="false"
enablejavascript="true">
</EMBED>

Then, in Javascript, I do this:

mediaPlayer.SetAutoPlay (false);
mediaPlayer.SetURL (filename);
mediaPlayer.Stop ();

You can see that I'm really trying to get it to load the darn clip
without playing it, but Quicktime starts playing the song every time
(even though I force a call to SetAutoPlay(false) before calling
SetURL, and call Stop() after calling SetURL())!!!!

Any help would be appreciated ....

// greg //

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VK - 30 Nov 2005 11:19 GMT

> Hello,
>
> When I have a Quicktime object embedded in my web page, and I use
> Javascript to set its URL, the clip always starts playing immediately,
> even if I have the player's autoplay property set to false.

Upon Apple
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/Conceptual/QTScripting_JavaSc
ript/bQTScripting_JavaScri_Document/chapter_1000_section_4.html>
you did all what you could. Report the bug (if it's a bug and not an
intentional feature) and do something else.

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ghassett - 30 Nov 2005 13:47 GMT

Does anyone have any advice that's more specific than "do something
else"?

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VK - 30 Nov 2005 14:13 GMT

> Does anyone have any advice that's more specific than "do something
> else"?

Did you try
ResetPropertiesOnReload(false)
or
SetResetPropertiesOnReload(false)
(Apple gives teo method names).

Did you try Google during all this time? I've got this link on the
first try:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/Conceptual/QTScripting_JavaSc
ript/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001526>
(type "Quicktime JavaScript buffering" > I'm Feeling lucky > and just
follow the logic)

If it doesn't help then it doesn't help.

The only way around I can think of is to
document.createElement("OBJECT"), set needed properties and put it as
invisible to the page. A way to get around or to crash the browser with
60/40 chances.

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Quicktime SetURL from Javascript