'embedding' movie clips in html?

[theebalinda]

Hi everyone:
What's the cleanest way to embed a movie clip into html code?
I was shown using two different ways; but a)the quality is not as good as it should be and
b.) it takes to long.
The way I was shown was to take a movie clip into Adobe Image ready and edit it accordingly, then
optimize it for the web and it will generate the appropriate code for you.

The thing is, I have heard of an 'embed' tag that will do this in a more elegant way.

If anyone has any answer to this, or just any feedback please let me know.

thanks!!!!

[papabaer]

Hello theebalinda,

Embedding multimedia files of any type has issues that need to be addressed. The most obvious is whether your visitors will have the plug-in, player or viewer required. Regarding film clips, you have a number of formats as well as three major viewers, Real Player, Quick Time and Windows Media.

Many site offering multimedia files offer links to files in mulitple formats to meet the widest possible audience. It is far easier to link to the file (such as a .ram file for Real Player or a .mov for Quick Time) and allow the end-users player of choice to launch independently.

You can find tutorials on "embedding" multimedia from Realplayer.com, Quicktime and Windowsmedia.com - please note however: the <embed> tag has been deprecated, <object> should be used in it's place.