Quicktime support
Playback of proprietary Quicktime content requires the end user to have the Quicktime
player installed. On Windows machines the player registers the MIME type with a
plug-in which is incompatible with the basic object
syntax playback.
This can be rectified by resetting the association for the Quicktime media
types to the compatible plugin (qtplugin.ocx), however, this requires the
application of a registry fix. This is not an option for general deployment and
cannot be automated using a simple plugin download.
This means that for cross-platform support you have to resort to the Internet
Explorer Nesting Hack. The following examples demonstrate this, however, you can
try the Windows registry fix to demonstrate how the basic syntax can be made to
work. Download the registry fix as a
zip file containing the fix as well as a registry patch to undo the fix.
Quicktime movie - basic mime type syntax
Only works with Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome
Quicktime - activeX syntax
Only works in Windows with IE, Safari and Chrome
Quicktime - Nested with IE hack
This has to be the preferred solution so that it works in all major browsers