Okay, I'm at my wit's end trying to do this. I'll try to keep this brief, but I'm just learning html and don't do well with anything abstract. I made a file into which I put two things: 1) index.html and 2) a video, "mov00691". The code (in 1, mentioned earlier) is:

<a href="mov00691"><See whomever></a>
<embed src="mov00691" autostart=false></ebded>

When I open the file in a browser, I can see and click the link, but after clicking, I see:

File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /C:/Documents and Settings/SheltonLott/seeillegal/mov00691.
(etc.)

So, what am I doing wrong? I can click on the video in that folder and have it play fine, but not when I go through a browser. Any ideas? Please help. Oh, and by the way, "seeillegal" has nothing to do with porn, if you were wondering.

Sincerely,
Shelton

<embed> is Netscape specific tag that is not supported by other browsers BTW. <object> is the correct one

if the file is called "mov00691" then it should work.

BUT if the file is called "mov00691.mov" or "mov00691.avi" or "mov00691.some-other-filetype-extension" it won't

Thanks for the information Christhirst, but no luck. I usually use the Mozilla browser, but I also tried the file in IE. The original location of the file on my computer is:

C:\Documents and Settings\Shelton Lott\My Documents\Image Transfer\'06_04_03_01\DCIM\101MSDCF

It is one of several video and image files in that folder. I was able to copy the particular video to my desktop and drag it into my "Seeillegal" file. When I look at it there, it comes up as "MOV00691". When I put my cursor on it, I see:

Type: Movie file (mpeg)
Size: 702 kb

I added ".mpeg" after "MOV00691" in both the "a href" and "object src" without success. I'm surprised to learn that "embed" is Netscape-specific; I have been trying to learn code through davesite.com and never noticed anything about that there, although I haven't gone through every lesson there.

Shelton

Yep, but does the file have a .mpeg extension? It could also be .mpg!

In windows explorer use

Tools -> Folder Options -> View tab -> Uncheck "Hide file extensions for know filetypes"

Wow! Thanks, Chris. It showed as an ".mpg" after doing that, and now the video plays! All that I had to do was add ".mpg" after "MOV00691" in both "a href" and "object". You definitely made my day. I didn't even realize that ".mpg" and ".mpeg" were two different file extensions.

Now I can't get it to stop automatically playing, although I have "autostart=false" in the "object" deal. If I can't figure it out after trying for a few hours, I'll post another topic.

Thanks again; you wouldn't believe how many hours I had spent unsuccessfully trying to get videos to work. Happy Easter!

Shelton

Add "loop=false" to the object to get it to only play once. I think that's right code, but I'm sure someone will correct me if it's not.

Vangogh,

What I'm wanting to do is have the video load once a link is clicked, but not play until someone presses "play"; I'm not having a problem with the video looping. I've only spent about fifteen minutes on that particular issue, though, so I have about two hours and forty five minutes before I throw in the towel.

I know that everything would be easier if I were to buy something like "Frontpage", but I'm trying to learn HTML so that I'll have half a clue about what I'm doing. Progress, though, is much slower than I'd like.

Shelton

I understand now. I'm not a Flash expert, but I think what you want is an flv player. I think that's the skin for the flash files that will have the play/pause button, etc. Like I said though I'm hardly a Flash expert so someone here probably knows better than I do about this.