The New WWW FAQFrequently asked questions about the World Wide Web, including security, viruses, privacy, creating web sites, and more. By the longtime editor of the original WWW FAQ.How do I embed music or video with the sound muted- December 22, 2006 2006-12-22: I recommend the use of the free FlowPlayer Flash-based video player in my article how do I add video to my website... If you are embedding video the old-fashioned way, by embedding it directly with the embed element and allowing the web browser to choose the user's preferred video player, then you can mute the sound using the volume attribute of the element... Not every player will necessarily respect this, and users who really want to will find ways around it, so if it's crucial..http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/mute.html How do I play embedded sounds at a specific volume- December 22, 2006 2006-12-22: If you are following my recommendation and using the free Flash-based XSPF Web Music Player, this is easy to do... Here I have set the volume to 50% (50)... For more information, see How do I embed sound and music in a page...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/volume.html How do I make a video podcast- December 18, 2006 2006-12-18: Video podcasting is a way to reach people who prefer to watch video on portable players such as Apple's iPod Video... Before you get started, be sure to read the article how do I make a podcast... Video podcasting isn't that much different from audio podcasting... Ah, but that nasty word "appropriate" is where all the trouble comes in... Certain types of H.264 video...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/makevideopodcast.html What is a video podcast- December 18, 2006 2006-12-18: A video podcast is a podcast that includes video (moving pictures)...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/definitions/videopodcast.html How do I force the browser to download a file to disk instead of playing or displaying it- December 11, 2006 2006-12-11: Sometimes linking directly to audio or video files can cause problems because the website isn't fast enough to support "streaming" video playback on the fly... The first and best solution is to use the Content-disposition: header, which tells the browser that regardless of the file's content type, the proper treatment is to save it to disk... The second technique, which works nearly as well, is simply to store your file inside a zip file... A lesser-known header,...http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/forcedownload.html |