What's New in QuickTime 4.1

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Extended JavaScript Support

JavaScript control of the QuickTime Plug-in only works in Netscape browsers at this time. Internet Explorer support is planned for a future version of the QuickTime Plug-in.

The browser will not recognize that the QuickTime Plug-in is JavaScriptable unless the movie's embed statement includes "enablejavascript=true". Technically, Netscape communicates from JavaScript to a plug-in through Java, which requires that Java is running. Rather than require that the browser be running Java to display any embedded movie, the QuickTime Plug-in does not ask the browser to start Java unless the embed statement or movie user data includes this new tag.

The following are the QuickTime Plug-in's JavaScript methods. These allow you to query and control QuickTime movies within a browser page.

Movie Commands

Movie Properties

Track Properties

Sprite Track Properties

QuickTime VR Movie Properties

Plug-in Properties

QuickTime Properties


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