[thelist] Slide show with html text

Stuart Young syoung at unitec.ac.nz
Mon Oct 13 23:11:42 CDT 2003


> So if I take the SMIL route, [1.] will it require that the user has or
> downloads a plug-in?  If so, [2.] is the plug-in compatible with AOL, NS
> 4.7, and IE 5 browsers? 

Yes, and Yes.

Smil files play in Real Player, which is widespread enough not to worry about.

There is also a Java applet that will play them.
http://www.empirenet.com/~joseram/pinpoint/pinpoint.html

See:
http://www.streamingmediaworld.com/smil/ 
http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/ 
for tutorials and links.

cheers




Dr Stuart Young,       +64 (0)9-815 4321 Ex 8656
<syoung at unitec.ac.nz>     
Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Technology,
UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
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