Working with JavaScript Sound in Mac OS X and Windows Browsers Without Flash, Using QuickTime, Minus Opera
November 25, 2007 – 1:27 am
Short Explanation.
Use QuickTime to handle your sound. Nuff said.
Longer Explanation.
Read this article at Apple Developer Connection: Controlling QuickTime Using JavaScript. It is a great, simple and clean introduction to all you need to know for using JavaScript + QuickTime.
Why QuickTime Works?
Who cares? It just works.
As mentioned before in an earlier post announcing Primezero Chinese Tools 1.4, accessing the QuickTime methods using JavaScript works in any browser that allows the QuickTime plugin.
Here are the advantages to using QuickTime to handle sound that I have seen so far:
- QuickTime works on Windows and Mac. It works in Firefox, Camino, Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Safari and Shiira. The only open issue is with Opera.
- Students learning Chinese who download podcasts to iTunes will have the QuickTime plugin
2 Responses to “Working with JavaScript Sound in Mac OS X and Windows Browsers Without Flash, Using QuickTime, Minus Opera”
Pinyin sound now available in Opera.
http://www.primezero.com/chinese/features.php#hearpinyinsound
By admin on Dec 3, 2007