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I need to embed a quicktime movie into a template.

I found this quicktime plugin: http://expressionengine.com/downloads/details/quicktimeplugin/ but it looks to be pretty old. Anyone used it recently with 1.6.7? Does it work?

Are there better ways to do this?

Deron,

My guess is that it works fine with 1.6.7 since it was last updated in Dec. 08. Don’t hold me to it though 😉

If your QT movies are appearing in a weblog entry, you could always add a custom field and upload the movie via the custom field. Then, in your template, you can add your custom field and show the movie with a simple {custom_field_name} tag. If you go this way, I recommend using the File extension.

Not using a weblog on this one. Just one movie and it will be placed directly into a template.

I hadn’t seen the last updated date.  :red: You’re probably right about it working fine.

Since it’s a one-time deal, you can also hard code it directly into your template. I’d throw it in my uploads directory then link using:

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/team-photo/movie.mov

(instead of typing http://mydomain.com/path/to/movie.mov).

Since it’s a one-time deal, you can also hard code it directly into your template. I’d throw it in my uploads directory then link using:

https://ellislab.com/asset/images/team-photo/movie.mov

(instead of typing http://mydomain.com/path/to/movie.mov).

I was under the impression that wouldn’t embed it into the site but would only display the download link?

Good point. You’d have to use an <embed> tag:

<embed src="https://ellislab.com/asset/images/team-photo/sample.mov" width="200" height="240" autoplay="true">

More on how to do this at Apple’s website.

I need to embed a quicktime movie into a template.

I like using jQuery to handle media. Plenty of plugins which make it a breeze to drop in Flash, QuickTime, whatever, into an entry. Usually, it’s nothing more than a single line of code in the entry. The resulting page validates, too (or, rather, negates the need to worry about validation).