Embedding Videos

[Janet]

Can the following code be modified so the YouTube video starts with just one click?


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Print "Video = Using CSS with Run BASIC by Carl Gundel"
key$ = "1qomg67VdF0"
Print "Key = ";key$
Print
Print "Video requires 2 Clicks to start"
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html "<embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/";key$;"&rel='1' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='355'></embed>"
Print: Print

Link #q, "Quit", [quit]
Wait

[quit]
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The same code, launching a .wmv video, begins playing without any click. Can the html code be modified so the video requires a click before starting?

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Print: Print
Print "Video = Math911 - excerpt from Late Show with Jay Leno"
Print "Video is found everywhere around the web."
Print
Print "Video starts without a click"
Print: Print
html "<embed src='http://janetterra.com/math911.wmv' &rel='1' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='355'></embed>"
Print: Print

Link #q, "Quit", [quit]
Wait

[quit]
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Thanks,
Janet

[billw]

What you're seeing is a byproduct of the way IE handles ActiveX controls. There's no workaround. The IE Team has said on their blog that the issue will be fixed in a pending update to IE7.

[Janet]

Thanks, Bill!