Embedded Quicktime - huge white box

[JLS]

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I am using this code to put a quicktime movie on a friends website, but I get a huge white border round the movie no matter what size the different movies are.

In this example, I put the code in a new slice in dreamweaver (so the background is shown without actually having it as a background - photoshop slices) but there is this huge white space I want to get rid of.

Any ideas would be appreciated. (note it looks the same in internet explorer and firefox)

 

[wordmunger]

Okay, you've probably thought of this, but is that the size of the movie you're embedding? the code looks right, but perhaps the movie is a bit smaller than the space you've alotted for it.

 

[JLS]

Yeah the size is just a guess until I find out what they actually are, but no matter what size I put it at there is still that white box.

How can I find out the size of the quicktime movie so I can actually put the correct size in?

 

[wordmunger]

Yeah the size is just a guess until I find out what they actually are, but no matter what size I put it at (even 100x100) there is still that white box.

Right, but is the white box the right size? In other words, if I get you right, you're making a table of sliced images. You need the "blank" spot for the movie to be exactly the size of the movie (plus its controls). Can you make a test movie that's just the right size and try that?

 

[JLS]

How can I find out the size of the quicktime movie so I can actually put the correct size in? (im not the one encoding it)

 

[Rower_CPU]

There's no dynamic way of doing it that I know of - you've got open the file in QuickTime and get info on it (Window>Show Movie info or Command + I). It'll be listed in the info window.