Introduction

When you want to display video or audio on your web page, using the SiteSpinner Embed File/Media () tool button would be your natural choice. This method provides File Type options for general media file formats, such as QuickTime, Audio, and Video. The SiteSpinner method of embedding media requires browsers capable of using external players or Active-X extensions. Modern browsers support the HTML5 standard, with built-in video and audio players. They no longer support external players or Active-X, so the generated SiteSpinner HTML code does not work as expected. However, modern browsers can detect that you have media embedded and will use their internal players.

Sections of this tutorial will discuss the pitfalls of using the standard SiteSpinner method, how to use the newer HTML5 <video> and <audio> tags, and how to customize the players using JavaScript.

Note: Quicktime from Apple is no longer a good choice. Apple stopped supporting Quicktime on Windows in 2016 and discontinued distributing it for its products, beginning with macOS Catalina. If you have MOV files you want to use, you will need to convert them, preferably to MP4.