Embedding Video in SMIL
April 19, 1999
If you look back on our first article
Introduction to SMIL
you'll see how to embed our newly created video file into SMIL.
<smil>
<head>
<meta name="title" content="WDVL Demo" />
<meta name="author"
content="jrule@ruleweb.com" />
<meta name="copyright" content="©1999" />
<layout type="text/smil-basic-layout">
<region id = "VideoChannel"
title = "VideoChannel"
left = "0"
top = "0"
height = "120"
width = "160"
background-color = "#888888"
fit = "fill"/>
<region id = "PixChannel"
title = "PixChannel"
left = "160"
top = "0"
height = "120"
width = "160"
background-color = "#888888"
fit = "fill"/>
<region id = "TextChannel"
title = "TextChannel"
left = "0"
top = "120"
height = "50"
width = "320"
background-color = "#888888"
fit = "fill"/>
</layout>
</head>
<body>
<par title="multiplexor">
<video src = "wdvl.rm"
id = "Video"
region = "VideoChannel"
title = "Video"/>
<img src = "wdvl.rp"
id = "Headline Pix"
region = "PixChannel"
title = "Headline Pix"/>
<text src = "wdvl.rt"
id = "Ticker"
region = "TextChannel"
title = "Ticker"/>
</par>
</body>
</smil>
The day when TV and the web both compete and cooperate is
coming very soon. Broadband delivery of video content is
going to create new avenues for people to get their content seen.
Such sites as
BitScreen and
FreeSpeech.org
are already "airing" movies created
specifically for the Internet. It's only a matter of time
and bandwidth before sites such as these grow into the new
distribution media for entertainment. The technology behind
this new medium is going to be RealVideo. Despite Microsoft's
best efforts they have been unable to make much of a dent in
Real's market share. Apple has been upgrading Quicktime for
streaming, but they are getting into the game fairly late.
RealVideo is the technology of the entertainment revolution
and the revolution will be televised.
Additional Resources:
SureStreaming
RealVideo - Waiting on Broadband
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