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[_] Quicktime sniffer

Tim Beadle tim.beadle at gmail.com
Tue Jul 25 13:04:02 BST 2006

On 25/07/06, Oliver Bettany <oliver.bettany at googlemail.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for some elegant quicktime sniffing code.
>
> I've done a bit of research and I'm starting to think there is actually no
> such thing. I'm content to go with the behaviour integrated into the ActiveX
> control (ie. the "Click here to download plugin" link which appears in the
> video window if Quicktime is not installed) but I'm not sure the client is
> going to be happy with this.
>
> Can anyone give me some advice in this area?

Yep - don't bother. Use Flash Video.

Tim