What language/script can I use to embed a .M4V file into a webpage?

Question

I'm trying to embed a .M4V video file on a web page and it seems to disagree with all my attempts. I need it in this format as it is for someone else's ongoing project.

I am trying to use this java library file to initialize/talk with:

<script type="text/javascript" src="qtobject.js"></script>

Here is my code attempt (not working, but works when the format is .mov and the script is changed accordingly):

<script type="text/javascript">
var myQTObject = new QTObject("video.m4v", "video_1", "640", "480");
myQTObject.write();
</script>

Here is another attempt (also not working):

<embed href="steve.m4v" type="video/x-m4v" />

Any suggestions as to what I should and/or should not be doing?

Answer 1

If you're not forced to use Quicktime, the Flash based Long Tail Video Player is free and can do Quicktime encoded MP4 if the client has Flash 10 installed.

Answer 2

Not a reliable solution you can use now, but when the browsers grow up, the video element can be used from within javascript. Imagine doing video resizing using just css.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/12/html5_video_unusable#fnr1-2009-12-21