SMIL Examples

How to Play a SMIL File?

To view a SMIL presentation, you will need a SMIL player installed on your computer.

Apple's Quicktime player, Windows Media Player, and RealNetworks RealPlayer support SMIL.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer has limited support for SMIL. The open-source Mozilla project is incorporating SMIL, but the progress is slow.

Note: The examples below will use IE 5.5 or later to demonstrate SMIL.

SMIL Timing

Specify how long an element should be visible
Specify when the element should be visible

Examples explained

SMIL Sequences

Displaying a sequence of images
Displaying a sequence of texts

Examples explained

SMIL in Parallel

Displaying things simultaneously

Examples explained

SMIL Transitions

Transition effect

Examples explained

SMIL Media

SMIL audio
SMIL video

Examples explained

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