Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'Force QuickTime streams to play in QuickTime' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Force QuickTime streams to play in QuickTime
Authored by: fful@conncoll.ed on Aug 07, '04 12:09:56AM

This shows why, when coding a web page to play streaming QuickTime movies, you should never use "rtsp", the results are inconsistent. You need to create a reference movie, this lives on the web server, and points to the streaming movie on the streaming server. You then use OBJECT and EMBED tags to play the reference movie, which calls up the streaming movie.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/authoring/embed.html
One way to make the reference movie is with QuickTime Player Pro:
Go to File>Open URL in New Player
Type in the absolute url of your streaming movie, using rtsp://....
After the movie appears, go to File, Save As...give a name and make self-contained.

Frank Fulchiero



[ Reply to This | # ]
Force QuickTime streams to play in QuickTime
Authored by: osxpounder on Aug 09, '04 05:46:10PM

Excellent advice for content creators, there. I want to add two steps to your process of creating a reference movie:

1. Right before you save your reference movie, stop playback and use the Rewind button to send the playhead all the way to the beginning. If you don't, your reference movie will start playing from the location of the playhead at the time you saved. [Note that you can use this to your advantage if you *want* playback to start elsewhere].

2. Ensure that the QuickTime movie you're watching is at the appropriate size, on your screen, before saving your reference movie, too. If you open a QuickTime movie via URL, as described above, but then you drag the corner to resize it, then your reference movie will open to that same size. To resize it to its "normal" size, press CMD-1. [Likewise, you can use this to your advantage if you prefer your ref movie to play back at a different size].

Other things get saved with a ref movie: changes to Color, Brightness, Tint, and Contrast, [all of which I tested], and perhaps more, if there are any more settings or properties we haven't covered.

---
--
osxpounder



[ Reply to This | # ]