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Posted by cwdjrxyz on 09/08/07 22:05
On Sep 8, 2:40 am, windandwaves <nfranc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folk
>
> I have a 18Megabyte quicktime movie. What is the best way to make it
> available to users as a streaming video, rather than an 18Megabyte
> download?
>
> I know this is a pretty broad question, so you would probably have to
> ask me some more questions. Sorry - I am just not really sure what is
> relevant here.
>
> Thank you
>
> Nicolaas
QT movies usually are at a fairly high bit rate, so a viewer needs to
be on broadband for them to stream well. In addition, most .mov files
will not stream unless they are "hinted". To do this, the most simple
method is to take the QT .mov, open it in a premium QT player, and
then store it. The stored .mov will then be hinted so that it can be
made to stream. The basic QT player will not hint a move, but it will
stream a .mov on the web that someone else has hinted. You have to pay
for the premium QT player, and it costs in the US$ 30-40 range from
Apple, if I remember correctly.
I have a hinted QT movie at http://www.cwdjr.info/video_extreme/cancanMOV.php
.. When the player comes up and shows the control bar, you will notice
that the progress bar starts filling showing the movie is loading. You
can then click the start button, and the QT movie will start playing.
If you connection is fast enough, the movie will play through without
stopping. If your broadband is not fast enough, the movie will pause
when the play indicator overtakes the loading progress display. If the
movie is not hinted, it will not be able to play until the download is
complete.
If you want the page in html strict, just view the source code on an
IE browser. On more modern browsers that support true xhtml, you get
the source written in xhtml. Do not use this unless you can support
server side php code for routing html to IE and xhtml to other
browsers, as true xhtml serverd properly as application/xhtml+xml will
not display on any IE browser, IE7 included.
The code I use is working on IE6 and recent Firefox, Opera, Safari for
Windows, Seamonkey browsers.
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