There are a few steps you should take to prepare
your QuickTime movies for streaming.
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Make the movie
self-contained
For prerecorded movies, you’ll need to decide
whether you want to stream self-contained movies or movies that contain
dependencies. Self-contained movies contain all the information for that
movie within the movie file. Movies with dependencies contain references
to the media tracks in other movies, which would also have to be on the
server. Self-contained movies are easier to handle--there’s only one file
to worry about.
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Hint the
movie
Prerecorded and live QuickTime movies must be hinted
for streaming. This means creating a hint track for each media track in
the movie (except for QuickTime VR and Flash tracks, which cannot be
streamed). The hint tracks, which are stored in the movie along with the
video, audio, and other tracks, provide QuickTime Streaming Server
software with information about the server, the transmission packet size,
and the protocol to be used--in short, how to send the movie data over the
network. How
to make a hinted movie.
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| Name the
movie |
| For the greatest
cross-platform compatibility, be sure to name your movie in a way
that does not confuse the web server’s file system, the client
computer’s file system, or the web browser. |
| • Use filenames
without spaces: "MyMovie.mov," not "My Movie.mov" |
| • Some systems
are case sensitive. Make sure you name the movie in exactly the same
way as in the URL that links to it. Do not try to link "MyMovie.mov"
to "mymovie.mov". |
| • Always add the
.mov (QuickTime movie) file extension to the movie
filename. |
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| Save
settings |
Certain user
settings are saved with the QuickTime movie. You can use these
settings to control some aspects of the way a movie is
displayed.
The following settings work in both QuickTime
Player and QuickTime Plug-in:
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| • Half-size. |
| • Double-size.
For movies compressed with the Sorenson or H.263 video codecs, this
is a good way to increase the display size of the movie without
increasing its data rate or file size. |
| • Autoplay. Set
this option from the Info window in QuickTime Player. Choose the
Movie track from the Tracks (left-hand) pop-up and Auto Play from
the Properties (right-hand) pop-up, and click on the Auto Play
Enabled checkbox. |
| These settings
work only when the movie is played in QuickTime Player. |
| • Loop. |
| • Loop back and
forth. |
| • Play Selection
Only. |
| • Play All
Frames. | |
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