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QuickTime Streaming Movie

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Below is a short tutorial on how to create QuickTime Streaming movies. Please copy and paste the HTML and make the proper modifications to the code for it to properly function.

How do I stream a QuickTime Streaming movie?

Summary This guide describes how to incorporate a QuickTime™ movie within your Web site so that it streams from the streaming server.

Instructions First, create a hinted QuickTime movie and upload it to your streaming media directory:

Prepare and encode your source content into a hinted QuickTime Streaming movie. Choose an appropriate filename to remind yourself that it has been hinted. The instructions that follow refer to your hinted QuickTime movie as hinted.mov.

Upload hinted.mov to your streaming media. Be sure to upload it as "binary" or "raw data" since it is not a text file.

(Optional) Now that hinted.mov is in your streaming media directory, test it using QuickTime Player. If your movie does not stream correctly when opened by QuickTime Player, it is unlikely to stream later, when you've done additional work to add it to your Web site.

Next, create a reference QuickTime movie and upload it to your Web site:

Create a reference QuickTime movie that points to your hinted QuickTime movie on the QuickTime Streaming Server. Choose an appropriate filename to remind yourself that it is a reference QuickTime movie. The instructions below use the simple filename ref.mov.

Upload ref.mov to your Web site. Be sure to upload it as "binary" or "raw data" since it is not a text file.

Finally, reference your reference QuickTime movie from a Web page:

Create or edit the Web page on which you want visitors to find your streaming media. Use whatever tool you normally use to work on Web pages.

Either add a link to your reference QuickTime movie:

<A HREF="ref.mov">my movie</A>

Or embed it on the Web page itself:

Substitute pixels according to the width and height of your hinted QuickTime movie, adding 16 pixels to the actual height to provide space for the movie controller. Refer to Embedding QuickTime for web delivery to learn more about the attributes of the EMBED and OBJECT elements in this context.

(Optional) Add a "Get QuickTime" button for visitors who may need to download the QuickTime Player:

Make sure you adhere to Apple's usage guidelines.

Save this Web page and, if need be, transfer it to your Web site. Your Web page and reference movie should reside in the same directory, otherwise you must adjust the reference to the reference movie.

You're done. Open your Web page and try it out.

Troubleshooting In order for movies to properly play you should remember the following: • Should begin with "rtsp" (the protocol used with QuickTime files on the streaming servers) • Movie can be opened directly using QuickTime Player (e.g., for testing purposes)

To form a complete URL for a specific QuickTime movie in your streaming media directory, substitute domainname.com appropriately and add path and filename information to your base URL as needed.

Example of a hinted QuickTime movie stored in a media directory rtsp://domainname.com/media/hinted.mov

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