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1. Re: Streaming video
thlokey Nov 22, 2007 12:11 AM (in response to Airwall)I think that you best bet is to drop the QT file into Flash. You will have more control over it's loading and what the user desires to do. -
2. Re: Streaming video
Newsgroup_User Nov 22, 2007 10:43 AM (in response to Airwall)"Airwall" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I just uploaded a video in the *.mov format to my site. My question is:
>
> How do I have a ?preview? display on the moving screen when a visitor
> arrives?
> Currently, a visitor will only see the Quicktime ?Q? when they arrive and
> it
> may not be obvious for them to wait until the video has completed loading.
>
> Ideally, it would be nice to have some image on the screen of the video
> and
> provide the user with the ability to stream or have some kind of indicator
> that
> the video is loading (progress bar). Also, I would like the user to be
> able to
> determine if they want to have the movie streamed.
From what I've read on Apple's site, you could make a reference movie
containing the url for a thumbnail of please wait message, and the url of
your main movie.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/refmovies.html
There's as free tool from apple to make these movies
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/RM/Fundamentals/QTOverview/QTOverview_D ocument/chapter_1000_section_6.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000992-CH1g-StreamingBroadcast ingandProgressiveDownload
Combined Movies and Reference Movies
It is possible to combine progressive download media with streaming or
broadcast media in a single QuickTime movie, providing the best features of
each delivery method. This is done by creating a self-contained QuickTime
movie for progressive download, then adding tracks whose data references
specify the RTSP URL of a live broadcast or a hinted movie on a streaming
server.
A QuickTime movie with a custom media skin and wired sprites can act as a
customized movie player application that plays streaming media from a
predefined source. This is a relatively common application for promoting
music and music videos.
A QuickTime movie file may not always contain a movie data structure, at
least not directly. It may contain a reference, such as a path and filename,
or a URL, specifying another movie file. It can also contain references to
several movie files, with specified criteria for choosing a particular file.
These kinds of movies are called reference movies. For example, you can
create a reference movie with three URLs, pointing to three versions of the
same movie compressed at different bit rates, and specifying the preferred
connection speed for each version.
A reference movie can refer to Fast Start movies, stored streaming movies,
or live streams, so a reference movie can be used to improve the user
experience with any kind of Internet delivery: broadcast, streaming, or
progressive download.
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3. Re: Streaming video
Newsgroup_User Nov 22, 2007 10:57 AM (in response to Airwall)"Joris van Lier" <whizzrd@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/refmovies.html
> There's as free tool from apple to make these movies
the windows version is a bit harder to find
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Quicktime/Windows_Tools/Web_Tools/MakeRefMovie/MakeRefMovie. zip
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4. Re: Streaming video
Airwall Nov 26, 2007 3:35 PM (in response to Airwall)Thank you,
I read through the information. I am not certain if it will resolve my problem?
First issue – when a user arrives at my site – the Quick Time “Q” stays in the frame area until the video is loaded. The load time isn’t very long, approximately thirty second. But, to the impatient visitor that may be a long time?
Also, is there a way to not have the video load until the user would like to view it? I am looking for it to function in the manner of MSNBC or Youtube – where the pages load immediately – than the user can decide on the video to watch. It is at that point that they have to wait for to loading…
The Apple software appears to be for quicker streaming, not necessarily addressing the need for the video to not be loaded until the desired time.
Thanks again,
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5. Re: Streaming video
Newsgroup_User Nov 26, 2007 4:53 PM (in response to Airwall)
"Airwall" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Thank you,
>
> I read through the information. I am not certain if it will resolve my
> problem?
I think you need to create said reference movie and embed a Please wait
while loading" kind of image in there,
then reference the movie content appropriate for your visitor's bandwidth.
> First issue ? when a user arrives at my site ? the Quick Time ?Q? stays in
> the
> frame area until the video is loaded. The load time isn?t very long,
> approximately thirty second. But, to the impatient visitor that may be a
> long
> time?
>
> Also, is there a way to not have the video load until the user would like
> to
> view it? I am looking for it to function in the manner of MSNBC or
> Youtube ?
> where the pages load immediately ? than the user can decide on the video
> to
> watch. It is at that point that they have to wait for to loading?
>
> The Apple software appears to be for quicker streaming, not necessarily
> addressing the need for the video to not be loaded until the desired time.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Leo
According to the manual you can use the QTNEXT parameter to specify a
numbered list of movies to play or a single URL to open , AUTOHREF to Load
the URL specified in HREF without waiting for a mouse click and
Here's a PDF
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/Conceptual/QTScripting_HTML/QTScripting _HTML.pdf
and here's a link to the parameters table
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/Conceptual/QTScripting_HTML/QTScripting _HTML_Document/chapter_1000_section_5.html

