| Once you have produced your movie
file, you can either load it for downloading by the user,
to be played on their PC using their own media player, or
the movie can be streamed to play directly in the webpage.
The following steps prepare a movie for streaming:
- Make the movie self contained
- Hint the movie file
- Name the movie and url link
- Save user settings
Step 1. Make the movie self-contained
Prerecorded movies can be streamed as either:
- Self-contained movie - contain all the
information for that movie within the movie file. Self-contained
movies are easier to handle as there is only one file to
worry about.
- Movie containing dependencies - contain
references to the media tracks in other movies, which would
also need to be on the server.
Step 2. Hint The Movie
Hinting tells the server how to send the movie data over
the network. 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 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.
Step 3. 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"
- Keep consistent with case between the name the movie
and the URL that links to it. Do not try to link "MyMovie.mov"
to "mymovie.mov".
- Always include .mov (QuickTime movie) or .mp4 or .3gp
file extension with the movie filename.
Step 4. Save User Settings
User setting control some aspects of the way a movie is displayed.
This includes the movie window size and whether it plays automatically
on page loading or requires the user to press Play. These
user settings are saved with the QuickTime movie. Some settings
only work when the movie is played in QuickTime Player.
The following settings work in both QuickTime Player and
QuickTime Plug-in:
- Half-size - For minimal file size and
bandwidth.
- Double-size - For movies compressed
with the H.264, MPEG-4 or H.263 video codecs. This increases
the display size of the movie without increasing its data
rate or file size.
- Autoplay - In Movie Properties in QuickTime
Pro. Choose the Movie from the Tracks list > Presentation
> Check box Automatically Play Movie When Opened.
The following 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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