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Re: new @ this

Mark:

1) The QT Ref movie opens up beautifully in a separate browser window (a setting that was manually done in creating the Blackboard link). However, clicking on the pull down menu at the bottom right hand corner of the QT window, then selecting "Save as a QuickTime movie" allows the user to save the entire video on the hard drive. As you all know, this behavior is unacceptable and renders useless the video for online purposes. I assumed (I know "Don't assume as you make an [donkey] out of "u" and "me") that MakeRefMovie disallowed this, but perhaps I've not set things up properly?

If the links in the ref movie point to movie files on an http server, the Save option will show up if the client has QuickTime Pro. You can prevent that by setting the SAVEEMBEDTAGS attribute to false. You could also "save protect" the reference movie using AppleScript and QT Pro or an authoring tool that supports that feature.

If the links in the ref movie point to streams from a streaming server, the Save option will just save a reference movie to the stream. The actual movie won't be saved.

2) In attempting to access the video through the link using a PC, the QT logo appears and suddenly a large question mark place itself over the logo. ("O, merciful Creator, how have I offended Thee???")

That means that QT can't locate the url referenced. You might want to test each of the url's you use in your ref movie from a PC client (i.e. Open URL from QuickTime Player). This might help find the url that isn't working. If possible, copy and paste the urls to insure they match exactly what you are using in the ref movie. If you have a publicly accessible url for testing, I'm sure some folks on this list would oblige by testing on their systems and sharing the results.

-George

PS There are other alternatives to using multiple bit-rate reference movies:
A simple one is to use links for each bit-rate and let clients choose (like the movie trailer sites). An iteration on this simple approach is to remember the user's choice by setting a cookie. For example, many sites "entry page" offer the choice of high speed or dial-up...
You can uses Javascript to calculate bandwidth, then redirect the client appropriately. A very simple example is illustrated on this page: http://www.backwater-productions.net/_test_platform/ bandwidth.html. View the source to take a look at the Javascript function.
Both of these are more generic, and can also be used for other media including web graphics, Flash, etc.

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