Hi Will,
I'm not really sure what the root cause of the problem is but I think
its tied in with which software program was used to do the stiching.
We use a single .mov file in our web sites and deliver it to the viewer
via QT or PTViewer by detecting if they have QT installed or not. I use
Panoweaver 3 Pro on the PC to do my stiching and I usually end up
exporting the six faces for retouching. In order to have a single .mov
file work in both QT and PTViewer I need to do the following:
1. Import the 6 faces in CubicConverter (Mac)
2. Convert to a movie
3. Export the movie
Note: at this point the movie will work in QT and PTViewer; but in
PTViewer the faces will be out of order!
4. Open the movie in QTPro and save as a Self-Contained movie.
This movie will now play perfectly in both QT and PTViewer (go figure)
Hey! If anyone has a better way I would love to know.
In regard to the movie you mentioned in your email I opened it into
CubicConverter and followed steps 2,3 & 4 after opening the movie in
CubicConverter.
I have put the results up online (its still using the 2.4mb file so it
takes a while to download)
A. Original file - sheldoniansq.mov
http://www.tonyredhead.com/vrml/original.htm
B. Sheldoniansq.mov imported, converted and exported from CubicConverter
- sheldoniansq_cc.mov http://www.tonyredhead.com/vrml/ccexport.htm
C. Sheldoniansq_cc.mov opened,saved as (self-contained movie) from QTPro
- sheldoniansq_qtsave.mov http://www.tonyredhead.com/vrml/qtsaveas.htm
FYI, here's an example of the way we deploy our single .mov file for YHA
(Youth Hostels of Australia)
1. PTViewer version -
http://www.yha.com.au/hostels/360_tour.cfm?hostelid=93&ptviewer=1
2. QT version - http://www.yha.com.au/hostels/360_tour.cfm?hostelid=93
Hope this helps.
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Will Merrill" <email@hidden>
To: <email@hidden>;
<email@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:24 AM
Subject: Cubics with PTViewer
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> I must provide my panoramas with QTVR and Java,
> therefore, it would be great to simply take the cubic produced for QT
> and use it for PTViewer as well. To try this out, I downloaded the QT
> .mov file used in the
> tutorial and tried it out with the version of PTViewer that plays
> cubics. The .mov file from the tutorial is 2.4MB. PTViewer stops at
> "Loading Image... 80%" and goes no further. To be sure I had the
> right version of PTViewer, I then took the stitched image sample
> posted on the tutorial
(only
> 72K), put it into MakeCubic and was able to play it in QTVR and
> PTViewer.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a file size limitation in PTViewer,
> especially in regards to playing cubics? And, does anyone here have
> experience creating cubics for PTViewer and could provide any
> information such as links to see samples, good/bad experiences, etc.
Tony Redhead
Director
Red Square Productions
Ph: +612 8596 4010
Mob: 0438 50 1002|
Fax: +612 8596 4001
Web: http://www.redsquare.com
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