> I have a basic streaming question. I am using Mac OS X
> Server ver 2. The steaming server has been started and
> I would like to see the sample movie.
> When I type in:(Open URL)
> rtsp://192.168.0.100:554/sample.mov in QuickTime
> Player is works well.
> But when I type it in using IE 5.1 (which came with
> Mac OS X), it opens QuickTime 5.0 via plug-in and says
> ....live broadcast...... then 404 Not Found. I tryed
> the same on a Win2K computer and exactly the same
> thing happened. Please help, Thanks!!!
Your basic problem is that IE doesn't know what rtsp means.
When you give QT Player an rtsp URL, it knows what rtsp means and has it
implemented, no problem.
When you give IE an rtsp URL, it gets awfully confused: the protocol is not
implemented. Problem.
The simplest solution is probably not a one-frame .mov file to link (although
that works) but to use QuickTime SMIL. More info on this is available on
Apple's site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/authoring/qtsmil.html
Here's a sample SMIL page that would probably work for you:
<smil xmlns:qt="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/smilextensions";>
<head>
<layout>
<root-layout width="300" height="400" background-color="white" />
<region id="main" left="50" top="50" width="240" background-color="white"
height="180" fit="slice" />
</layout>
</head>
<body>
<video src="rtsp://192.168.0.100:554/sample.mov"; region="main" />
</body>
</smil>
You embed the SMIL in your HTML normally. Test it out in QT Player first
though. It should play the movie with a rather wide white border around it.
