On 8/7/02 8:19 PM, "Joel Hedden" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Ali,
> You're right, I see the same problem with the actual movie file. In the
> QuickTime Player, it doesn't show any hint tracks (use Ctrl-J).. whereas our
Actually that'd be Command-J. Apple-J if you can't find the "Command" key.
;) (Why we don't just write "Command" on the key is a mystery to me.)
-Joel
> QTSS sample .mp4 files do show hint tracks. Evidently the movie was
> authored without hint tracks, which is an option when exporting from
> QuickTime Pro.
>
> -Joel Hedden
>
> On 8/7/02 7:13 PM, "Aliasgar Rampurwala" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Joel,
>>
>> ->It looks like the imac_http.mp4 is a reference movie that points to an
>> ->Akamai-hosted HTTP download. If you just saved it out from the QuickTime
>> ->Player (it defaults to .mov file extension), then it won't stream properly.
>> ->(Someone please correct me if I'm wrong..) The latest QTSS/DSS release
>> ->includes some sample .mp4 files if you need them.
>>
>> Well, I did get the reference movie which was saved as imac_http.mov(~17
>> KB). I looked into this reference movie to get the actual mp4 file, which
>> turns
>> out to be imac_http.mp4 (~2 MB, also an Akamai hosted HTTP download). I am
>> assuming this is the final self contained ISMA compliant Mpeg4 file [Is
>> there a way to verify this ?]. I then placed this file into DSS's media
>> root directory for streaming.
>>
>> ->I'm not aware of any linux-based tools that Apple has available. You could
>> ->check the CrossOver plugin that is basically a port of the QuickTime Player
>> ->to linux, but they state that "Some QuickTime Pro features may not work"..
>> ->which may include the ability to export hinted movies. If hinting does
>> ->work, then you *might* be able to script auto-hinting.
>> ->You may want to do a search for "quicktime" on freshmeat.net and
>> ->sourceforge.net to see what other open source tools are out there.
>>
>> Alright, I'll take a look there. Thanks !
>> - ali
>> ->
>> ->-Joel Hedden
>> ->
>> ->
>> ->On 8/7/02 6:33 PM, "Aliasgar Rampurwala" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> ->
>> ->> Thanks for the reply, Joel. See below.
>> ->>
>> ->> ->Have you considered using MPEG4? DSS can serve native MPEG4 content
>> created
>> ->> ->by 3rd party tools.
>> ->>
>> ->> We are considering and promoting Mpeg4. The issue is with legacy Mpeg1
>> and
>> ->> Mpeg2 content which still needs to be served using Darwin.
>> ->>
>> ->> I downloaded an Mpeg4 clip from the Apple website (specifically the file
>> ->> imac_http.mp4 from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/gallery/mpeg4.html) and
>> ->> I get a "415:Unsupported media type" when trying to use it with Darwin.
>> ->>
>> ->> ->There was AppleScript available for OS 9 that would auto-hint files
>> (you
>> ->> ->could alter the scripts to your needs), but I don't know if the scripts
>> have
>> ->> ->been ported to Mac OS X. I'm assuming "Unix based" would include Mac
>> OS
>> X.
>> ->> ->You might want to check the QuickTime and AppleScript developer pages
>> if
>> ->> ->that would suit your needs.
>> ->>
>> ->> I am looking for tools on Redhat linux that can do this. Is there any
>> ->> API/SDK for hinting published by Apple ?
>> ->>
>> ->> thanks,
>> ->> - ali
>> ->>
>> ->> ->
>> ->> ->-Joel Hedden
>> ->> ->
>> ->> ->On 8/7/02 4:25 PM, "Aliasgar Rampurwala" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> ->> ->
>> ->> ->> Hi,
>> ->> ->>
>> ->> ->> Are there any 3rd party tools available that can hint media files for
>> ->> ->> streaming via Darwin Server ? I am looking for a Unix based tool that
>> can
>> ->> ->> monitor the server's media root directory and automatically hint all
>> ->> ->> incoming files
>> ->> ->>
>> ->> ->> Appreciate any help.
>> ->> ->>
>> ->> ->> thanks,
>> ->> ->> - ali
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