Thanks for the advice Billy, we tried most of it but my ISP server
admin wrote this to me:
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After upgrading from Darwin Streaming Server 4.0 to 4.1.2 on FreeBSD
4.5-
STABLE .mov-files stopped working and produced a 415-error when
attempting
to view them with QuickTime Player.
When running the old DarwinStreamingServer-binary by just killing the
new one
and running the old one with "-d -S 5" the same .mov-files works
perfectly.
After upgrading to 4.1.3 I don't even get a 415-error, and when running
the
server with "-d -S 5" I see error messages like this:
DarwinStreamingServer in free(): warning: page is already free.
Any ideas?
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I have created most of the files using Sorenson Squeeze 2.0 for Mac OS
X and some using Cleaner for Mac OS X. Since we also have a machine
running QTSS on Mac OS X Server locally I tested the same movies there
and they worked nice. The last movies were created using Sorenson
Squeeze 3.0 for Mac OS X
I am pretty sure all movies are hinted the right way and have checked
that I have always been using binary file transfer in my FTP software
(Fetch for Mac)
Still, MP4-files work just fine but not hinted QuickTime movies.
Now, we are back to the 4.0 version and everything works fine except
that I miss the instant-on feature - it is just great!
Sincerly,
Alexandra Milton
RFSL Media
Sweden
torsdagen den 3 april 2003 kl 22.46 skrev Billy Brown:
On Thursday, April 3, 2003, at 11:44 AM, Alexandra Milton wrote:
Anybody who knows what can cause this to happen after upgrading to
DSS 4.1.2 on FreeBSD...
As I said before, MP4 works fine but .mov does not. No difference if
using old files or uploading new ones (with hint track created with
Squeeze 3)...
I know of no reported problems or imcompatibility that would cause
previously hinted movies (that I presume streamed fine for you while
using an older version of the Darwin Streaming Server) to work in the
past, but now to fail using DSS 4.1.2.
By chance where the movie files copied to another server, and then
copied back, such as via FTP while in ascii mode?
What was the previous version of DSS for FreeBSD that you had which
worked with these files?
Can you try this:
1) Copy the old DarwinStreamingServer binary back over to your
current FreeBSD machine
2) Kill off any currently running DarwinStreamingServer processes
3) Start up (as the root user) the old DarwinStreamingServer process
like this
(now, from your QuickTime Player open up an RTSP url to try to view
one of these "415" movies)
4) Hit control-C in the terminal, and now try running the new DSS
4.1.2 binary like this:
root# /usr/sbin/DarwinStreamingServer -d -S 5
(now, from your QuickTime Player open up an RTSP url to try to view
one of these "415" movies)
5) Hint control-C in the terminal, to kill the new server from
running in the foreground.
Now, here's the question: Did the movie play correctly under step
(3), but not under the new server, step (4)?
Or, do you now get 415 errors under both the older server and the new
one? If so, then I suspect that your
movies have become corrupt. My suggestion is to copy them back to a
Windows or Mac OS machine and
re-export the files as Hinted QuickTime Movies.
If you find a case where you are absolutely certain that a properly
hinted file streams under a previous version of DSS, but fails under
DSS 4.1.2, then let us know as much details as possible (ie. how the
file was created, etc.) and if possible provide the file so that I can
reproduce it here (by placing the hinted movie on a web or ftp server
for me to download and test).
--
Billy Brown
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