XMP and Quicktime .mov

Is there a formal specification for embedding XMP within Quicktime .mov containers, and any associated new XMP schema? Perhaps I'm missing the specs, but I thought this was part of the Production Studio release (which I don't have a copy of), but I've not seen any actual specs on how to inject XMP into .mov files.
Am I hallucinating?

You're not hallucinating.
The public documentation for XMP embedding is currently behind the shipping products. We're working on getting updated documentation out, can't say anything about exactly when.
Developers in a time crunch should contact Gunar Penikis ([email protected]) if you want to try to get early info under NDA.

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Three or so years ago, I made a website using iWeb (the last version Apple produced; i.e. the current version), and I included some videos. The videos were from a digital (tape) video camera, edited with iMovie HD, and were old-format 640x480. I managed to work out how to set the movies to start quickly (before fully loading) using iMovie and QuickTime. I dropped the movie into a regular iWeb page, resized it, put the settings up with the iWeb inspector, and all was well. The movies played (and still play) on Safari and Firefox, on my Macs and on an Asus Windows machine I have. (They won't play on my iPad - if anyone can tell me why, I'd be grateful; I'll probably put the original DV through a more recent version of iMovie and QT, and upload again.)
I want to make another similar website. However, my camera is now a HD tape model, and I have made my peace with iMovie '11 and worked out how to use it. My machine is the latest Mac Mini, and so QT is the latest also. I run Mountain Lion.
I made a movie with iMovie '11, and exported a quality version. I opened it in QT and chose 'Export for Web' and selected the option which gives me three different sizes. After some struggles, I worked out how to put this into my uploaded iWeb (test) site (although I have to say that the instructions Apple's QT gives are not the clearest), and it works, even on my iPad.
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But about the <head> tag QT says:
Please note, to properly validate as XHTML, the <style> tag and the first <script> tag should be placed within your page's <head> tag.
Here's the code QT says to paste into the <head>
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<script src="scripts/qtp_poster.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link href="stylesheets/qtp_poster.css" rel="StyleSheet" type="text/css" />
However, the movie playback still seems to work without uploading the code for the <head> of the page. And there is NO <style> tag, and why only the FIRST <script> tag?
The <head> on the page iWeb produces for my test page already has a lot of code:
<head>
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2. If I don't put it in, does that mean the choice between the three movies doesn't take place? I don't have a smartphone, but the playback on my 27" screen, my Asus netbook, and on my iPad all look fine without the head code.
3. If I do put it in, where exactly do I put it, and do I need to replace any of the code that is already there?
4. The original iWeb drag and drop method still seems to work fine with movies direct from iMovie (and plays even on my iPad), but obviously you can only put one version of the movie on a page. Is there still a good reason for using the multi-size version which involves manually uploading the movie and opening the page after uploading and inserting code for every movie? For example, I have a very fast internet connection. Maybe it's kind to those with a slower connection to put up the smaller movies also?
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See the second method described on this page for how to add the code to an HTML Snippet...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/Poster-Movie.html
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In this section of iWeb for Musicians you can see examples of several different types of flash fallback players...
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/Poster-Movie.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Movie-Video/Flow-Player-5-2.html
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http://www.ezmacwebdesign.com/responsive-sidebar/
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/gallery.html
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/slider.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/map-tutorial.html
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http://www.iwebformusicians.com/iweb-snippets/flux.html
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Is there a way to put QuickTime movies into iMovie but have the QuickTime images remain the same size?
I really want to make a dvd of all of my favorite quicktime stuff, but I believe that iMovie will fill the screen with the iMovie image and make it look "blockie/pixelized".
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I know what you mean, and you'll usually be right, depending on the quality of the .mov file. (Note that you still won't be able to increase quality from what you already have; if it already looks pixelated and blocky on your computer, it won't get any better -- but you're right that you can avoid making it worse.)
The way I'd do this is with QuickTime Pro. (I don't know of a way to do it without that; there may or may not be some free utility out there to do it.)
Open the movie in QuickTime (Pro) Player.
Create a 640x480 black image, pict or png format. (If you don't have an easy way to do that, let me know, and I'll toss one on the web for you.) Open that in QuickTime Player.
Copy that black frame to the clipboard (still in QT Player). Go to your movie's window, select-all (command a), and you want to do a scaled paste. I think this is command-shift-v, but I don't remember exactly which modifier keys. Hold down command-shift and look for "Paste Scaled" or "Add Scaled" or something in the Edit menu. If it's not there, release the menu, hold down a different modifier combination, and try the Edit menu again. (The possible modifier keys are command, option, shift, and control.) The key word is "Scaled".
Now you will have the black frame pasted over the entire movie. You want it the other way around, so find the properties window -- I think it's command-j. Select the track with the movie and change the layer until it appears on top. (IIRC, lower layer numbers are on top, so you actually want to drop it down, like to -2, to bring it to the top.) Then reposition it if necessary -- I'm guessing it'll be in the upper left-hand corner, and you probably want it centered. If it won't let you drag it, adjust the numbers for the offset (not the frame size) until it's centered. (That's also a good way to get it more precise anyway. If your source is 320x240, to center it in a 640x480 frame, you'll want it offset 160 horizontally and 120 vertically.)
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The issue here however is that (at least in my case) most if not all of the files worked fine in iMovie 06. So in addition to a simplified interface, the supported codecs seem to have been cut.
They worked in iMovie '06 because the files were automatically converted from their original format to DV during the import process. iMovie '08, on the other hand, merely copies/movies file into the "Event" folder in their original compression format without performing any conversion. The intention here is to have iMovie '08 edit the file in its "native" compression format and not in DV. Unfortunately, not all files can be edited at the frame level by the QT Structure. Thus, Apple was faced with the decision of letting a user import a file and and later learning that the file can not be edited in the native format, or have the application check to see if the file could be edited first and only then allow it to be imported if it can be edited. Which would you prefer -- the ability to import any file only to have to discard it later or the confidence of knowing that any file that was imported can be edited when you need to do so?
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Ok.
Issue is: Movies and TV shows bought thru iTunes (10.5.1) on Lion (10.7.2) generate an error at time of playback. Error is 'This movie requires QuickTime, which is not supported by this version of iTunes."
Help documents state to switch to 32 bit mode (which works).
Here's what I've found out:
Called Apple, couldn't figure out what the issue is. Did the standard system/disk checks/repairs/permission repairs to no avail. Created a new user to download the video to try and play it.. The user was able to stream the video correctly.
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which led me to an interesting solution.. If I find the file on the drive (my Library files and all videos are on a NAS server, btw) in Finder then tell iTunes to remove the video from iTunes but not delete the file, I can drag and drop the file back into iTunes and it plays fine.
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I am planning to make a stand alone movie of my footage that I can keep and watch on my iMac. My sequence was made on FCP 7 on 1920 x 1080 with Prores 422 codec.
I did a few tests with exporting to quicktime movie (standard settings), because I have read several times that converting this way results in more or less the same quality. When I compare the videoquality of the Quicktime movie with playing the footage on the timeline fullscreen (+view-external video-all frames+), I am very disappointed. Not only is the sharpness of the quicktime movie less than the original, the movie plays very choppy (not fluently at all) .
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Tom,
Three times "correct" to your three questions.
Opened the exported file in the QuickTime player, Movie Inspector said:
Structure: Apple ProRess 422 , 1920 x1080 (1888 x 1062) millions, 16-bit integer (little indian) Stereo 48000 khz
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Speed: 118,53 Mbit/s
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I hope that you can help me.
Would export in H.264 be a better option?
Maybe the 25 Bps is too high? My Panasonic SD60 produces only 17 mb Mbps.

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