Exporting for Quicktime - progressive downloads -Help

I cant seem to export a QT mov that will progressively download on a webserver. In CS3 options I have played with the autoplay, streaming server, compress header settings etc. I am embedding it in an html page (using dreamweaver) Whatever I try, the webpage waits until it has fully loaded before it starts to play. Any ideas?

Don't use the QuickTime container, at least not from Premiere Pro. It seems to have the problems you're experiencing. Instead, use the "H.264" format option in the Media Encoder. You'll wind up with an H.264 file with an MP4 extension that will play back in QuickTime. I often use these for sending roughs to clients, as all you need to do is upload the .MP4 file to your web server, and email them a URL to the file. There's no need to build a player and embed it into a web page, as QT has a built-in browser module that will automatically playback in your browser window. Best of all, the file won't need to completely download before playing back--it will cache a few seconds worth of video and then start playing right away.
Another benefit of MP4 is that it can also be played back in Flash Player, so you can have a lot more flexibility with the format than QuickTime provides.

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I would like to start off by saying that Keynote 08 is an amazing presentation tool. I would like to convert the presentation that I have created and put it on a CD since all the transitions and the build in's and out's are set automatically. The presentation is currently set to a slide size of 1680 x 1050 and consist of 25 slides with about 17 them with full screen video playing. I have exported to QuickTime on numerous of times but for some reason or another it just doesn't export it with the full quality. Quicktime at times will get stuck as it is doing the presentation and it doesn't always follow the background music I have set. Sometimes it will finish before the song and sometimes the presentation will finish and the song will be interrupted by being cut short. When I export I'm currently using the manual advances and the Full Quality Large format. I only checked off the "include the slideshow soundtrack" option but like I said, the soundtrack doesn't completely always follow the presentation. PLEASE HELP! This is my company presentation and I have received a lot of positive feedback but I want to take it to the next level by making them in a DVD. Again, PLEASE HELP!

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Hi all,
Pretty huge issue at the moment. I have a deadline to meet and I can't export my movie out of Final Cut to a DVD. How can I export the timeline for a DVD quality finished product? I don't have Compressor installed and I think this is a major issue. I tried printing to tape so I could bring the project over to Adobe Premiere and use Encore to publish the DVD, but every time I try to print to tape it constantly drops frames and it's hopeless.
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Thanks,
Daryl

thing is, I don't have FCS...I have FCP. I had my software installed where I bought my mac from, and I've came to realize now that I have nothing else but FCP installed...there is nothing else there that came with FCS. It's not really a huge problem because I can take my mac back whenever I want to get the owner to install any software I need, but that's kind of an issue at the moment considering I have deadlines. I can't afford to have my mac sitting at their office for a day or two at this point.
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http://web.me.com/celebi23/QuickTimeXScripts/Main.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2135161
I'm now trying to implement the "Recent Items" selection.
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"set recentItems to {"None", "5", "10", "15", "20", "30", "50"}
display dialog (choose from list recentItems with prompt "Select the amount of Recent Items.")
if recentItems is "None" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0"
else if recentItems is "5" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 5"
else if recentItems is "10" then
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else if recentItems is "15" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 15"
else if recentItems is "20" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 20"
else if recentItems is "30" then
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else if recentItems is "50" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 50"
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copy the result as list to {restartButton}
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Thank you. The script now loads but, the preference never stays set. I chose "5" & the recent items still continue to be added to the recent items list. I've got 10 items in my "recent items" list even though I chose "5". The Terminal commands themselves work fine though
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do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 0"
else if recentItems is "5" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 5"
else if recentItems is "10" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 10"
else if recentItems is "15" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 15"
else if recentItems is "20" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 20"
else if recentItems is "30" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 30"
else if recentItems is "50" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX NSRecentDocumentsLimit 50"
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if buttonClicked is "Restart QuickTime Player" then
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I took out the "Restore Defaults" because, according to the Terminal
There is no (NSRecentDocumentsLimit) default for the (com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX) domain.
Defaults have not been changed.
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Audio but no video for Quicktime in Safari-help?

When I open a Quicktime file in Safari, only the audio will play---blank screen for video. I can play the video in an AOL browser, but not Safari-this only started with the newest upgrade . Anyone else have this problem? Thanks for any solution.

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Why doesn't created swf progressively download?

I thought I had the perfect solution by being able to post a flash created video on a web page, the output is even smart enough to break up the different timelines into separate .flv files but I don't understand why the content that is created doesn't have the ability to progressively or intelligently download the file if the bandwidth required isn't quite enough. It would be really nice if the .swf created that drives the playing of the flv files was smart enough to do a progressive download. Alternatively, if there was a way to play the created file through the Adobe Media Player and it had the intelligence that would also be acceptable. Is adobe planning on adding that capability in any fashion?
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Encore's Flash export is a progressive download - maybe you meant streaming download? Encore doesn't support streaming download yet, but that also requires a streaming server (Flash Media Server) to host the FLV files.
If that's not what you meant, then perhaps you meant a preloader? Encore doesn't create a preloader - if you want that, you'd need to create it in Flash, and then try to integrate it with the Encore Flash output.
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Export for quick time running under windows?

I am coming to Final cut X pro from Imovie. Under Imovie I could export a movie that would run under quicktime for both Mac and Windows computers. Now using Final cut X pro, when I export for quicktime, my movie works fine using a Mac computer but fails under windows. When I attempt to open the movie quicktime tells me I have a problem with the codec. It indicates that I need an add on, but does not indicate which one is needed. Share works great for output to my Ipad. What I like to do is export to quicktime and use a windows computer to output to a wide screen tv. I down loaded the latest version of quicktime for windows. Under the share option what codec option should I chose, or do I require an add in to Quicktime? Thanks.

Not that you should have to, but try to make your final export from Compressor to see if that works better. Perhaps this can help you isolate the problem. H.264 should work in Windows, so you could also check your export on a different PC to see if the problem is on the receiving end.
I'll put in my vote here for Flip-for-mac getting their components to play nice with FCX. I have always found it a handy tool.

Hanging at white box before playing progressive download

I began this discussion over on the Dreamweaver forum but was advised to move it here.
Been tearing my hair out for days. I have several flv files displaying just fine on my website. All I am am trying to do is replace an enormous .flv file with a smaller file of the same movie. The new smaller file is just 25 MB, compressed with a bitrate of 1000kbps. The test page that contains the smaller file previews just fine of course in Dreamweaver, but after uploading the clip, the html page, the .swf files (in the same directory) and the Scripts folder to my host's ftp server, the browser shows me that dreaded white box on my test page for a full seven minutes until the file loads up completely. Then it plays through beautifully with no buffering. On the other pages of my site, the videos all show up without such a wait, even the enormous 179 mb flv!
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Well now I get to come back with my tail between my legs to say that the solution was one of those really dumb, DUH kinds of things...
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For a meaningful comparison, would you not have to view the same video,
encoded at the same bit rate for each format and in the same frame size and
frame rate?
I am not the expert here, but it seems to me that this condition would
have to be met to farily compare. Easily done of course if you provide your own
video for comparison, and that is exactly what I am trying to do. Can QT
Pro output an H.264 in MPEG-4 as well as QT wrappers?
I am going to experiment with both formats as well as Real Media and
Windows Media at similar settings. I do not have a program to simply encode
swf's without taking a few extra steps. It is cumbersome. To my knowledge,
flv's need to be embedded into a web page or otherwise incorporated into a swf
to be widely viewable. While I have a few players which can play flv's
directly, these are not as widespread as QuickTime or Real Player. Not sure,
but I think that Window's Media Player can play QuickTime files. I do not
try this too much so I am not positive.
Thanks for the help and best wishes. I will probably bite the bullet for
QT Pro in the next day or so. I think it is only around $30.
Jeff
In a message dated 7/23/2009 5:39:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Than H.264?! That has certainly never been my experience. My personal
computer stumbles on several H.264 files because it just ain't powerful
enough, but has never once failed to play a Flash video streamed from a web
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How do I get the progress meter for QuickTime to show up?

When a QuickTime video is embedded in a page I can play it fine. I just wanted to know if there is a way to get a progress meter to show up to see where in the download the QT video is at. For example, I have a video that is 1:20 and when I go to the webpage I just get the big "Q". I don't know if the page is broken or loading because I have no progress meter. I looked at it in Firefox and it says "Trasferring data ..." in the status bar.
Is there a way to get a progress bar for QuickTime video embedded in a webpage?
Thank you.

HI,
*Is there a way to get a progress bar for QuickTime video embedded in a webpage?*
Click one time on the video itself. That should prompt the slider.
Make sure you have QT 7 installed. Go to Applications/Utilities. If you don't see QT 7, insert your SL disc. Open the Optional Installs folder, then open Optional Installs.mpkg
An Installer will start... click Continue. When you get to the Installation Type in the window on the right you will see: Applications. Click the Disclosure triangle so it faces down. Select QuickTime 7 then click Continue.
Restart your Mac.
If you have QT7 installed then..
Go to ~/Library/Preferences. Move these files to the Trash.
com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist
com.apple.quicktimeplayer.plist
See if that helps...
Carolyn
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i get a prompt saying "the feature you are trying to use is on a resource that is unavailable." and then it goes on to say.. "Click ok to try again or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'quicktime.msi' in the box below."
Unfortunately, these sorts of msi-related troubles have gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25. First we have to find a copy of the utility.
Let's try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for at least version 3.0 of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you've downloaded.
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any QuickTime entries and click "Remove".
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try installing QuickTime again. Does the install go through properly this time?
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