Web gallery compression/encoding in iMovie '06

I have iLife '08 on a pre-intel mac so I don't have access to iMovie '08. I'm using the web gallery feature of .mac for my movies with less than stellar results.
Here is my workflow:
1. Create my movie in iMovie '06
2. Export as a QT web streaming-medium file.
3. Import above file into iPhoto '06
4. Share movie to .mac web gallery via iPhoto
You can only get content into your web gallery thru iPhoto or iMovie which is why I have to go this route. The problem is, the compression/encoding via iMovie allows the viewer a choice of small/medium/large movie, with the large selection (supposedly) DVD quality. I obviously offer only one fixed steam at the present.
My question is this, does anyone know the settings in QT pro I can use to achieve the same result as iMovie '08?

no, there is no dialog box. When you select "import to library" iPhoto simply imports the movie file. From there, you can share it to your .mac gallery.
Also, I don't want to strip out the other sizes. I want to include them.

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.mac web gallery compression/encoding

I have iLife '08 on a pre-intel mac so I don't have access to iMovie '08. I'm using the web gallery feature of .mac for my movies with less than stellar results.
Here is my workflow:
1. Create my movie in iMovie '06
2. Export as a QT web streaming-medium file.
3. Import above file into iPhoto '06
4. Share movie to .mac web gallery via iPhoto
You can only get content into your web gallery thru iPhoto or iMovie which is why I have to go this route. The problem is, the compression/encoding via iMovie allows the viewer a choice of small/medium/large movie, with the large selection (supposedly) DVD quality. I obviously offer only one fixed steam at the present.
My question is this, does anyone know the settings in QT pro I can use to achieve the same result as iMovie '08?

no, there is no dialog box. When you select "import to library" iPhoto simply imports the movie file. From there, you can share it to your .mac gallery.
Also, I don't want to strip out the other sizes. I want to include them.

Web Gallery missing some of iMovie clip

Hi
I've uploaded a 90gb video clip from iMovie to Web Gallery. Initially I selected all 3 sizes (Tiny, Mobile and Medium). I had a problem that not all of the clip would show in Web Gallery. I miss the last 1 minute or so.
I removed from Web Gallery and tried again, this time just the Mobile size. Same problem, the clip stops at the exact same point.
In iMovie, it works in full. Strange it's stopping at the same point in Web Gallery ?
Any ideas?
Thanks
Martin

Same issue here - mine happened right after I did the October iLife update
In reply to CCRiders post - it's not the button in the bottom toolbar that's missing it's the actual previously posted gallery's that don't show up anymore in the SideBar, even though they're still posted.
The Galleries are still in the Web/Sites folder on the iDisk. They have a specific # which is why you can repost it with the same name and it doesn't overwrite it, instead it adds another one.
Weird 'eh!

.mac web gallery sharing without iMovie '08

I have iLife '08 on a pre-intel mac so I don't have access to iMovie '08. I'm using the web gallery feature of .mac for my movies with less than stellar results.
Here is my workflow:
1. Create my movie in iMovie '06
2. Export as a QT web streaming-medium file.
3. Import above file into iPhoto '06
4. Share movie to .mac web gallery via iPhoto
You can only get content into your web gallery thru iPhoto or iMovie which is why I have to go this route. The problem is, the compression/encoding via iMovie allows the viewer a choice of small/medium/large movie, with the large selection (supposedly) DVD quality. I obviously offer only one fixed steam at the present.
My question is this, does anyone know the settings in QT pro I can use to achieve the same result as iMovie '08?

My question is this, does anyone know the settings in QT pro I can use to achieve the same result as iMovie '08?
Tiny
16:9 - 176x144, H.264, 15 fps, 80 Kbps
3:2 - 176x144, H.264, 15 fps, 80 Kbps
4:3 - 176x144, H.264, 15 fps, 80 Kbps
Mobile
16:9 - 480x272, H.264, 30 fps, 1.0 Mbps
3:2 - 480x320, H.264, 30 fps, 1.0 Mbps
4:3 - 480x360, H.264, 30 fps, 1.0 Mbps
Medium
16:9 - 640x360, H.264, 30 fps, 1.7 Mbps
3:2 - 640x424, H.264, 30 fps, 1.7 Mbps
4:3 - 640x480, H.264, 30 fps, 1.7 Mbps
Large
16:9 - 960x540, H.264, 30 fps, 4.0 Mbps
3:2 - 808x540, H.264, 30 fps, 4.0 Mbps
4:3 - 720x540, H.264, 30 fps, 4.0 Mbps

Why can't others open my imovie posted on my web gallery?

I created a webpage thru iWeb, and have created a hyper-link to an imovie I uploaded to web gallery. Several people I know have had trouble viewing the movie from my web gallery. Some have received a message, "you must install Safari to open". I thought that any computer could open the movie (MAC or IBM)? Why are some having trouble opening the imovie from my webgallery? It opens up on my computer from hyper-link just fine... My webpage address is //web.me.com/nicolewillis2 ... go under 'minute maid' link and click the soccer ball.. Please help

What format is your movie? I had trouble with it playing - very slow and therefore not streaming well. Did you compress for the web? I must admit I am no expert when it comes to movies but mine are exported for the web using Quicktime Pro or compressed using Visual Hub. I am using Firefox 2.
Just tried in Safari and it is marginally better but some frames are dark and can't be seen very well.
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Video plays fine in iMovie but not in Web Gallery ?

Hi
I managed to import some small video clips to iMovie 08 using Streamclip (converting to .dv files).
The movies play fine in iMovie - no problems. However when I publish to Mac Web Gallery (I only published "mobile" size), one of the videos always hangs at the same point. The clip starts playing but you can see the clip stop loading and then it stops playing at the exact same point about 3 minutes in.
The Web Gallery says the clip is 4mins 36secs long but it never plays it in full. I've removed from Gallery and republished. I've also deleted the project and started from scratch. Both have failed to cure it.
Also tried it in Firefox 3 and Safari - same result.
Why is Mac Web Gallery struggling to play all the clip?
Thanks for any input!
Martin

Which version of iMovie?
If you are on version 8.0.6, this is probably due to the use of speed changes like fast motion or slow motion.
If you have speed changes in your project, you need to stick to the pre-set tick marks of 25%, 50%, 100%, 200%, 400%, 800%, etc. If you use a custom percent like 58% or 139%, you will get weird audio behavior in your final product.

Broken character encoding in Web Gallery / Journal

Hi,
Is there another place to submit bugs to Apple than posting here?
I noticed that the web gallery and journals are exported with HTML indicating iso-8859-1 encoding, but the characters are actually encoded with "MacRoman" (which isn't supported in most browsers and doesn't have a standard encoding name).
I put an example here:
http://tmp.askask.com/2005/12/aperture_bug/
(See the ø in my name be messed up on the bottom line).
Speaking of character sets; it really should export UTF-8 rather than iso-8859-1. (But anything else than MacRoman would be an improvement!)
- ask
Quad PowerMac Mac OS X (10.4.3)

After i read elsewhere in this forum that you can "hack" the HTML Templates I thought I give it a try and change the encoding settings.
So I went to Apperture.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/WebThemes/ and went into the Directory of the Theme I used, Pictures. I opened detail.html, gallery.html, journal-gallery.html and journal.html with BBEdit (I think TextEdit is just fine, too) and changed the charset to macintosh as this seems to be the official name of the MacRoman encoding as stated here: http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
I saved everything (you might make a backup of the original files first) and opened Aperture, exported my Web-Journal to a shared folder with my wife's PC and made some tests.
The encoding was recognized perfectly and automatically by Firefox (PC, 1.0.7), InternetExplorer (PC, 6.0) and of course Safari and Firefox on the Mac.
So it seems I can work around my second "favorite" bug in Aperture...
(My "favorite" is that I lost some projects when naming them with äöü's, it's soooo good to have a backup at hand)
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Imovie on web gallery people can't view

I have one small imovie on my web gallery.
One person on a pc said he 'couldn't download ' it..? I told him he needs IE 7 is this correct?
Another person said she can't view because it said she needed quicktime 2??
why can't all these pc people watch? Won't be good for my business.....
http//gallery.mac.com/photolight1

A Windows XP or Vista user will need Safari 3 or later, Firefox 2 or later, or Internet Explorer 7.
They will also need the most current version of Quicktime Player, which is available free. If they have iTunes, they may already have QuickTime Player.

Changing default jpeg compression for Web Gallery files

I have created several web galleries from both Raw and Jpeg files with Iphoto '08 that suffer from serious jpeg compression artifacts. I haven't found any way to change the compression amount to reduce the artifacts. Is there actually a way?

papasteveo:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. There is no way in iPhoto for the user to manage the jpg compression of the web gallery photos. If the option for visitors to download the photos is selected the copy that's uploaded is compressed approximately equivalent to an Photoshop quality setting of 8 or 9 out of 12. The pixel dimensions are the same as the original unless the max dimension in the original exceeds 3054. The the file is resized to 3054 max dimension.
If the gallery is just for viewing the image is resized to 800 x 600 with additional compression.
You could manually replace the file with one that you've prepared but it would be very tedious as each file has it's own folder and the file name is changed to web.jpg (viewing only) or large.jpg (download). You would have to rename each file to be uploaded to the new name and make sure it's placed in the correct folder.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

IMovie Web Gallery Issues with Multiple Size Movie

If I upload a medium and large size versions of the same movie to my web gallery it stores the two movies successfully. If I visit the site I'm presented with my album of the two sized movies. I click on that thumbnail and another page opens up showing the medium movie downloading. There is text to click for Medium and Large verions of the movie below the display area. If I click Large a refreshed page appears. I have to wait for the medium moving to finish downloading before the large movie starts. Why doesn't the medium move abort when you click the Large link? Despite both movies have been downloaded if I click on the medium movie text link the movie starts downloading again.
Also, I can't delete the medium movie from the web gallery without deleting the large movie. I have to upload the large movie again.
Any work-a-rounds. This doesn't sound right.
Kelvin

I don't know the answer (..so perhaps I shouldn't be replying..) but I can confirm that the same thing happens for me.
There's no × available at the top-left of the gallery page, either, to stop the download, to enable quicker swapping to another size.
Send Feedback to Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/imovie.html

Movies in Web Gallery

iPhoto or .Mac for web gallery questions? I'll try here:
Running iPhoto 7.01 and uploaded a web gallery of my niece's wedding. My camera takes QT movies as well and allows you to select movies and even sends a thumbnail with a movie icon on it. But when try and play them you get an generic 'QuickTime is unable to play this movie. Please try again.' and the Gallery entry in iphoto has one of the triangle '!' signs after it as if it ran into problems.
So is it:
a bug in delivery and Gallery doesn't really support QT movies (and should warn you if some are selected or just ignore them)
it only supports certain types of QT movies (though I don't think they got sent)
Or some other problem? No mention of movies that are supported by iPhoto in the database in any Gallery help or notice I can find.

Why is this thread marked as 'Answered?' Is the 'solution' that, while iPhoto 'seems' to be able to upload videos it lists and plays to Web Gallery, videos don't play.
Is that the answer? Has anyone been able to have videos uploaded to a web gallery via iPhoto actually run in a Web Gallery. If so, which format was it in?
(ANSWER/Workaround below.)
For me, My camera's MPEG1 Muxed, 640 x 480 pixels movies are copied to and list fine in iPhoto and are listed with an icon in a Web Gallery, but throws up an error message.
Movies exported to finder by iMovie 08 (.m4v, mpeg4 using H.264) is not even accepted as a valid format by iPhoto, so I can't say if it will run in the Web Gallery. Likewise, exporting a movie to the Media Browser does little, as iPhoto can't access the Media Browser. (Is that true? Am I missing something?)
Video encoded as MPEG4 Decompressor (libavcodec), 640 x 480, Millions AAC, Stereo (L R), 44.100 kHz (.mp4) is accepted as a valid format and is uploaded to the Web Gallery. It is also played in Web Gallery.
So, Non-H.264 compressed mpeg4 movie clips will play in Web Gallery.

Web gallery still not working.

The web gallery feature is still non-functional. I used to use it all the time. Suddenly a few days ago I noticed that it simply does not work anymore. I highlight and event, click web gallery, it creates a web gallery in the left sidebar of iphoto. The little progress circle turns for about 15 seconds, then suddenly the web gallery from the sidebar disappears and it as if I never clicked on the web gallery button. All my old we galleries are gone. I tried deleting iphoto prefs and deleting to _gallery folder from my idisk. No luck. When I try publishing a movie in iMovie to the web gallery, everything seems to proceed correctly. It compresses and uploads. The when I click the link provided, I get Apple's version of error 404: no such website.

Ben:
See if you can upload a file, any type will do, to the Sites folder on your iDisk via the Finder. I had a similar problem. When I tried uploading a file to the Sites folder or any of its subfolders I would get an error message. I reported it to the iWeb and .Mac feedback sites. It went away for a while and then came back that same day and then went away. Apple did get back to me and checked my account. They reported all was well. If you do get an error you may have a similar to mine but one that's not correcting itself. Report you problems to:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/mac/tm.html
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Problems Emailing to Web Gallery From Camera Phone

I have a Sony Ericcson camera phone that has a mail client which I have set up to use GMail for both incoming and outgoing mail. I can't seem to get Web Gallery to accept the picture emails I send from the phone. The only thing I can conclude is that the server accepting the emails has problems parsing the message. I can use my desktop computer to send the image to Web Gallery, so it's there's nothing wrong with the image itself. I've also tried configuring my phone to use an AT&T mail server to send the picture, but have the same problems, so it's not the mail servers. I've also sent a full sized image (2 megapixels) as well as a small version (640x480) to see if it's related to file size, but they fail as well. Interestingly enough, I can send videos that I take from my phone to Web Gallery and it gets posted, so I figure it's not the phone.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? I've included the failure notice email I get back from the Web Gallery mail servers below if it can help diagnose the problem. Thanks.
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
[email protected]
Technical details of permanent failure:
PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 16): 521 5.2.1 Fatal failure of WOA
----- Original message -----
Received: by 10.115.54.1 with SMTP id g1mr3950254wak.1186779997656;
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:06:37 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from ?10.173.60.148? ( [208.54.14.20])
by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n22sm5661856pof.2007.08.10.14.05.35
(version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5);
Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?xxxx?=" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bike?=
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED;
boundary="--MULTIPART_BOUNDARY00004E2D0000616C"
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
----MULTIPART_BOUNDARY00004E2D0000616C
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN;
charset="ISO-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
----MULTIPART_BOUNDARY00004E2D0000616C
Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
charset="US-ASCII";
----- Message truncated -----

After many trial and errors, I figured out that the web gallery mail servers were choking because the filenames my phone gives photos have capital ".JPG" extensions. If I change them to lowercase, the pictures get posted. Unfortunately, I can't rename the files inside the phone and need to transfer them out to my mac via bluetooth before I can rename it. To solve the problem for myself, I created an email address on another hosted website that pipes mail to a script that rewrites the problematic portions before sending it to my web gallery. It's somewhat of a roundabout way of doing it, but it works for now.
Hopefully the web gallery mail servers will be corrected to handle this situation.

Web gallery is not working anymore, all my galleries gone.

PLEASE LISTEN! The web gallery feature is simply not working anymore. Not in iPhoto, not in iMovie.

Why shout at us? We're just Users like you.
Let them know:
iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback
Regards
TD

Mirror effect in web gallery

Apologies for the newbie question.
I am just creating my first web gallery from iPhoto.
Other web galleries I have seen have a mirror/reflection effect on the photos. Mine is just the plain photo.
Can anyone tell me how to set up mine to show the same effect?
Thanks

There is no mirror effect in iMovie 08.

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