Web Reference Movies

I am trying to save a reference movie from my quicktime streaming server but every time I save it I am stuck with the afp protocol, requiring anyone who wants to watch it to authenticate (which they obviously can't). How do I save the reference movie with an http protocol?

Try webbedfeet.info
clicking on the sign activates the href to the reference movie, which chooses the 'iPhoto exported' slideshow to play from another server. Since the 7.4 updates, nothing plays.

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Template for Web Reference Movie

I had been using QuickTime Pro to produce Web Reference Movies and associated files. They seemed to work but thought they were having problems with the campus filewall under wifi but that might not be a problem after all.
I finally worked out that Compresor 4 expects to output .mov files when creating web reference movies. Compressor 3 had a template for web reference movies but its not provided with Compressor 4. I will play with the settings (comparing with QTPro files) but thought I'd ask if others have any suggestions/recommendations for output stream settings.
Thanks, David

just a bug Apple needs to fix.

Embed Reference Movie in Web Page

Hi, I exported several versions of my movie out of QuickTime Pro using the "Export for Web" feature. I used the default options. I read the instructional file for embedding the result in a web page. I made a very simple web page and loaded all to the same folder on my web site. When I try to play the movie the poster frame image shows and when I click 'play' the QuickTime logo appears, but then a question mark is displayed over the QuickTime log. Clearly something is not right. Here is the web page:
http://konastreamingvideo.com/ksv/house.htm
I would appreciate any help that could be offered. Thanks.

Thanks for the help. Yes I uploaded all of the exported versions:
MVI_1235-Desktop.m4v
MVI_1235-iPhone-cell.3gp
MVI_1235-iPhone.m4v
MVI_1235-poster.jpg
MVI_1235.mov
All are residing in the folder with the reference movie and were not renamed. I noticed in the instructions there is a comment of including the <style> and <script> tags in the <head> of the page so that it validates as XHTML. I copied and pasted the <script> code, but I am not using any <style> tags. I wondered if that is contributing to the issue. Thanks again for the help.

QTSS won't recognize reference movie

I have uploaded a reference movie (which contains links to alternate movies) that to a Quicktime Streaming Server directory.
When I open the URL in Quicktime Player 7, I get an 'unsupported media type 415' error. If I upload the reference movie to a folder on my web site instead, the appropriate video will start to stream. However, QT Player 'thinks' it is a live broadcast.
Something still isn't right.
* ALL files in the folder within the QTSS directory have hinted tracks.
* the non-referenced movies on the QTSS all play when the URLs are opened in QT Player7.
* the reference movie, which is supposed to call the appropriate movie for streaming, reports 'unsupported media type 415' error when I try to open the URL in Quicktime Player 7.
* the reference movie, which is supposed to call the appropriate movie for streaming, works fine when I open the file on my hard drive, i.e. it starts playing the appropriate file from the streaming server (I used absolute URLs)
* the reference movie, which is supposed to call the appropriate movie for streaming, works fine if I upload it to a directory on my web site (http) instead of a directory on the streaming server (rtsp).
I used MakeRefMovieX to make the reference movie. To keep things simple, I did not flatten a default movie into the reference movie.
The Apple tuorial for reference movies says:
Save the reference movie and place it and all the alternate movies in the same directory. Upload the directory or folder to the server.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/refmovies.html
Another tutorial says:
http://www.iupui.edu/~nmstream/tutorials/quicktimevideo.php
FTP this file to your streaming server and ideally place it under the same folder that holds the streaming video files.

To get the captioned text to appear BELOW the movie,
do you simply adjust the coordinates for the text box
in the text file before adding it to the reference
movie?
Hi Cris
Well the answer is yes and no, yes you do have to set the coordinates of both the movie and the text, but these are controlled by a third file known as a .smil file.
Here's how you make it all work, (all these documents are located on the http server, in the same directory together, with the exception of the http document, which can be located in a different folder if you choose:
Documents involved are:
http web page, with QT java code embedded in it, http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed.html
.smil file, which contains the window size, movie and captioning text file.
.mov or text file, containing the captioning text only, with timecode reference as part of the file.
MSTR.mov, also know as the reference movie, containing the alternate movie locations.
You need to create an http document with the QT java code embedded in it, the window size, which needs to be able to accommodate the movie window, the text window and if you choose the movie control bar, which is controlled via java code, which references the .smil file.
When a patron opens this document, this sends a request to the .smil file, which is located in the same directory as the MSTR.mov, (ref movie) as well as the .txt or .mov text file. The .smil file then contains all of the information that controls over all window size of the displayed parts, MSTR.mov, (ref movie) and text or .mov text file.
You may wonder why the window size is in both the http document as well as the .smil file, this is because the http document is making a hole for the .smil file to be displayed in the http document and the window size in the .smil file is for combining all the independent files or as you put it, coordinates for each part. These appear in the hole, created in the http documents QT java script window size, (think of the http document as the mask for the .smil file.)
When the .smil file is accessed, the reference movie contacts the QT RTSP streaming server, then places the movie and text, (captioning file) together and are sent to the http document where they are viewed as a unified web page.
The .smil file has specific code and can be found here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/quicktime/Conceptual/QTScripting_SMIL/i ndex.html
When I get back to work on Monday, (if you need me to) I can post you both the java scripting we use in our web pages and the .smil coding in our .smil files.

Reference Movies and Streaming Server

I have compressed my movie in multiple streaming sizes, 56k-T1. I have tried several times to use MakeRefMovie app to make a MSTR movie that will deliver up the propery version of the movie on the Streaming server they will reside. I get an error everytime.
It works locally, but not when embedded in an HTML page.
I've tried pulling the movies into MakeRefMovie and then changing their location to a URL, no dice.
I've tried opening the movie in Quicktime Pro using the Open URL, then doing a save as and calling that movie into MakeRefMovie. No dice.
Do I not need a reference movie with streaming video? Or should the server call it up automatically? If so, what is the HTML I should put in my page to make this happen?
-Kirk

If your files are served using streaming server software the audio and video tracks need "hint" tracks.
You can create them without re-exporting using the Automator app.
QuickTime Pro already includes "Export to Web" which can make three different versions of your file and automatically serve up the correct version based on your page visitor settings.
It even writes the proper html code which you can copy/paste into your existing pages. These files are served via HTTP and no streaming server software or hint tracks are required.

Reference movies for earlier versions of QT

Hi, I'm doing an national intranet project behind a fire wall and have encoded my video content with the H264 codec. I then saved as a self contained movie and then from that saved as a reference movie, to which i point by embedding in a web page. It looks great, and loads (fast start) quite quickly, even in the lowest bandwidth offices.
The problem is this only works with QT 7 and many people in our org still have version 6. They also do not have admin access to their machines and therefore cannot update.
So I recompressed another version with the sorenson codec, and it's not too bad (although nowhere near as nice as the H264). I then tried to make a reference movie with the MakeRefMovie app, hoping that i can detect the user's version of QT and seamlessly deliver appropriate content depending on the user's QT version. But the sorenson version was not recognised by QT 6 via the reference movie. (although it plays just fine when i point directly to the self contained movie, or save that as a ref movie... but then the version 7 users would have to see an inferiour quality movie...)
Is the MakeRefMovie app the only way to do this ? Can i not specify the movies i want to refer to in QT pro 7 ? Any idea's as to why my first attempt with MakeRefMovie didnt work ?
Are reference movies that point to multiple movie versions intended for streaming only ?
Is there a way to upgrade the browser plugin without having to download and install the player?
Thanks for any help or ideas...

No. AFAIK, it requires at least 10.6.6.

Dynamically loading the url of a web reference object in C#

Hi,
We have a number of assemblies (C# - VS 2010) that access third party web services via SOAP. The url to access the site is part of the web reference object.
We have need to be able to change the url used to access the service at run runtime when conditions require.
What would the be the best practice of dynamically setting the url to be used at run time?
Thanks in advance.
SanDegan99

You could specify the URLs as keys in the application configuration file (App.config or web.config) of the main application:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationmanager.appsettings(v=vs.110).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa374182(v=vs.85).aspx
App.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<startup>
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5" />
</startup>
<appSettings>
<add key="url1" value="http://www.url.com/test.asmx"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>
You can then retrieve these values using the ConfigurationManager class in any assembly that is referenced from the main application like this (add a reference to System.Configuration.dll):
string url = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["url1"].ToString();
You can change the values of the keys in the application configuration file without having to recompile the application.
The other option is to specify the URLs in a database or some other persistent storage from which you read at runtime but configuration files are generally used to store these kind of variable application settings.
Please remember to mark helpful posts as answer to close your threads and remember that any new question you may have should be asked in a new thread of its own.

Web reference WSDL not conforming to SOAP standard

I built a web service based on the BAPI_FLIGHT_GETLIST function module using the "create web service" wizard. The generated web service endpoint is active in SOAMANAGER transaction.
When I try to generate a proxy class in Visual Studio 2005 using the "Add web reference" tool the service method is shown as expected in the preview window. However, when I click the "Add Reference" button I get the following error message:
Custom tool warning: DiscoCodeGenerator unable to initialize code generator.
No code generated.
The Solution Explorer window shows the Web Reference object generated with components Reference.map, Reference.cs and a WSDL file; however the Reference.cs proxy class has no code in it and there are no objects for the method parameters.
When running the WSDL.exe program from the command line, the following error message is generated:
Microsoft (R) Web Services Description Language Utility
[Microsoft (R) .NET Framework, Version 2.0.50727.42]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Warning: This web reference does not conform to WS-I Basic Profile v1.1.
SOAP 1.1 binding was not found: WS-I's Basic Profile 1.1 consists of implementation guidelines that recommend how a set of core Web services specifications should be used together to develop interoperable Web services. For the 1.1 Profile, those specifications are SOAP 1.1, WSDL 1.1, UDDI 2.0, XML 1.0 and XML Schema.
For more details on the WS-I Basic Profile v1.1, see the specification at http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicProfile-1.1.html.
Warning: no classes were generated.
Warnings were encountered. Review generated source comments for more details.
I've seen several documents that step through this process that work fine. Has anyone seen this issue before and found a solution?
I'm running NW2004s with SP14 on Windows Server 2003 R2. Clients are VS2005 on both XP & Vista - same result on both client environments.
Thanks,
Dorian.

Hi,
I'm not familiar with the tools you described to create the Web Service aboved SAP BAPI's, but i have 2 ideas which you can start with.
I am part of the team developed the "ESE for .NET" and on the last step of our tool we are using VS API to "Add Web Reference".
We have noticed 2 ocaasions that might interest you:
1. Can you please verify that the WSDL contains the "wsdl:binding" part ?
   according to the error message you described you are missing the binding part.
   As you know WSDL of .NET Web Service combined of 5 major sections: "wsdl:types, "wsdl:message, "wsdl:portType, "wsdl:binding" & "wsdl:service".
   .NET proxy generation can't be executed on a WSDL based on a Service Definition only, it must have the "wsdl:binding" part which always comes only with
   the End Points WSDL from SAP services.
2. Can you send me the WSDL file by email ? [email protected]
3. Another important issue for Runtime of the Services - SAP Web Service schema is a little different than MS schema, you should look for "parameters" inside the WSDL and change it to "paramter".
Hope this information will help you,
Nadav

How to add Web References

Hello Experts,
I am developing Web application in ASP NET for B1 , i am stuck up with adding web references , i have gone through B1WS doc but got no solution
Please Suggest
Quick Reply will be very helpful

Hi,
Have you searched the forum?
You may check this first: Re: SAP B1WS
Thanks,
Gordon

Help with QT Reference Movie

Because I moved from using Sony Vegas to FCP, I didn't keep the SD card structure intact. I only kept the .mts files. Because of this, I used ClipWrap to convert to Apple ProRes 422 LT. I imported this footage into FCP and put it on the timeline and used PluralEyes to sync. I wanted to create a QT Reference Movie of V1, but for some reason, FCP wants to render out the entire track completely (over 46 gb) instead of just making a reference movie. Why is this? Here's a screen shot of what I'm doing:
https://skitch.com/everydayjones/gugxb/skitch

>I used ClipWrap to convert to Apple ProRes 422 LT
But does that match your Sequence settings in FCP? Frame rate? Pixel dimensions? If any settings don't match, or when you've applied effects to the clips in the Timeline, FCP will render the Sequence and those renders will become part of the Reference movie.
Render the Sequence fully before you export and the resulting reference file will be much smaller in size.
-DH

Quicktime export still uses reference movie!

I am trying to export a file to deliver to a client. It plays in QT player 7 fine--so I go to Export... and choose my settings, then click OK. Then I burn the resulting file to a DVD.
When I try to play this file on another computer, I get an error saying an audio.aif cannot be found, and without it the movie cannot play properly. This is the same kind of warning you get when you save a reference movie and delete the original file. But I didn't do that...I exported and waited as it recopied every frame!
What's going on?

Same problems here and have spent days on every variable option. Thank you though for the tip of Snapz Pro. I'm downloading a trial now to see if that works but I'm concerned about the quality of the final file. I'm actually thinking of finding a way to export the Keynote into a video editing program and bring the AAC or .Mov files in separately and re-size them on top of the Keynote Quicktime to re-edit the timings. Anyone tried that yet?

HDV QT Reference Movie Exported from FCP5 Freezes

I'm having a problem when I export HDV to a Quicktime Reference Movie. The video plays back to a specific point, then freezes, while the audio keeps playing.
This happens even with cuts-only (or even uncut footage), no effects movies when they are exported as QT Reference Movies.
Can anyone give me some advice?

STUDIO X: I tried rendering the QT Reference Movie to the same disk as the media, but I still get the same video freeze with audio that works just fine. The video freezes 21-minutes into the 42-minute video.
FINAL CUT PRO: Thank you for your suggestion, but QT Reference Movies were designed to accomplish specific function. I use them to burn DVD's, create videos for the internet and mobile phones... lots of things. Your suggestion is simply circumventing a function that SHOULD work. Your suggestion also takes much more time and disk space. You're taking something that should be simple and making it complicated. Unless I have to move a copy of my HDV movie to another computer outside of my studio, this is unacceptable.

Aspect ratio, quicktime reference movie

Hi, I'm trying to compress my movie edited in 1080i HDV to the h.264 Sequence iPod video 640x480.
I've done this many many times exporting directly from FCP to compressor and it usually works.. But I have read (here and other places) that it is better to
1. make a quicktime reference movie
2. open that in compressor..
3. render (compress) into the correct format
When I do that it messes up the aspect ratio (making it even wider) any suggestions?
J

When converting like you did in the past, (where it changed the aspect of your image) did you go into the geometry controls of compressor and also select the proper aspect, found in the Frame Size controls.
If you fail to do this, you would end up with the wrong aspect being applied. You may also have to pad your video, using the "Output Image Inset (Padding) controls as well to maintain your 16x9 aspect on a 4x3 aspect.

FCP 7 issue with exporting reference movie?

I've used FCP 6 to export reference movies -- no problem. Now, using FCP 7.0.3 , I can't seem to export a reference movie period. On old projects, where I've done reference movies, no luck. On newer ones created in FCP 7, I render everything -- I mean everything, no luck. The 'not self-contained box' is unchecked. I even tried making a brand new project, importing a 10 second clip requiring no rendering. FCP still won't export a reference movie; it keeps making a regular movie clip. I really need this function to make DVDs. Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

First, let me correct myself regarding the QT reference movie. My movies show a poster frame rather than a preview as I mentioned in my previous post.
It's important that all of the items from the Sequence menu are checked.

Automator workflow for Quicktime "Save As... reference movie"

I need just to "Save As (a reference movie)" from within Quicktime... I have tried using the "Compress using most recent settings" but that still tries to make it "self-contained," whereas i need specifically to Save As a Reference Movie.
Any thoughts?

If you save as a reference movie it just uses a pointer to the already existing content which you cannot move or molest, or it won't work. You want to compress it then you make a new movie, and self contained as a result.

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