Hi Alan,
The videos play from my computer (400MHz G4 Mac, Mac OS 10.2, QT 6.1,
cable modem, Internet Explorer 5.2.2 and Safari beta 1.0 (v51)). No
audio though. Either the video doesn't have any or you need to set the
SoundDevice = QT3Mix.
You did the right thing by setting the QuickTime Asset Xtra
(QT3Asset.x32) to download if needed. The QT Asset Xtra is not
installed by default, therefore you have to tell the Shockwave movie to
download the Xtra to the user's computer by checking Download if
needed option.
You should also be checking to see if QT is installed (and the version
is recent enough) on the user's computer by using the quickTimePresent
and/or quickTimeVersion() - both of which are supported through
Shockwave.
I'm guessing the the reason why the QT movies aren't playing for you is
the slow speed of your 56k dial-up connection. I image that if you wait
long enough the movies will eventually play.
If your project designed to be viewed by users having a dial-up
connection you need to compress the heck out of your QT movies. I doubt
you'll be able to get enough compression while retaining satisfactory
quality. If your project is designed to be viewed by people with a fast
connection then I wouldn't worry about it not working through dial-up -
it's not a valid test.
Hope that helps.
Jeremy Aker
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 11:14 PM, Alan Neilsen wrote:
Hi list
I am building some video editing simulations in Shockwave for delivery
over the Web. To have a look, go to
http://cowan.ls.deakin.edu.au/Media_Arts_Sims/index.htm and select one
of the simulation from the menu. These work fine when I access them
from a network computer, but when I tried to test the download time
over a 56k modem at home, the Quicktime movies do not work and I get
an error message -
Director Player Error
The Application requires an Xtra (QuickTime) that either does not
exist or failed to initialise properly. Please make sure the
appropriate Xtras are in the Xtras folder(s).
Can any body tell me what xtra this is referring to. I made sure each
movie's xtras in Director included QuickTime Agent.x32 and
QT3Asset.x32. But still got this error message. I then made sure
Download if needed was selected for QT3Asste.x32, which seems to
have stopped this error message appearing, but the QT movies still do
not play.
According to http://www.accessity.net/xtralist/Macr%20Xtras.htm, the
QT3Asset.x32 xtra -
Enables Shockwave Player or projectors to play QuickTime cast members
and provides the QT3Mix soundDevice. - but this does not happen.
Please help
Alan
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