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Quicktime Streaming Tips

Documentation from Apple on using MPEG-4 files.

An example of an embedded QuickTime Streaming object:


<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="120" height="120" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">


   <param name="SRC" value="http://qtssweb.macserve.net/getrtsptext.php?uri=/test/3_steps-56k-38k.h.mov">


   <param name="TYPE" value="video/quicktime">


   <param name="AUTOPLAY" value="true">


   <param name="CONTROLLER" value="false">


   <embed src="http://qtssweb.macserve.net/getrtsptext.php?uri=/test/3_steps-56k-38k.h.mov" type="video/quicktime" width="160" height="136" autoplay="true" controller="false" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"> </embed>


</object>

You'll notice the SRC parameter references a "getrtsptext.php" PHP script.

This is a special script we make available on our server so that you do not have to create a reference movie. This script will automatically feed back a "rtsptext" file in the proper format.

The drawback to this method is that you can only reference a single file.

JF Neto wrote on 1/9/2003 10:53 AM > >I'm working in a project that will provide live streaming restricted to >authenticated website users. So I want to prevent users to get >connected direct to RTSP url. > >Is there any tool available in QTSS to kill unauthenticated connections?

From the QuickTime Streameng Server users list: > >QTSS provides authentication/authorization through qtaccess files. You >can create a qtaccess file to allow only certain users to access your >content. If you want to change the users that are allowed every few >minutes, you could write a script that periodically rewrites the file. >To learn more about the format of a qtaccess file, read the section on >security in QTSS Help. QTAccess files

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