MOV file in Front Page working/not working

[nolamad]

I downloaded a .mov file from my digital camera, loaded it in Front Page 2000, and then ftp'd the files to my website. Some people can see it, others get the broken movie clip icon for Quicktime.

Any ideas???

Thanks, and here is the test link

http://www.noladave.com/Tulane/movietest.html

[bettyfordclinic]

Hmmmm

That does look odd, and I don't see exactly what the problem is (it half worked for me as well). I use GoLive, and here's the code it recommends for a QT MOV insertion. You have to change both file name and movie dimensions.

<embed src="FILENAMEHERE.MOV" width="100" height="100" type="video/quicktime" controller="false" autoplay="true">

Hope it helps.

md

[Ddr]

I was under the impression that QT format was not supported, that only RM was.

If there is a workaround, I am very interested.

Dale

[nolamad]

The funny part about this - even though powweb doesn't officially support Quicktime .mov files, some people reported that it worked! Oh, well... I got it fixed by converting them to .avi

http://www.noladave.com/Tulane

[Doedewas]

I posted avi files that work within my computer but once loaded on the web it does open Windows Mediaplayer but with it comes the message: "The system cannot locate the resource specified". The path to the file cannot be found and the error is 800C0005: The Windows Media Player error center tells me that the server or proxy cannot be found and that I should check the path. The avi files are in the same location as the html file. Does anyone have a suggestion?
This is the site address:
http://www.liannevandeven.com/TE/tevideo2.htm

[blurchy]

i saw the movie

blurchy

[blurchy]

i saw the bottom avi

but the other one with the guitar is a jpeg

but youve named it .avi ????

right click on it and go to

properties to see what i mean

it looks confusing

[Doedewas]

I am totally surprised that it worked for you and not for me. Was that in Windows Mediaplayer on another mediaplayer? Does that just mean there is something set up wrong in my computer? Just to make sure: did you see both movies or just the bottom one?

The top picture is also an avi file, but I took a picture (jpeg) as a link to it (instead of some text as in the bottom one). So the properties of the picture indicate a jpeg. If you rightclick for properties you see a URL listed under the file type, indicating it is a link.

Thanks for the feedback.

Doedewas

[blurchy]

hi

its the bottom video i saw in windows media player

i cant even get to it now for some reason

there are a number of things that could be happening

1) the codec the video was made with

eg cinepak, intel indeo 5, .mov

these are all codecs there are loads more

they deal with compressing your video

if youve made the .avi with a certain compression codec

youll need that codec on your system to play it back


2) it could also be that the first video clip was

sent to your web site in asc11 mode which

is for text etc therefore the vid wouldnt make sense


3) it could be the file extension .AVI

some servers are case sensitive if you can, change the

.AVI to .avi

eg videoclip.AVI

change to videoclip.avi

4) the file size may be just too big

blurchy

[Doedewas]

Blurchy,

I have moved some files around that changed the URL:

www.liannevandeven.com/tevideo2.htm
http://www.liannevandeven.com/tevideo2.htm

When I view the page in Netscape I automatically get the option to download the file. In my IE browser it automatically brings up mediaplayer but then says it can't find the resource. Did you get mediaplayer automatically to start playing the file, or did you download first?

Of course that is what I would like the page to do: automatically start a player and play the file. This is new to me and I don't know how to create streaming media. I am trying to figure out now what has to go in the code, and what are my own software settings (like with which player a file opens).

I am not sure about the compression.

I will have to ask some more people to check the site and report to me what happens.

Thanks againg for feedback.

Doedewas

[blurchy]

hi

next time it asks you to download the file

do it and see if it will play off your computer

if this video file is 14 seconds its probably quite big

in file size

if this video has been taken off a new

type stills camera it will be using

mjpeg.avi format

which is not an .avi in the real sense

if you try to bring this into a mediaplayer

it wont work

check your camera manual under specifications

and see if this is the case


the only other thing it could be is the path

in dreamweaver you have the option to

link in two ways

1 realitive to document

2 relative to site root

if the video is in the same folder as the html file

it has to be relative to document


personally i think its the file type

.mjpeg.avi

the newest equipment tends to use this

my sister has a camera that will record mjpeg.avi too

and she cant even see the video at all

mjpeg.avi is good but theres not many people

with the codec to see it

blurchy