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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