Hi All,
Sorry to clog your in-boxes with a thread that recurs regularly, but I need
some help/suggestions about this.
The client needs video in a shockwave piece.
Setting up an RTSP server is a non-starter.
Alternatives:
1). DL the entire DV file then play it.
2). Use QT's http streaming abilities.
3). Others? <-- insert your suggestions here -->
Problems with the above:
1). Potentailly a long time to wait for the DV file to download.
2). How to know when to "start" the file playing/displaying so that while
it's playing director doesn't reach the end of the file before it has
streamed in. I want the progress to be seamless ie. NOT( play a little, DL
some more, play that, etc. )
3). Obvious need for QT to be pre-installed, or downloaded and installed.
Likewise the SW plug-in and the QT3Asset xtra.
There was a thread along these lines last year ( posted by Mark Jonkman? )
where code had been written to achieve this, but said code belonged to the
developer's client. However, pseudo-code was provided. I'm wondering how far
off-base the following approach might be:
start a preloadNetThing on the QT file in beginSprite
monitor the netID from this behaviour's exitFrame
when enough of an initial buffer has downloaded so that I can (if the
connection speed is maintained) rely on the file playing smoothly; set the
dummy member's fileName to the URL of the preload from above, make it
visible and set the movieRate to 1.
Is this all I need to do? Do I need to worry about the streaming property of
the dummy member? The pausedAtStart and controller properties? (I seem to
remember a technote/thread regarding the importance of these properties and
streaming)
I've trolled the archives of both here and Direct-L, read the technotes at
MM AND the manual. Lots of people asking for help, few solutions
found/provided for seamless streaming
Given the new Real xtra, is this a viable streaming alternative to QT?
Reading suggests it doesn't have the ability to stream via http.
Also, is http streaming provided by the installation of QT, or by the .mov
file format. I'm wondering whether now that QT5 supports MPEG video on
Windows - and I'm probably going to have most end-users installing it -
whether QT can stream an MPEG file? Anyone tried it?
I'm about to trial all of this (as soon as I can get the password for our
site!), just looking for pointers/suggestions.
TIA,
-Sean.
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