[videoblogging] How to create a link within a .wmv?
Using QuickTime Pro I now know the html code necessary to create a link to a url from within a .mov video, but can someone explain how to do the same in a .wmv video? I only use macs and have no experience with Windows programs but surely there must be a means to create this type of link for WindowsMedia Player. Thanks, Michael
[videoblogging] Help getting hyperlink in QT .mov in separate browser window
Finally learned how to create a hyperlink of my Credits in a QuickTime movie,
by using this
html code sequence:
[00:00:00.000]
{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}Makeup by Richard Calcasola at
[00:00:02.000]
{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}click here:
{href:http://www.maximusspasalon.com}Maxium{endhref}
[00:00:08.000]
But, cannot figure out how to get that link to open in a separate browser
window when
clicked on while viewing the movie. The code a target=_blank should work if
I knew
where it should appear. Regardless of where I enter it in the html string it
does not operate
as it should.
Any help is appreciated.
Michael
[videoblogging] Re: Help getting hyperlink in QT .mov in separate browser window
Rupert:
Thank you for your response to my issue. I copied and pasted your suggested
code into
the movie but without it generating the intended result. Instead it yielded
what you can
see here: http://i38.tinypic.com/2e3btat.png
Then I removed the spaces between T but that did not work either.
I use a macPro and my friend is on a MacBook which got the same negative
results.
Is there something I am missing from your instructions?
Thanks,
Michael
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Enclose the URL with and and then add a space and T_blank
before the curly bracket.
Thus:
{href:http://www.maximusspasalon.com T_blank }Maxium{endHREF}
Any reason the printed name Maxium is different from MaximusSpaSalon?
Not a typo?
There's a different - and often more elegant - way to add clickable
links in Quicktime movies, if you have Adobe GoLive - or even Adobe
Photoshop. You can create clickable invisible hotspots in the
Sprite Track which can sit invisibly over Logos or Text in your
movie, thus making those graphics clickable but without a great big
blue text link appearing in your nice Quicktime movie.
Also, you can use the Sprite track to make the whole frame of the
movie clickable between certain time periods.
Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv
On 24-Oct-08, at 5:25 AM, Bookmarts wrote:
Finally learned how to create a hyperlink of my Credits in a
QuickTime movie, by using this
html code sequence:
[00:00:00.000]
{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}Makeup by Richard Calcasola at
[00:00:02.000]
{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}click here:
{href:http://www.maximusspasalon.com}Maxium{endhref}
[00:00:08.000]
But, cannot figure out how to get that link to open in a separate
browser window when
clicked on while viewing the movie. The code a target=_blank
should work if I knew
where it should appear. Regardless of where I enter it in the html
string it does not operate
as it should.
Any help is appreciated.
Michael
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Help getting hyperlink in QT .mov in separate browser window
Rupert:
Michael here again, this time with very good news. My friend and I fiddle a bit
with the
code you suggested and found one change which gave the results we wanted. All
it
required was the inclusion of an A before the http. Like this:
{HREF:Ahttp://www.maximusspasalon.com/ T_blank}Maximus{endHREF}
Thank you for helping us get to the point where we could experiment and get it
to work.
Michael
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Enclose the URL with and and then add a space and T_blank
before the curly bracket.
Thus:
{href:http://www.maximusspasalon.com T_blank }Maxium{endHREF}
Any reason the printed name Maxium is different from MaximusSpaSalon?
Not a typo?
There's a different - and often more elegant - way to add clickable
links in Quicktime movies, if you have Adobe GoLive - or even Adobe
Photoshop. You can create clickable invisible hotspots in the
Sprite Track which can sit invisibly over Logos or Text in your
movie, thus making those graphics clickable but without a great big
blue text link appearing in your nice Quicktime movie.
Also, you can use the Sprite track to make the whole frame of the
movie clickable between certain time periods.
Rupert
http://twittervlog.tv
On 24-Oct-08, at 5:25 AM, Bookmarts wrote:
Finally learned how to create a hyperlink of my Credits in a
QuickTime movie, by using this
html code sequence:
[00:00:00.000]
{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}Makeup by Richard Calcasola at
[00:00:02.000]
{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}click here:
{href:http://www.maximusspasalon.com}Maxium{endhref}
[00:00:08.000]
But, cannot figure out how to get that link to open in a separate
browser window when
clicked on while viewing the movie. The code a target=_blank
should work if I knew
where it should appear. Regardless of where I enter it in the html
string it does not operate
as it should.
Any help is appreciated.
Michael
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Links to website inside video
Adrian: Thanks, between ezedia QTi and Andreas' website I should be able to figure it out. Your help is greatly appreciated. Michael --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Adrian Miles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ezedia QTi will do this very easily, you can use the demo version for free if it is just one link. I seem to remember that Andreas (www.solitude.dk) may also have written a small script that you could use to do this too. Adrian Miles 2008/4/30 Bookmarts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I know this has been discussed in the past, and I should have paid attention to it then, but I did not and now need to know how to create a link inside a video to a website. For example, if there is an acknowledgment of a supporting company and you want to make that company's website accessible from the credits in the video how is that link created? I use Final Cut Express, a Mac, and QuickTime to create my videos. Thanks, Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com (now in its second year) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Links to website inside video
ZN: I have GarageBand and will check that out. Thanks, Michael --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, J. N. Pereira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think Garage band also has that on Quicktime output, there were a time were they called it something like enhanced podcast, but its implemented there. I suppose that if you convert to flash it looses those links... Rgds, ZN On Apr 30, 2008, at 3:45 , Adrian Miles wrote: ezedia QTi will do this very easily, you can use the demo version for free if it is just one link. I seem to remember that Andreas (www.solitude.dk ) may also have written a small script that you could use to do this too. Adrian Miles 2008/4/30 Bookmarts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I know this has been discussed in the past, and I should have paid attention to it then, but I did not and now need to know how to create a link inside a video to a website. For example, if there is an acknowledgment of a supporting company and you want to make that company's website accessible from the credits in the video how is that link created? I use Final Cut Express, a Mac, and QuickTime to create my videos. Thanks, Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com (now in its second year) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links
[videoblogging] Re: Links to website inside video
Chuck: Thank you. The url reference you provided is similar to what Andreas offers on his website, except his has this helpful tool not provided by Apple. The two will help me understand what is required to create the link in the video. Michael --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/hreftracks.html --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bookmarts bookmarts@ wrote: I know this has been discussed in the past, and I should have paid attention to it then, but I did not and now need to know how to create a link inside a video to a website. For example, if there is an acknowledgment of a supporting company and you want to make that company's website accessible from the credits in the video how is that link created? I use Final Cut Express, a Mac, and QuickTime to create my videos. Thanks, Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com (now in its second year)
[videoblogging] Links to website inside video
I know this has been discussed in the past, and I should have paid attention to it then, but I did not and now need to know how to create a link inside a video to a website. For example, if there is an acknowledgment of a supporting company and you want to make that company's website accessible from the credits in the video how is that link created? I use Final Cut Express, a Mac, and QuickTime to create my videos. Thanks, Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com (now in its second year)
[videoblogging] Re: Help with: Inconsistent Audio Sample Rate
Apparently when QuickTime upgraded to 7.2, for those of us using Flip4Mac to export our videos into a .wmv format, we started getting this error message. Supposedly the QuickTime people at Apple and the staff at Flip4Mac are working to resolve the issue. In the meantime even when I am able to export a .wmv video, using an older QuickTime version, the sound sync is off. It is off by about a half a second. Now I need to figure out some new audio compression rates that might generate the proper sync. Any suggestions? Flip4mac is offering a work around that can be seen at: http://www.flip4mac.com/knowledge/kb_0070.htm I have not had time to try this yet. Thanks, Michael www.poetryvlog.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, André Sala [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm also having this issue -- I think it was due to the recent QuickTime update. I'll post again if I'm able to completely resolve! On 7/21/07, Bookmarts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fellow videobloggers: Every week for more than a year I have created about a five minute video of a poet reading his or her poetry. Each week the video is exported from iMovie into .mov, .wmv and .m4v formats. This week when I attempted to export the latest video into the .wmv format I get the alert message, Inconsistent Audio Sample Rate. The media you are exporting contains audio with multiple sample rates. The video will compress (export) properly to .mov and .m4v, but not to .wmv. I have tried exporting from iMovie, Final Cut Express HD, and QuickTime and the same message and failure occurs. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Michael www.poetryvlog.com
[videoblogging] Re: Help with: Inconsistent Audio Sample Rate
Gena: The problem was fixed by using my laptop (iBook G4) which has QuickTime Pro 7.1.6, which is a version older than the one on my main computer; QT version 7.2 So much for always hitting the upgrade now button on the software upgrade option. I'll replace the newer version with the older and see if that works on my main computer (Mac G4 dp). Creating videos is always interesting and sometimes very frustrating. Thanks for your advice. Michael www.poetryvlog.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a question or two, did you update software or change a setting? Your not on Windows, which is known for sneaking updates that folks are semi conscious of happening. Wait a minute - wasn't there an update to a newer version of QT Pro? Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bookmarts bookmarts@ wrote: Fellow videobloggers: Every week for more than a year I have created about a five minute video of a poet reading his or her poetry. Each week the video is exported from iMovie into .mov, .wmv and .m4v formats. This week when I attempted to export the latest video into the .wmv format I get the alert message, Inconsistent Audio Sample Rate. The media you are exporting contains audio with multiple sample rates. The video will compress (export) properly to .mov and .m4v, but not to .wmv. I have tried exporting from iMovie, Final Cut Express HD, and QuickTime and the same message and failure occurs. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Michael www.poetryvlog.com
[videoblogging] Re: Help with: Inconsistent Audio Sample Rate
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, bordercollieaustralianshepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Updates were killing me. Lots of chatter here: http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/quicktime7/ topic2892.html Starts : http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/quicktime7/ topic2892.html#12jul2007 Now I know, they are killing me too; at least with QuickTime. Thanks, Michael
[videoblogging] Re: feed not working Verdi's mp4 method
Michael: Thanks for your comprehensive reply that helps me and others understand many of the issues associated with creating and uploading videos. There are a number of advantages to not using the export to ipod feature. 1. It only works correctly if you are using iMovie. If, for example, you have DV footage and are using Final Cut Pro and you use the export for iPod thing your video will come out the wrong aspect ratio. You are correct, I do create my vlog using iMovie HD 6.02 and QuickTime Pro 7.1.3, so the iMovie to iPod works every time. 2. The export for iPod feature doesn't allow you to make any adjustments to the compression settings. It uses single pass encoding at the maximum bit-rate that can play on the iPod. If you set things yourself you can make files that are anywhere from 15% - 40% smaller and look just as good or better using dual-pass compression. This seems to be a reason not to move up to Final Cut Pro from iMovie. I watched your great instructional video showing how you create the videos for Alive in Baghdad. The procedures shown seemed much more elaborate and involving than iMovie requires. Do you know if Final Cut Express HD will allow for the simpler creation of iPod from QuickTime or will it be similar to Final Cut Pro? If it doesn't there might not be an advantage to this upgrade for my needs. Yes, the iPod file I create in iMovie is rather large (36.4 MB) but the screen size remains 320 x 240 and looks good in iTunes and on my video iPod. What do you think of using 3IVX to get its dual-pass compression to create smaller size files when making iPod versions from iMovie/QuickTime Pro? 3. Again the aspect ratio thing causes problems. The latest version of quicktime want to make 640 X 480 videos for the ipod (which is fine I guess except they look terrible and are about 1600kbps). So if you want to make 320 x 240 video you have to resize your video before compressing. As I indicated above, my QuickTime Pro 7.1.3 compresses my iMovie creations into a screen size of 320x240 (see http://www.poetryvlog.com/m4v.html ). 4. m4v is a made up extension and with some hosts you have to modify your .htaccess file and/or call tech support to get things working correctly. On the other hand people have been using .mov .mp4 without any problems for years now. -Verdi You are right, at first my host, Godaddy.com, did not automatically support the m4v or mp4 files, but following a quick phone call to the tech people the host made a change which accepts those files. Thanks again for the terrific support you give to all. Michael Mart On 11/26/06, Bookmarts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael: Using godaddy.com to host my weekly video upload, it accepts the iPod m4v file that is created in QuickTime using the Movie to iPod option. Viewers can download the iPod version of the video in about 4 minutes, click on it and it will open and play in iTunes. The .mov and .wmv versions, also created in QuickTime are set to auto load and begin playing when the site appears on the viewer's monitor. I did have to contact godaddy.com's support people to get them to accept the m4v file, and they were very helpful. I hope this procedure will help Richard with his iPod version difficulty. Or, is there an advantage I am missing by not using the Movie to MPEG-4 export option? Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Richard, It looks like the server is not returning the correct mime type for mp4 files. You can try adding a line to your .htaccess file to change that. Since anything with a . at the beginning of the file name is invisible on a mac you'll have to duplicate the file on your server, remove the period and then download the file. Open it in a text editor, add this line, AddType video/mp4 .mp4 (without the quotes), save the file, upload it, delete the .htaccess file and then rename the new htaccess file to .htaccess. If for some reason that doesn't work you might have to try AddType video/x-mp4 .mp4 I'm not 100% sure about that. Anyone know any better? Also, Apple recently changed something about what files will play on iPods (again) and there is a optimize for... dropdown in the mp4 compression panel that need to be set to streaming now in order to be compatible with an iPod. I have it documented on the Alive in Baghdad wiki (haven't done it for Freevlog yet). You can find that at: http://aliveinbaghdad.pbwiki.com/AIB%20episode%20format#4iPodCompression Let us all know if this works or not - this is always a pain in the butt problem. -Verdi On 11/24/06, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The quicktime video from this post is not showing up in iTunes http://inspiredhealing.tv/?p=9 One thing we did differently was use Verdi's method of compressing the file
[videoblogging] Re: feed not working Verdi's mp4 method
Michael: Using godaddy.com to host my weekly video upload, it accepts the iPod m4v file that is created in QuickTime using the Movie to iPod option. Viewers can download the iPod version of the video in about 4 minutes, click on it and it will open and play in iTunes. The .mov and .wmv versions, also created in QuickTime are set to auto load and begin playing when the site appears on the viewer's monitor. I did have to contact godaddy.com's support people to get them to accept the m4v file, and they were very helpful. I hope this procedure will help Richard with his iPod version difficulty. Or, is there an advantage I am missing by not using the Movie to MPEG-4 export option? Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Richard, It looks like the server is not returning the correct mime type for mp4 files. You can try adding a line to your .htaccess file to change that. Since anything with a . at the beginning of the file name is invisible on a mac you'll have to duplicate the file on your server, remove the period and then download the file. Open it in a text editor, add this line, AddType video/mp4 .mp4 (without the quotes), save the file, upload it, delete the .htaccess file and then rename the new htaccess file to .htaccess. If for some reason that doesn't work you might have to try AddType video/x-mp4 .mp4 I'm not 100% sure about that. Anyone know any better? Also, Apple recently changed something about what files will play on iPods (again) and there is a optimize for... dropdown in the mp4 compression panel that need to be set to streaming now in order to be compatible with an iPod. I have it documented on the Alive in Baghdad wiki (haven't done it for Freevlog yet). You can find that at: http://aliveinbaghdad.pbwiki.com/AIB%20episode%20format#4iPodCompression Let us all know if this works or not - this is always a pain in the butt problem. -Verdi On 11/24/06, Richard (Show) Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The quicktime video from this post is not showing up in iTunes http://inspiredhealing.tv/?p=9 One thing we did differently was use Verdi's method of compressing the file to create a mp4 file, so the suffix is mp4 and I'm not sure if that is the problem. The feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/inspiredhealing and the correct post shows up at the top of the feed. Also, when I click on the mp4 file it does not automatically start playing in another page in fireant like .mov files normally do. Any help appreciated, as alway. ... Richard -- http://richardhhall.org http://richardshow.com -- http://michaelverdi.com Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org http://node101.org Community Capitalism: http://havemoneywillvlog.com Machinima: http://whenwewererobots.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: feed not working Verdi's mp4 method
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a number of advantages to not using the export to ipod feature. 1. It only works correctly if you are using iMovie. If, for example, you have DV footage and are using Final Cut Pro and you use the export for iPod thing your video will come out the wrong aspect ratio. 2. The export for iPod feature doesn't allow you to make any adjustments to the compression settings. It uses single pass encoding at the maximum bit-rate that can play on the iPod. If you set things yourself you can make files that are anywhere from 15% - 40% smaller and look just as good or better using dual-pass compression. 3. Again the aspect ratio thing causes problems. The latest version of quicktime want to make 640 X 480 videos for the ipod (which is fine I guess except they look terrible and are about 1600kbps). So if you want to make 320 x 240 video you have to resize your video before compressing. 4. m4v is a made up extension and with some hosts you have to modify your .htaccess file and/or call tech support to get things working correctly. On the other hand people have been using .mov .mp4 without any problems for years now. -Verdi On 11/26/06, Bookmarts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael: Using godaddy.com to host my weekly video upload, it accepts the iPod m4v file that is created in QuickTime using the Movie to iPod option. Viewers can download the iPod version of the video in about 4 minutes, click on it and it will open and play in iTunes. The .mov and .wmv versions, also created in QuickTime are set to auto load and begin playing when the site appears on the viewer's monitor. I did have to contact godaddy.com's support people to get them to accept the m4v file, and they were very helpful. I hope this procedure will help Richard with his iPod version difficulty. Or, is there an advantage I am missing by not using the Movie to MPEG-4 export option? Michael http://www.poetryvlog.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Michael Verdi michael@ wrote: Hey Richard, It looks like the server is not returning the correct mime type for mp4 files. You can try adding a line to your .htaccess file to change that. Since anything with a . at the beginning of the file name is invisible on a mac you'll have to duplicate the file on your server, remove the period and then download the file. Open it in a text editor, add this line, AddType video/mp4 .mp4 (without the quotes), save the file, upload it, delete the .htaccess file and then rename the new htaccess file to .htaccess. If for some reason that doesn't work you might have to try AddType video/x-mp4 .mp4 I'm not 100% sure about that. Anyone know any better? Also, Apple recently changed something about what files will play on iPods (again) and there is a optimize for... dropdown in the mp4 compression panel that need to be set to streaming now in order to be compatible with an iPod. I have it documented on the Alive in Baghdad wiki (haven't done it for Freevlog yet). You can find that at: http://aliveinbaghdad.pbwiki.com/AIB%20episode%20format#4iPodCompression Let us all know if this works or not - this is always a pain in the butt problem. -Verdi On 11/24/06, Richard (Show) Hall richard@ wrote: The quicktime video from this post is not showing up in iTunes http://inspiredhealing.tv/?p=9 One thing we did differently was use Verdi's method of compressing the file to create a mp4 file, so the suffix is mp4 and I'm not sure if that is the problem. The feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/inspiredhealing and the correct post shows up at the top of the feed. Also, when I click on the mp4 file it does not automatically start playing in another page in fireant like .mov files normally do. Any help appreciated, as alway. ... Richard -- http://richardhhall.org http://richardshow.com -- http://michaelverdi.com Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org http://node101.org Community Capitalism: http://havemoneywillvlog.com Machinima: http://whenwewererobots.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://michaelverdi.com Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org http://node101.org Community Capitalism: http://havemoneywillvlog.com Machinima: http://whenwewererobots.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: m4v problem resolved?
Thanks, Bill and Ryan I'll try your techniques next week for the latest uploading to www.poetryvlog.com. Michael on 4/12/06 7:22 PM, videoblogging@yahoogroups.com at videoblogging@yahoogroups.com wrote: Message: 7 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 07:51:12 -1000 From: Ryan Ozawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: .m4v problem resolved? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 4/12/06, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually it's not adviseable to change the file extension to .mov unless it's actually a Quicktime file. You can open the file in Quicktime and save as a Quicktime or you can change the file extension to .mp4 since thats really what a m4v really is anyway. This is what I do. After editing my videos in Quicktime Pro (hey, no snickering!), I save a flattened full version as a Quicktime movie (.MOV), and then Export to Ipod but make sure the file's extension is .MP4 rather than Apple's bizarre .M4V. I actually make both versions (and different size .MOVs!) on my site, but use the .MP4 in the feed, and haven't had much trouble. A friend who was experimenting with vlogging also found the simple .M4V to ..MP4 change solved the problems his Windows-based friends were having with his files. I'd imagine most webhosts know how to serve a file with the .MP4 extension. I'm not even sure I'd expect them to add entries for .M4V! - -- Ryan HawaiiVog.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.0.5 (Build 5050) Comment: http://www.lightfantastic.org/pgp.txt iQA/AwUBRD0+DM/o8udD/KcXEQIapwCfdCUThlXCzMOaf+H8yWD8aT1Wj1EAni7H EKJQl65MbJkwA4/7YydQEA3x =RZW6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
