With the addition of hint tracks, existing QuickTime files can be streamed on the campus streaming server. You will need to use QuickTime Pro to "hint" the files. Refer to Apple.com for [ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/hinttracks.html ] step-by-step instructions. A QuickTime Pro license can be purchased [ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ ] directly from Apple.com.

Unlike [ http://help.unc.edu/?id=3935 ] other streamable file types, .mov and .mp4 files cannot be linked to in the usual way. For example, if you wanted to use email to distribute a direct URL to a streaming QuickTime file, that address would begin with an rtsp:// rather than an http:// :

If you want to include a link in a web page to a streaming QuickTime file, you'll first need to create a separate HTML file in which the QuickTime file is embedded as an object. Use the object code snippet below to get started. You will need to replace two types of information in the code:

    <object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" 
     width="320" height="240"
     CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">

     <param name="qtsrc"
       value="rtsp://mediaserv.unc.edu/yourdirectory/anysubdirectories/filename.mov">

     <param name="autoplay" value="true">
     <param name="loop" value="false">
     <param name="controller" value="true">

     <embed src="http://www.unc.edu/yourdirectory/anysubdirectories/filename.mov"
       qtsrcsrc="rtsp://mediaserv.unc.edu/yourdirectory/anysubdirectories/filename.mov"
       width="320" height="240"
       autoplay="true" loop="false" controller="true"
       pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/"></embed>
   </object>

Once you've

you can direct your audience either to

For more detailed information about options for embedding QuickTime files in web pages, refer to [ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/embed.html ] Apple's tutorial.