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I would love to use my Compressor output for the web, but…
….mp4 files, when clicked on, appear as garbage code, even on my lovely Mac. Why? I am using the Mpeg-4 Web Streaming option in Compressor, the movies come out the other end the perfect downloadable size, clear in sight and sound, but once installed on the site they become unusable. These are QT clips of live band performances, so they are full songs @ 3mins long that need to be a managable size…
Is the problem the .mp4 suffix?
I have been trying all of the QT conversion options all morning (to get the beloved .mov) and I’m having quite a time controlling the output size/quality ratio.
So, you pros in the pasture, what is the magic combo? I have searched the posts and run across Matte’s post from a while back, but those settings were not appropriate for what I’m doing.
I need a file for cable, under 10megs, preferably in stereo, 320×240..
THE BIG Q: Ok, I’m a newb-why does Compressor have a Web Streaming Option that does not function correctly on the Web?
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To further clarify-
I am running FCP 4.5, and have the Prod Suite w/ all of its concomitant apps.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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Can you show us the HTML code you are using to stream the movie? My gut feeling is that could be the problem.
-mark
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[BeeLaster] “Web Streaming Option that does not function correctly on the Web?”
This is most likely a problem with your STREAMING SERVER. If you don’t have one of those, what you want to do is just mount the best quality Quicktime or MPEG1 you can. You’re not really streaming it, your visitors are just downloading it and playing it. Maybe it starts laying before it’s completely downloaded but that’s “hinted for fast start,” not streaming.
Try visiting the compressor forum on apple.com and searching there for a few hours. This stuff is rally quite difficult the first few hundred projects. There are huge books on Internet media creation and management and, to make things worse, it’s changing all the time.
bogiesan
This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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Hey bogiesan
I like your sigfile- I see, based on your answer, that my problem is equal parts syntax and application. I have been playing around and it seems like success for me is in manipulating the frame rate/audio sample rate.At this point it’s good. If you want to see it, check out http://www.suziemcneil.ca in like an hour.
Thanks for yr. help
Bee
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I see that the problem is still there. Just for yuks I did a save to disk and noticed that the file had .txt added after .mp4. After I removed the .txt extension the movie played fine… well, other than seeing that the singer keeps looking at a sheet for lyrics- bad memory? 😉
Chris Paul
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I get this problem, here’s the answer and it’s easy.
Once you have used compressor to make the mp4 file, drag it to QT then hit AppleA and AppleE, to export the movie file, select export as a hinted movie, this will put the mp4 into a proper QT package with a .mov extension.
Upload this to the internet and all will be well.
Some where ther must be an option in compessor to do this, it’s very odd. Weird my Macs can’t read the files that they created, but it’s to do with file handling in Safari. You won’t get the problem in IE I believe.
Cheers, Duncan.
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The .txt would explain the “text” haha..I can’t believe I spent all that time messing with something so easily fixed.
I know about the lyric sheets- but the venue was so killer I had to use the video…must be the Rock and Roll lifestyle taking it’s toll. Ahem.
Thanks for your help!
Bee
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Dear BeeLaster,
There’s probably nothing wrong with the Quicktime file. It’s just that the default configuration of Apache, your webserver, doesn’t recognize .mp4 files and sends them out as the default type text/txt. This explains the extra .txt extension you get when you download the file.
The problem will be solved if you add the following line to a .htaccess file somewhere in the path to the quicktime file on the server:
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
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