uploading QuickTime movie to ftp server

[Dave Cragg]

On 15 Aug 2005, at 12:20, Claire Bradin Siskin wrote:

>> On 15 Aug 2005, at 03:03, Claire Bradin Siskin wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I am trying to upload a binary file (QuickTime movie) to an ftp  
>>> server, using the following script:
>>>
>>>   put URL "binfile:moviefile.mov" into URL "ftp:// 
>>> username:password at myftpserver.edu/moviefile.mov"
>>>
>>>
>>> With this script, I get a file on the server with the correct  
>>> number of bytes, but the file appears not to be binary and cannot  
>>> be opened by QuickTime.
>>>
>>
>> The syntax looks correct. All ftp transfers in Rev are done as  
>> binary. When you say the file appears not to be binary, can you be  
>> more specific? How are you trying to open the movie in QT, as a  
>> file or as a url?
>>
>> I was able to use a similar script to upload a movie file by ftp  
>> and then play it from the QT Player as a file. No problems.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dave
>>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I meant that when I try to open the file with QuickTime Player, I  
> get a message saying that it cannot be played by Quicktime Player.  
> So I assumed that it isn't binary. We are trying to upload it to a  
> Mac OSX server, and according to Terminal, all ftp transfers are  
> binary.  We are stumped on this one. :-)

I'd check the permissions on the uploaded file. Does it give read  
permissions to the user who is trying to open the file with the  
QuickTime Player?

Here, after uploading, I switched off both read/write access to the  
file, and the Player gave the message "QuickTime cannot open the file  
"test.mov" an unknown error occurred (-5000)" Is that the message you  
got?

Cheers
Dave