OT: Quicktime Streaming Server on LInux

[Richard Miller]

We've taken perhaps 100 25-50 MB quicktime movies (all at 450 x 340,  
full color, 30 fps) and compressed them down to typically 3-6 MB each  
using Quicktime Pro's mpeg-4 compressor with relatively little  
degradation. These have then been put into an account at  
Streamhoster.com. We've found that streaming these into our Rev app  
works reliably and has turned out to be a low cost solution.

Richard Miller
Imprinter Technologies


On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Sivakatirswami wrote:

> All insights welcome
>
> I don't see any solution on the horizon for our "Rich Media"  
> delivery troubles where
> we are not able to get either a Revolution player OR a web browser  
> with QT plug installed, to
> consistently "pick up" on the Fast Start Header and begin  
> displaying frames as soon as
> enough data is buffered. I'm talking here about some serious data:
> 100 plus megabyte movies at 320 X 240
>
> On some machines and on some connections,--both Mac
> and Windows... (I was thinking it was only Windows, but turned out  
> some Mac
> users are now reporting the same behavior:)
>
> Both Revolution and-or the browser just appear to "lock up"  when  
> in fact
> all that has happened is that the OS + QT API has made some mysterious
> decision like "Umm I'm not at all happy with this connection, so  
> I'm going
> to ignore the Fast Start Header and make a pre-emptive decision to
> not show any frames at all until I have downloaded the entire movie."
>
> With no feedback mechanism... I don't see how one could trap
> for this "event" as it is not consistent across platforms or  
> connections
> and it has nothing to do with, as far as we have determined, with any
> scripting variations (using "Play" or "Set the Play Rate" etc...
> all important to understand but nothing helps")
>
> Debugging this problem seems to be outside the scope of what is  
> possible.
>
> So, I'm think now we *must* install Quicktime Streaming Server on our
> web box OR host the movies on  reputable IPS whose  only job is just
> to serve QT movies.   ServePath, our current host, has great streaming
> services for just $$99 a month, but only Windows Media... :-(
> Sales there says QT is on their roadmap, but we don't see it happening
> everyone is agog with Flash...
>
> OK... bottom line questions:
>
> 1) It appears that QT Streaming serve is available for linux...  
> anyone know if
> it works OK on Fedora Core 3?  I only see references to "Red Hat"  
> and am
> quite ignorant on all the Linux "flavors"
>
> 2) Any thoughts, pointers, experience to share "gotchas" on strategy?
>
> 3) Are other getting good success with streaming movies into  
> Revolution
> Players with QT Streaming on the web box?
>
> 4) If we go this way... are we going to get good results on Windows  
> too?
>
> 5) How does it work for those with lo-band width connections?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sivakatirswami
>
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