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The Output tab allows you to select the format of the your output movie, as well as many of the details of your final file, such as naming, flattening, etc. You can also control HTML creation with the Output tab.
See Appendix B for more information on
the various formats.
NOTE: If you are putting your
QuickTime movies on the Web, it is very important that
they end with ".mov".
NOTE: If you just want to flatten a movie without recompressing it, choose the
"Flatten Only" option in the Tracks tab, or use
the "Flatten and Save..." option in the File menu.
NOTE: All movies flattened with QuickTime
2.5 and later are automatically made fast start.
NOTE: This information is not superimposed
in the video of the movie - this is not a
watermark feature. For tips on how to do watermarks,
drop by the tips section on our WWW site.
Add movie controller This will put the standard QuickTime controls under the movie when it shows up in your page.
Automatically start playing This will make the movie start playing once a significant portion has downloaded.
Loop This causes the movie to play over and over.
Please refer to the Chapter 5 Tutorial for an example of how to use this HTML to embed a movie within a web page.
You can manually change how your movie is embedded by changing the EMBED tag in
your HTML document. For the latest QuickTime embed information, drop by Apple's site at:
http://www.quicktime.apple.com
NOTE: Media Cleaner Pro 2.0 does not
currently produce HTML to embed your movie inline with the RealMedia Netscape
Navigator plug-in due to issues with the plug-in.
Allowing PerfectPlay lets the viewer decide if they want to force the RealMedia file to be loaded in a "lossless" mode by their player. This means that if there is a problem with the connection, or if the connection is slow, the player will keep requesting data until it receives it. Viewing a movie with PerfectPlay may take longer, but this option guarantees that the movie will look exactly the same as when you created it. Viewing a movie in PerfectPlay mode will often give performance similar to a "fast start" QuickTime file.
If you don't allow PerfectPlay, the user will not have a choice the file will be loaded in a "lossy" mode, where errors are skipped over instead of the player trying to reload problem data. This generally improves the download speed, but users may not see all the frames if there are problems with the transmission.
We generally recommend that you allow
PerfectPlay, and let the user make their own decision.
For more information on RealMedia, please visit Progressive Networks' site at:
http://www.real.com
Depending on the versions you make, the text of this link will change. This link will allow users
to choose between the VDOLive version, and the Mac or Windows LiteVDO versions. If you wish
to customize the link text, you can do so with
your HTML editing program, or a text program such
as SimpleText.
VDOLive (requires server)
VDOLive is a "true streaming" format
that dynamically adjusts to the viewer's bandwidth.
You must have a VDOLive server in order to present these movies to your viewers
see Appendix B for more details.
NOTE: While the VDOLive file ends in ".avi", it
is not a normal Video for Windows file. If you
wish to convert movies to Video for Windows, we recommend you check the "Tips & Info"
section on our web page for more details and pointers
to free conversion applications. To get to our
Tips section, choose the "Terran's WWW site"
option in Media Cleaner's Internet menu and press
the "Tips & Info" button.
LiteVDO
LiteVDO is a psuedo-streaming file that progressively downloads. On the Macintosh, it is
actually a QuickTime movie with the LiteVDO codecs. On the Windows side, it is a proprietary
".avs" format. Users can view either with the
VDOLive Player. There are different Mac and
Windows versions of LiteVDO. Most developers create
both to accommodate the widest range of viewers.
VDOLive files must end with ".avi" as their suffix, and should be viewed with the VDOLive Player. (They are not normal Video for Windows files despite this suffix see the previous NOTE for more details.)
LiteVDO for Macintosh files must end with ".mov" and can be viewed with QuickTime applications, or the VDOLive Player.
LiteVDO for Windows files must end with ".avs" as the suffix, and can only be viewed with the VDOLive Player.
For more information on VDO, please visit VDOnet's site at: http://www.vdo.net
As with AIFF, many of the Setting tabs are not available with the RealAudio format.
If you have a RealAudio server, you may need to create a RealAudio metafile. Please see
your server documentation for more information
Media Cleaner Pro 2.0 does not currently
produce these ".ram" files. For more information on
putting RealAudio on your site, please visit
Progressive Networks at:http://www.real.com