QuickTime Streaming

Creating Streaming Movies

Streaming movies come in two forms: server movies and client movies.

You create a server movie that can be streamed over RTP by adding hint tracks. Hint tracks tell the server how to packetize the movie. You add hint tracks by exporting a movie to a hinted movie using QuickTime's standard movie export mechanism.

You create a client movie that includes streaming content by adding one or more streaming tracks. A streaming track tells the client where to get the streaming media. In its simplest form, a client movie consists of just a streaming track containing the URL of a movie on a server. A client movie can contain multiple streaming tracks.

A client movie can contain non-streaming tracks with local media content as well as streaming tracks. Streaming tracks can be composited with local tracks. For example, a streaming track could be used as the source for an effect track that is local to the client movie.

Creating Streaming Movies

Server Movies

Client Movies

Compositing Streaming and Non-Streaming Tracks