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How to create links to streaming QuickTime movies at IU

At Indiana University, for QuickTime movies that are served on a web server, use standard HTML links, for example:

http://www.indiana.edu/~deptname/movie.mov

A link designed to launch QuickTime would look like one of the following examples:

  • For streaming QuickTime movies that are embedded in a web page, use the QuickTime browser plug-in, for example, <EMBED SRC="iuposter.mov" TYPE="image/x-quicktime" HEIGHT=159 WIDTH=192 BGCOLOR="#000000" QTSRC="rtsp://video.indiana.edu/ip/username/yourmovie.mov"> .

  • For streaming QuickTime movies that are in a stand-alone QuickTime player, use a poster movie, for example, <EMBED SRC="blockius.mov" TYPE="image/x-quicktime" WIDTH=160 HEIGHT=120 CONTROLLER="False" HREF="rtsp://video.indiana.edu/ip/username/yourmovie.mov" TARGET="quicktimeplayer">.

QuickTime movies can also be launched by QTL metafiles (.qtl extension), which are text files served from a Web server. The MIME type for QTL files is configured on IU's central web servers. Use a variation of the following metafile text when streaming files from IU's institutional server:

<?xml version="1.0"?> <?quicktime type="application/x-quicktime-media-link"?>
<embed src="rtsp://qtss.indiana.edu/ip/accountname/filename.mov" />

Replace accountname with your username, and filename with the name of your movie file.

For help with Indiana University streaming and videoconferencing services, call 812-856-2020 or send email to Video Conferencing Support. For more, see Digital Media Network Services.