Quicktime - Linking/Embedding

Linking

Once your QuickTime files have been uploaded to the server you will want to give access to it. You may give a link or you may wish to embed it inside of a web page. The Link is the URL to point at the file so that others may view it. The user may copy and paste the link into QuickTime to view or may click on the link and QuickTime will launch to play it.

For QuickTime, the files are loaded in the Movies directory. The link to access a QuickTime file would be:

It is very important to include the “:7071” in the rtsp link for QuickTime to work properly.

Embedding

You may wish to embed your QuickTime file within a web page. This is especially useful if you wish to embed media within a WebCT course.

The following sample code illustrates how to embed a QuickTime movie clip in your web page. Note that this links to a local Reference Movie, which in turn points to the streaming server. In addition, note that you do not need extra tags to include player controls as you do with RealMedia embedding.

For more details on Reference Movies, please see our tutorial on MakeRefMovie and the tutorial “Reference Movies” on the Apple site. For more details on embedding your QuickTime clips on a web page, see the tutorial “Embedding QuickTime for Web Delivery”, also on the Apple site.

WebCT and QuickTime Streaming

When using a QuickTime embedded link in a WebCT course, it is a good idea to use a reference movie. This is a file that is stored on the local machine which points to a file on the Streaming server. The reference movie would be loaded into WebCT and point back over to the streaming server. For more details on Reference Movies, please see our tutorial on MakeRefMovie and the tutorial “Reference Movies” on the Apple site.