QuickTime News
The Little QuickTime Page has numerous updates, including a well-laid out comparison of QuickTime, Real, and Windows Media from Retiarius Enterprises. They have also posted a beta release of QTRM Maker, an interesting tool for streamlining the process of making QuickTime Reference movies.
“Okay, what are QuickTime Reference Movies?” I’m glad you asked. Different computers connect to the internet at different speeds – dial-up modems at 28.8 or 56K, or DSL or cable modems, etc. If you’re trying to stream a video clip to a slow connection, they won’t or can’t wait for a large file to download. The solution is to prepare different versions of the clip, at different sizes and frame rates, for different download capabilities, and then embed a reference movie on your page. When a viewer clicks on the link to see the clip, QuickTime will then cleverly determine what the connection speed is and download the correct-size file.
More on Reference Movies here on the Apple site, and here’s what Google finds on the subject.——-