SMIL file not working

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SMIL file not working

Hi,
I created a bunch of SMIL files for a project 5 years ago. I now have to revisit that project, howver, when I try to run the files none of the linked audio or video work. I get a white screen with a little red x. That's it.

I have QT 7 Pro installed.

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Here is the code from one of the smil movies:

SMILtext<smil xmlns:qt="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/smilextensions" qt:autoplay="true" qt:time-slider="true">
<head>
<layout>
<root-layout width="320" height="240" background-color="black" />
<region id="region_1" left="0" top="0" width="320" height="240" fit="fill" />
</layout>
<meta name="copyright" content="(c)2001 SLACK INC" />
</head>
<body>
<seq>
<video src="v02b_n09a.mov" alt="movie" region="region_1" begin="0s" />
<video src="v02b_n09b.mov" alt="movie" region="region_1" begin="0s" />
<video src="v01c_n09c.mov" alt="movie" region="region_1" begin="0s" />
<video src="v01c_n10.mov" alt="movie" region="region_1" begin="0s" />

</seq>
</body>
</smil>

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Please help. Thanks.
Karen

Windows XP

Posted on Jun 18, 2007 12:50 PM

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Answer 1

Jacumba

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Jun 18, 2007 1:00 PM in response to ksiugzda

Have you looked into QT settings>Browser>Mime settings>Miscellaneous-Miscellaneous file formats, and also under File Types. To see if the preference for SMIL is selected

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ksiugzda Author

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Jun 19, 2007 5:37 AM in response to Jacumba

I have SMIL checked in both of those places, and I still get a little red "x" when I play the QT.

I have the referenced videos in the same folder as the SMIL files, so I don't believe it's an issue with file paths. Is there any known issues with QT 7 and SMIL files?

-Karen

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Answer 3

Jacumba

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Jun 19, 2007 4:05 PM in response to ksiugzda

Karen, I don't know if there is a issue with QT7 and SMIL. I'm not real familiar with the file. I had thought it could have been a simple preference issue. But QT should handle them, sorry I cannot be of more help.

But where you've posted the code to the SMIL file this link might be worth taking a look at. It mentions that SMIL is different from HTML. And that SMIL tags are case sensitive(always lower case). Your's start's out as SMIL possibly should start as smil
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/interactivity/smil.html

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Answer 4

Jun 19, 2007 4:36 PM in response to ksiugzda

I don't know if this will help but try editing the SMIL file to add "absolute" URL's.

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