Embed Reference Movie in Web Page

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Embed Reference Movie in Web Page

Hi, I exported several versions of my movie out of QuickTime Pro using the "Export for Web" feature. I used the default options. I read the instructional file for embedding the result in a web page. I made a very simple web page and loaded all to the same folder on my web site. When I try to play the movie the poster frame image shows and when I click 'play' the QuickTime logo appears, but then a question mark is displayed over the QuickTime log. Clearly something is not right. Here is the web page:

http://konastreamingvideo.com/ksv/house.htm

I would appreciate any help that could be offered. Thanks.

HP Quad Core, Windows 7, Quicktime Pro

Posted on Aug 6, 2010 2:51 PM

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Aug 7, 2010 4:25 AM in response to Kona96740

Did you upload all of the files?
http://konastreamingvideo.com/ksv/MVI_1235.mov (the reference movie) can't find the other versions.

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Aug 7, 2010 9:02 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Thanks for the help. Yes I uploaded all of the exported versions:

MVI_1235-Desktop.m4v
MVI_1235-iPhone-cell.3gp
MVI_1235-iPhone.m4v
MVI_1235-poster.jpg
MVI_1235.mov

All are residing in the folder with the reference movie and were not renamed. I noticed in the instructions there is a comment of including the <style> and <script> tags in the <head> of the page so that it validates as XHTML. I copied and pasted the <script> code, but I am not using any <style> tags. I wondered if that is contributing to the issue. Thanks again for the help.

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Aug 7, 2010 9:12 AM in response to Kona96740

If it were me I would suspect your server isn't properly configured (the .htaccess file) to serve up the .3gp or .m4v versions that are required by the reference movie.
Call them on the phone and ask some questions. It should be an easy fix.

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Aug 7, 2010 10:08 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk

The fix was easy. My virtual server did not have the MIME type to support M4V or 3GP files (or MP4 for that matter). Once the MIME type was added the file plays. Thanks Kirk for the direction.

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