Implementing QuickTime Streaming Audio on Your Webpage
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Hinting a movie for streaming

Hint tracks are only needed for QuickTime's newest form of streaming—RTP streaming. Movies that are made available on a QuickTime Streaming Server use this type of streaming. See About QuickTime streaming for a description of the types of streaming QuickTime 4 supports.

A hint track contains information about the media file that's needed to stream the file properly. You must use an RTP hint track if you plan to stream media from a computer with QuickTime Streaming Server installed. You add hint tracks by exporting a QuickTime movie as a hinted movie.

Each track in a media file must have its own hint track. For example, a movie with one audio and one video track (two media streams) must have two hint tracks—one for the audio track and one for the video track. When you export a movie as a hinted movie, QuickTime adds the appropriate number of hint tracks automatically.

To export a QuickTime movie as a hinted movie:

1-     Choose Export from the File menu.

2-       Select "Movie to Hinted Movie" from the pop-up menu, then type a new file name.

3-       Note: It's recommended that you use the default settings. Many of the options let you control how data packets are handled, and unless you are familiar with streaming data transmission, it's best to let QuickTime choose the settings for you.

4-       Click Save

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See Also: Windows Media Streaming | Real Media Streaming