Movies for web playback

vicmilt wrote on 9/18/2002, 9:39 AM
I'm in the middle of a DV project and want to show the current iteration to my client.
Suggestions?? Real media or Quicktime?

I rendered QT from VV3 and got a strange couple of files.
1. File.mov - 22,949kb
2. File.mov.sfap0 - 99,713kb
3. File.mov.sfk - 780kb

Only the first file will play on my computer. Can anyone help with what the other two are?
When I uploaded the first file to my web site, it won't playback. What gives?

Always something new to learn.

Thanks in advance,
v.

Comments

HeeHee wrote on 9/18/2002, 11:56 AM
the first file is the file you want. The other's are Sonic Foundry back files. These will not play. I don't know why the second file is so big or why you can't playback the first file once you have uploaded it to your website.
Chienworks wrote on 9/18/2002, 12:18 PM
The sfap0 file is an uncompressed version that Vegas created when you loaded the .mov file onto the timeline. The .sfk file is the "peak" file that contains the audio waveform display. These can both be deleted, but they will automatically be recreated if you load the .mov file onto the timeline again.

Can you view the .mov file in your browser directly from the hard drive? Browse to file://c:/whateverdirectory/file.mov and see if your browser will play it from there. If not, it's probably a problem with the browser configuration rather than with the file.
mikkie wrote on 9/19/2002, 10:16 AM
First off I'd use whatever your client has &/or is familiar with. I'd also consider making it run at a lower fps etc. to make the file both small and well... you don't want to give anything away I imagine (sorry, no polite way to put that).

Something else you might want to check -- most of the web media formats will not stream in std form unless the server's running video server software. That said, if the client has to download the video to preview it anyway, can s/he download it as a zipped file archive (i.e.: maybe your server is not set up to handle or recognize .mov files)