Comments on: How to generate a dynamic SMIL based .mov using PHP

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:34:17 +0000

Thanks Dave. With your advice, I got it working. Here is what I had to do:

1) Manually install QuickTime 7 from the Snow Leopard installation DVD. Instructions on how to do this are here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3678

2) Manually re-install the latest Mac OS X 10.6.2 Combo Update, which you can download from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL959

3) Additionally, after restarting, I found that I had to fully shut down (power off) my computer once more, then start it again, before the videos would play correctly.

I’m not sure if all of these steps are necessary — and I’m not sure exactly what I accomplished with step #3 — but this is what I did, and dynamic SMIL files appear to work as intended now.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:12:49 +0000

I recently discovered SMIL wasn’t working in QTX as well. The reason, I found out, is that QuickTime X still leverages QuickTime 7 for many tasks.

Not all functions are released in QuickTime X yet. So on a QuickTime X system you need to have QuickTime 7 installed ALSO. The system will then choose if it should use QuickTime X or 7 based on if the action required is supported in QuickTime X yet.

For more info check out this great review of QuickTime X and how it still leverages QuickTime 7: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars/6

(thanks to Michael Verdi for pointing me to this article)

I hope this help, Jim; and thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:44:03 +0000

This is broken on QuickTime X systems! Dynamically generated QuickTime media links don’t work either — all you get is the broken “Q” logo with a question mark. Static SMIL and reference movies work fine, though.

I sent a comment to Apple about this. If anyone has a workaround for PHP/SMIL/QTX, please share!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:50:34 +0000

Amazing – fantastic discovery – kudos.

By: Jan / The Faux Press

Jan / The Faux Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:49:23 +0000

Wow. This is the greatest! And, and…I think I kinda get it. Can\’t wait to try it out.

By: Charles Iliya Krempeaux

Charles Iliya Krempeaux — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:34:42 +0000

For me… this worked if I went and opened up the QuickTime player. But didn’t work in Firefox with the QuickTime plug-in.

This is pretty kool though. I didn’t know you could do this.

– Charles

By: Heath

Heath — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:04:20 +0000

this is really cool, I only understond about 3 words but it’s really cool……looks like a neat way to view multiple feeds at once…..hmmm