Posts filed under 'QuickTime'
A QuickTime 10060 error is normally due to a firewall or proxy server blocking the normal transport protocols enabling QuickTime to stream properly.
Luckily you can set the QuickTime player to play streams over http on port 80 (the same port as normal web page traffic).
Open QuickTime and select Edit >> Preferences from the top navigation bar.
Next select QuickTime preferences.
Select “Streaming Transport” from the drop down bar.
Select the “Use the this protocol and port ID” option and then
“Use HTTP, Port ID:” and keep the default “80″ setting.
Hey presto, you should no longer get a QuickTime 10060 error!
If you do still get a problem, you will have to talk to your network manager, and edit the settings in the “Streaming Proxy” options section.
August 19th, 2005
Encoding QuickTime video streams often causes confusion for several reasons. First of all, many video production programs export uncompressed videos with a .mov file extension. These files typically transfer data at rates in excess of 4Mbps, which is over ten times the traditional encoding rate for broadband video, and still far to high to play over today’s “standard” 2Mbps ADSL connections. The files will also not be in a suitable streaming format any way.
The next problem that many people encounter is that when encoding QuickTime movies is that there are two different formats for encoding a .mov file. One is for progressive downloads and the other for streaming files. A progressive download QuickTime .mov file will not stream and will result in a 404 error. It is important therefore to make sure the right encoding parameters are selected.
The other problem that many people also encounter when encoding QuickTime video streams is that many third party software programs do not restrict the bandwidth to the assigned levels very effectively and subsequently the file sizes and encoded bit rates are a lot higher than those which have been selected. After using lots of different software, I have personally come to the conclusion that the best program to use is Apples own QuickTime Pro.
Despite the adverts saying that it costs $29.99, in the UK you will actually end up spending more like £25 for some bizarre reason!
This is still considerably cheaper than other software and saves a lot of frustration!
August 16th, 2005
There are two different types of QuickTime file (download and streaming). If you try to stream a QuickTime file that has been encoded in download format, then it will not work and you will get a 404 error.
To rectify that, you will need to re-encode the file and select the streaming option from QuickTime Pro or whichever piece of software you are using to encode the file.
The 404 error does not meen that the file is missing as is normally the case when this error code is encountered!
July 19th, 2005
When converting some MPEG files with QuickTime Pro I have found that the new file consists of video only without a sound track. After some research, I have found out that the reason for this is that. The audio and video tracks on an MPEG file are muxed (multiplexed) together into one channel, and as yet QuickTime Pro is unable to split these channels.
Dumping the MPEG into Adobe Premiere sorted everything out for me 
July 18th, 2005