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
IP cameras were originally created for the surveillance industry, and are great for CCTV footage being viewed by a single person. They are not however really any good for webcasting for several reasons:
a) They normally require proprietary third party software to enable people to watch the video stream.
b) Not many have audio and those that do are not particularly good. One prime reason for this is that there are some legal issues surrounding recording peoples voices, and so whilst it is ok to video a burglar, you are not allowed to record anything that he/she says !!!
c) Every external user connects to your camera through your connection, which means that if several people want to tune in to see what is going on, the connection soon becomes saturated.
August 18th, 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
Streaming a church service is an ideal way to reach a distant audience, and particularly good for family gatherings such as weddings and christenings of family’s who live abroad. In order to webcast from a church, the most viable set up is to have an ADSL line for the internet connection (ideally with a static IP address), a PC with Windows Media encoder installed on it, and a digital camera with firewire connector on a suitable tripod.
If you have a microphone connected to a public address system, then it is best to use an output from this for the audio signal as the sound quality will be a lot better.
You connect the camera to the PC using a firewire lead. Log on to the Internet with the ADSL connection and then start broadcasting using Windows Media Encoder.
The live stream of the church service is then pulled down to a distribution server, and when visitors to your website select a link to view the webcast of the church service, they connect to the distribution server. This way only one connection is made through the church’s ADSL line. Any more than that and the connection would become saturated and the signal would break up.
August 15th, 2005
It is sometimes useful to pre-record a video before streaming it as if it was a live webcast. Webcasting in this manner is somtimes called a Simulated Live Webcast.
There are several reasons that people use simulated live webcasts.
For example:
The audience is split over different time zones:
You can broadcast the same webcast several times in different time zones so that viewers do not have to watch at unsociable times!
The content is sensitive material.
Streaming Wizard has webcast surgical procedures for training purposes. It was important to broadcast at a specific time in the students course, but for obvious reasons, it would not be helpful if complications in the procedures lead to surgeons performing tasks which were not related to the course.
Product launches:
Sometimes it is important to pre-prepare a product launch so that everything runs smoothly, and the hiccups associated with live broadcasting do not occur. Using a simulated live stream, you can run through and even edit your video and then send it out as if it was live.
August 12th, 2005
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