Linking to the Streaming Movie

The link used to connect to a streaming movie occurs in two steps:

  1. a second movie saved with the rtsp url of the streaming movie embedded in it
  2. a link to the second movie made above

Yes, this sounds very strange. Make a link to a movie which links to the streaming movie. This is because of the way Web browsers are set up by default. Web browsers expect a link that starts with "rtsp" to be to a Real movie. In order to use other file formats that stream (e.g., QuickTime), the Web browser must be tricked.

If you are at this point in setting up your streaming video, please contact Bruce Reeves for more information.