.MOV files
Posted on: Tue, 02/17/2009 - 19:39
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.MOV files
Can I fetch a .mov file using the directshow method?
I got the impression that I could but that I needed to make sure QuickTime 7 was installed. I (re)installed QT7 and tried getting a .mov file and it got a file open error.
Then again, when I tried to fetch the same URL from the browser it didn't seem to stream. Maybe that's something with my mime types?
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You can't stream anything from a remote URL that uses the directshow hack. The only media you can stream from a remote URL are MP3, DivX/AVI, Xvid/AVI, and WMV.
A work-around would be maybe downloading the file, and then playing it from the local location... I've been contemplating something like this to handle podcast MP4's.
Yes, this is exactly what I did. See http://labs.divx.com/node/8037
So, although I might be getting a WMV stream (which at first glance it is), I see when I dig further that my WMV stream is encapsulated in an ASF container.
Now, I finally think I see where Kamiwa's famous hack comes in. You've told me how to operate directshow, and that hack seems to extend that method.
So in theory can I stream WMV content in an ASF container using the directshow method we discussed, as long as I use Kamiwa's hack to enable the ASF demuxer?
Will we see the ASX/ASF container stuff in 1.5 or greater?
Thanks, I just wish I had more time to fool around with this stuff! It's very interesting.