How do I link to videos hosted on Swarthmore's streaming video server?
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Swarthmore has a streaming video server that can be used to host QuickTime video files. Different web browsers and operating systems handle links to the streaming video differently, so it is best to create "reference movie" that tells the browser how to handle the video. The reference movie file can then be uploaded to Blackboard. Clicking on the file will launch the video.
Note: you can link directly to the streaming video, but typically only the Macintosh operating system will handle the files properly.
There are two ways to create the reference movie, one requires QuickTime Pro and the other does not.
QuickTime Method:
- Open the streaming file its URL
- Select "Save As" and click on the reference movie option.
- Upload the reference movie file to Blackboard.
Text File Method:
- Create a new text file.
- Paste the following text, modifying it with the correct information for your video file (moviename and path to streaming video)
<?xml version="1.0"?> <?quicktime type="application/x-quicktime-media-link"?> <embed autoplay="true" moviename="My Sample File" src="rtsp://walnut.its.swarthmore.edu/mymovie.mov" />
- Save the file with a ".mov" extension and upload it to Blackboard. NOTE: use DOS line breaks when saving the file.
