How to Make a Reference Quicktime Movie

Overview

To incorporate a QuickTime Streaming movie into your Web site, you should use a "reference movie"--"refmovie" for short. A reference movie helps in many ways:

they help Web browsers to launch the QuickTime Plug-in
they tell the QuickTime Plug-in where to find your QuickTime Streaming movie
they tell the QuickTime Plug-in about alternate data rate movies

Instructions for MakeRefMovie

To create a reference movie:

Download and install Apple's MakeRefMovie tool (listed under Webmaster tools).
Open the MakeRefMovie application. A "Save as" dialog should ask you for a working filename.
Enter a filename, making sure to use a .mov filename extension. Keep in mind that you are creating a refmovie. You may want to add "ref" to the filename .
Click the Movie menu.
Select Add URL.
In the box, type the URL address of your QuickTime Streaming movie. For example:

rtsp://qtmedia.type.washington.edu/userid/hinted.mov

Substitute type and userid appropriately, refering to the QuickTime URL Reference for help.
Press Enter.
If you have any alternate data rate movies, repeat steps 4, 5 and 6 for each.
To save your reference movie, click the File menu and select Save.
Quit MakeRefMovie.

Now you're ready to link or embed this reference movie into a Web page.

You can also look at Apple's page on How to Make a Reference Movie.