wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Something new for the WWP
Mickael Therer 2004-Dec-26 18:56:00
Hi Markus,
great inititiative that sound embed facility you
provide, I had just finished embedding mine when
you posted the message :D
one thing though that just occured to me as I was
editing my page If you use a sound file for both
pano versions coupled with the popup fullscreen
you're going to have the sound playing twice: one
in the background and one in the popup and out of
sync for sure... so maybe sound ought to be
fullscreen only or maybe you have some onblur magic
script to turn it off in the background ?
one other thing to consider MP4 will yield good
results but restricted to users of the latest
versions of quicktime, using MP3 will allow for
users of QT5 to get it all without the hassle to
upgrade and I know for sure one participant is QT5
only, makes me guess there can be quite a few
visitors on dial-up in the same viewing conditions.
mickael
--- In #removed#, Markus Altendorff <#removed#> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i've built audio support into the WWP...
> you upload the audio file the same way as you do with the
> panorama files. There's a new button for audio between the
> "upload normal" and "upload fullscreen" buttons on the panorama page.
>
> Some considerations:
>
> - Mind the copyright. Using copyrighted music without a proof of
> license may bring considerable trouble upon us. Ambient sound
> recordings *should* be fine. If in doubt, do not use sound...
>
> - The sound is accepted as a quicktime .mov file ONLY. Should not
> be a problem, since you can pack MP3, MP4 and quite some more
> into the .mov container.
>
> - If you want to compress the sound file (you know you want to
> ;), you may try this approach:
> 1) load uncompressed sound into Quicktime Player Pro. You get a
> movie.
> 2) "Export" - "Movie to Quicktime Movie" - "Options". A window opens.
> 3) Uncheck "Video".
> 4) Check "Sound".
> 5) Click "Settings". Pick your favourite compression. MPEG-4 may
> be good. Click "Options". Choose something like 64 kBit, 32000
> Hz, 16-bit stereo.
> 6) Check "Prepare for internet streaming" (or whatever it's
> called). Pick "Fast start" or "Fast start - compressed header".
> 7) Save.
>
> - If you want your sound to loop, open that "final" file in
> quicktime player (pro) and select the menu item for looping
> sound. Then, save your sound file as "self-contained movie" - DO
> NOT use the "export" menu again.
>
> And remember: having sound is an option - not a "must".
>
> -Markus