Quoting Realvideo clips

In my last post, quoting a C-SPAN realvideo clip of Donald Rumsfeld, I discovered a syntax to specify the beginning and ending of the clip.

Pete Peterson:

"I've been informed that this occasion is also being webcast. Someday I'm going to have to figure out what that means exactly, but it's apparently very significant" (audience laughs) (21:57/53: 56)

Syntax

filename.ram?start=numSeconds&end=numSeconds

Improvements

Querystring time selection is a very important feature-- the equivalent of "page numbers" in print -- but client implementations could be improved:

• Client Programs should allow users to easily scroll forward or backward, beyond the specified selection. This would allow the viewer to quickly view the context of the quote
• Counters should be based on either:
  • Date-Time: (2003-01-01 13:21:31 EST)
  • The Beginning of the Video: (0)
  Counters based on the querystring start are useful, but tell the viewer nothing of the context.

Other Media Formats

A Quicktime/Windows media player version of the CFR speech is also available. I do not know how clip selection works in these formats.

Posted by Tim at May 31, 2003 05:26 PM | TrackBack