Quicktime VR Panorama

**cadman57** · 08 February 2011, 11:49 PM

I have produced a Quicktime VR Panorama file (with .mov file extension) which I want to insert on my web page. When I use the `import' option from the file menu, I get an error message saying that file type is not recognised by any of the installed filters.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks

**gwpriester** · 09 February 2011, 12:20 AM

Welcome to TalkGraphics

I would guess that .mov files are not supported. One thing you can try is to create a rectangle the size of your file then use the Link to File function.

If this still does not work, then you will need to convert the file to SWF, FLV, or MP4. There are lots of utilities that can do this. Do a Google search for convert .mov to (and insert the output file type).

**bjornkn** · 09 February 2011, 07:39 AM

Forget Quicktime VR, which is an outdated technology that gets very little support/development (if any) from Apple. What is used for panoramas today is Flash.
I use PTgui to make my panoramas, and in the newest version there is a tool for making a web page with pano embedded.
There are also several other panorama viewers available, like krpano and FlashPanoramaPlayer (FPP).
I use FPP in combination with Flashificator.
Then I have a simple html file that fills the window with the pano.
Embedding it in Xara is easily done with an <iFrame> tag in a HTMLplaceholder:

Code:

<iframe src="http://bknilssen.no/fpp/TSR01" width="100%" height="100%">Your broswer does not support iFrames 
</iframe>

Take a look at that test page at: http://bknilssen.no/X/panotest/
and the full page, which is embedde at http://bknilssen.no/fpp/TSR01

**bjornkn** · 09 February 2011, 08:07 AM

If you insist on using Quicktime you may get it to work using this embed code (did a little digging in some old files

:

Code:

<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" 
	codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" 
	width="100%" height="100%" >
	<param name="src" value="yourmovfilenamehere.mov">
	<param name="scale" value="tofit">
	<param name="background" value="#eeeeee">
	<embed width="100%" height="100%"
		pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/"
		type="video/quicktime"
		src="yourmovfilenamehere.mov"
		scale="tofit"
		background="#eeeeee"
		/>
</object>

If you're using the iFrame method you'll need <html>, <head> and <body> tags around the code.
But I guess that it should work "directly" too, with a HTMLplaceholder? Maybe enclsed in a <div> tag?
You may have to replace the width/height values to the width/height of your placeholder, instead of using the %?

**cadman57** · 09 February 2011, 08:52 AM

Hi, thanks for the replies. I remember now that when I used to produce Panoramas years ago using Accurender I used to use a Flash based plugin to display on web pages - the only reason I was looking for a quicktime player was because my current software (Cinema 4D) produces Quicktime VR Panoramas by default. I'm pretty sure though that the image could be used in Flash players so I'll check out the links you suggested.

Thanks again for the advice.

**bjornkn** · 09 February 2011, 09:58 AM

I believe Flash panorama player can use QTVR files, but I nowadays always use 6 cube tiles. You could easily produce such tiles with C4D instead of a mov file. I made my first panoramas with trueSpace many years ago, which also could render to QTVR panorama/object movie, but gettting it from QTVR to some other format like equirect or cubic jpgs was always a problem. In LightWave I either use the Advanced camera to make a 2:1 equirectangular pano directly, or I make a 6-frame "animation" rotating the camera (with 90x90 deg fov) front, right etc.
QTVR files can be either cylindrical or spherical/cubic. I don't know what C4D outputs, but I guess it's cubic?
IMO the best/smoothest panorama player is DevalVR (shows QTVR or jpg), but it requires a plugin, and is PC-only.
FPP, krpano and Pano2VR cost some money (not much), but there is another one called PanoSalado which is free. Never used it myself.

**thomas** · 06 November 2011, 07:30 PM

I to have problems with using quicktime vr
I can't seem to insert the file directly to xara web designer 7, when i insert the html placeholder for my panorama, only a quicktimelogo with a questionmark pops out.
It only does work when i link my quicktime panorma file and let it open in a new window but this is not wat i want

my body code: http://i41.tinypic.com/2el86qf.jpg

my preview page: http://i39.tinypic.com/saxvu1.jpg

This is what it should be: http://i43.tinypic.com/34is4uu.jpg

Anyone have the same experience or knows how to fix this?

**bjornkn** · 07 November 2011, 07:52 AM

Try to put it in an iFrame in Xara then. If it works in a separate window/page it should also work in an iFrame.
But be prepared that a lot of people may not be able to see it if it is mov displayed by QTVR plugin.

**thomas** · 07 November 2011, 06:01 PM

Thanks for your reply bjorn!

I used the iframe methode as you said but i could not find a way to upload my qtvr file to the internet and then insert thu url it in the iframe code.

But i did something more logical!
isntead of linking a url from the internet to the iframecode, I was able to just link the file directory from my own computer

like this :

<iframe src="file:///C:\Users\Eigenaar\Desktop\thomas.mov" width="600" height="400">Your broswer does not support iFrames
</iframe>

This did the trick!

So if anyone else has got the same problem, this seems to be the best way to get a qtvr direcly on your page!

**bjornkn** · 07 November 2011, 06:59 PM

It might do the trick locally, but what happens when you publish your website??
If you don't have an ftp client you should download Filezilla. Works great.
BTW, I think I would have wrapped the mov into a html file. But if it works like that in all browsers it may be ok?