Trond Lossius

The help file for jit.qt.record discuss flatten and hint attributes. 

I've been searching around for more information, but without getting 

much wiser. What exactly do they do, and under what circumstances might 

one (not) benefit from hinting/flattening the recorded movie?

The help file for jit.qt.record discuss flatten and hint attributes. 
I've been searching around for more information, but without getting 
much wiser. What exactly do they do, and under what circumstances might 
one (not) benefit from hinting/flattening the recorded movie?

hint-and-flatten-for-jit-qt-record

Flattening typically is used to "resolve unresolved data references" 

- that is, make a non-self-contained movie self-contained. In the 

case of jit.qt.record, this is unnecessary, since, when recording, 

the media is already stored with the movie. However, you can use 

flattening to make a movie fast-start -- e.g. a movie that begins 

playing before it's finished being loaded, for instance, when posted 

online. So, that's the reason for flattening in jit.qt.record.

Hinting would be used when serving a movie using a streaming server, 

such as QT Broadcaster or jit.(qt.)broadcast. Extra tracks (hint 

tracks) are added to the movie with the necessary information for the 

If you are not using your movies online, or if you are post- 

processing them before putting them online (in which case you can do 

this using other software, or jit.qt.movie,etc.), then there is no 

Am 13.09.2006 um 21:27 schrieb Trond Lossius:

> The help file for jit.qt.record discuss flatten and hint 

> attributes. I've been searching around for more information, but 

> without getting much wiser. What exactly do they do, and under what 

> circumstances might one (not) benefit from hinting/flattening the 

Flattening typically is used to "resolve unresolved data references"  
- that is, make a non-self-contained movie self-contained. In the  
case of jit.qt.record, this is unnecessary, since, when recording,  
the media is already stored with the movie. However, you can use  
flattening to make a movie fast-start -- e.g. a movie that begins  
playing before it's finished being loaded, for instance, when posted  
online. So, that's the reason for flattening in jit.qt.record.

Hinting would be used when serving a movie using a streaming server,  
such as QT Broadcaster or jit.(qt.)broadcast. Extra tracks (hint  
tracks) are added to the movie with the necessary information for the  
server.

If you are not using your movies online, or if you are post- 
processing them before putting them online (in which case you can do  
this using other software, or jit.qt.movie,etc.), then there is no  
benefit to using these features.

> The help file for jit.qt.record discuss flatten and hint  
> attributes. I've been searching around for more information, but  
> without getting much wiser. What exactly do they do, and under what  
> circumstances might one (not) benefit from hinting/flattening the  
> recorded movie?
>
> Thanks,
> Trond


Jeremy Bernstein wrote:
> (...)
>
> Hope this helps

hint and flatten for jit.qt.record