hi all i've added a comment to Andreas' SMIL comment system. :-) fyi: i uploaded a mpeg4 to my server, then opened it via http in QT player, then did a save as to make a reference movie (under 50kb). the reference movie is what i put into Andreas's system. this means: 1. storage for Andreas is trivial 2. it is now delivered off my server 3. the reference movie simply retrieves the data from my server to play in Andreas' SMIL script cheers Adrian Miles ................................................................. hypertext.rmit || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/adrian interactive networked video || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog research blog || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/

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