How do I create a MOV that will play on OS 9 / QT 5?

[riveducha]

I can't for the life of me figure out how to create a .MOV file using modern tools (ffmpeg) that will play on my iMac running OS 9 and QuickTime 5, especially a .MOV that can be embedded in a web page.

The Sample.mov files that comes with QT 4 and QT 5 works great embedded in a web page using an <embed> tag, but nothing that I've created works. If I even remux Sample.mov using ffmpeg, it doesn't work. (This is QuickTime as a plug-in in IE 5.)

I've been able to create some files that work if they're downloaded first and then played from Finder, but the same files don't work if they're embedded in a web page. Is there even a way to see what error message(s) QuickTime might be giving?

I've tried dozens of different file formats and feel like I've hit a brick wall. Anyone have any hints or tips?

 

[Dronecatcher]

Follow the guide for Cornica uploads here

They work 100%

 

[riveducha]

That looks good, but I don't think there's a good way to script it? I need to do this encoding on a web server automatically for reasons... Anyways, thanks for the link - I also want to look through their MOV files and see if there's something special about the atoms or something.

Anyways, through a lot of trial and error I found that making an .MPEG file in ffmpeg produces something that plays in IE5 with QT5 on OS 9 with these parameters:

mpeg1 video, with one of the framerates listed in the spec (couldn't get mpeg2 to work)
mp2 audio, with one of the three sampling rates listed in the spec (QT does not like any other rate)

Also ffmpeg's SVQ1 encoder is dog slow (and the cinepak encoder even slower!) - wonder if the official QT encoder is faster...

 

[Dronecatcher]

Also ffmpeg's SVQ1 encoder is dog slow (and the cinepak encoder even slower!) - wonder if the official QT encoder is faster...

Yes, just tried it - slow is an understatement - totally impractical.

MPEG Streamclip has a batch process function which might be worth looking at?