QuickTime 6: Instant On Streaming Does Not Work

Symptom

The Instant On streaming feature does not work.


Solution

1. Open the QuickTime Settings control panel (Mac OS 9, Windows) or the QuickTime pane of System Preferences (Mac OS X).
2. Make sure the Instant On setting is enabled.
3. Make sure the Connection Speed setting is set to "112 Kbps Dual ISDN/DSL" or faster. Instant On streaming doesn't work with slower connections.

Other reasons why Instant On streaming may not work:

• The stream is being sent from a version of QuickTime Streaming Server (or Darwin Streaming Server) earlier than version 4.1.
• The stream comes from a QuickTime Streaming Server (or Darwin Streaming Server) with version 4.1, but the administrator has disabled the Instant On streaming feature.
• Your Internet connection is 56 kbps or slower.
• When you open a streaming movie, QuickTime determines your connection speed is too slow to work with Instant On.