Inside Macintosh: QuickTime Reference

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The open location command

The open location command fetches and plays a movie or list of movies from the supplied URL.

Note:   The getURL command performs the same function as "open location" and is supported for backward compatibility.

open location: Play the specified internet location(s)

               open location reference -- list of internet locations to open

For example: 

tell application "QuickTime Player"

               open location¬

                    "rtsp://www.mywebsite.com/streamingmovie.mov"

end tell

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Inside Macintosh: QuickTime Reference

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