Hi,
I did some work recently for a DVD, but it did not have any video.
I found this guide indispensable for making sure the DVD ran on PC's
& Mac's http://www.s-j-t.co.uk/flashkit/HybridCDv1.1.pdf and authored it
on a PC with no problems - CDEverywhere is good, a bit pricy, but
probably worth it in the long run.
One of the things to remember is not to worry about getting Autorun
for the Mac working - Apple "removed" this feature from the system
around OSX and I have been told that most Mac users are smart enough to
click the icon you set up for them
The nice thing about Flash CS3 is that the projector it creates for
the Mac looks like a folder of rubbish on the PC, but is seen as an
application by the Mac too.
Not sure about streaming FLV from the disk, but my application had a
text search facility that ran through a lot of files without too many
problems.
I recommend doing the Wrapper + Application element discussed in the
PDF too... I built my application in Flex, but created a Flash
projector wrapper. Apparently there are possible problems with this,
but I did not encounter them and I have some code to minimise this if
you go that route, but otherwise Flash + Flash is a fine way to do it...
My mate did some DVD stuff with opening PDF's and had to do a bit of
messing around to account for Mac & CD and any stuff involving opening
files / running commands outside the application will be a pain. There
are a number of paid for extensions that are supposed to help with this,
although apparently Zinc and other 3rd party projector tools will make
this easier, but I did not have the time to learn them.
http://www.atomiksoftware.com/fire-up/index.htm
http://www.flashjester.com/?section=tricks_jtools_jstart
http://www.multidmedia.com/ - Zinc
http://screenweaver.org/doku.php - Screenweaver (Open Source)
I think there are a couple of others, but again, have not found them...
Lots of testing will be needed, so buy a stack of DVD disks. :)
Hope this helps a bit.
Glen
Alfred Hess wrote:
I am creating an multimedia training DVD.
The user interface will be a flash projector that runs the menu.
The menu will allow the user to select either flash video (flv)
or interactive flash content (swf).
This DVD will be available for sale. Users with varying CPU speeds and DVD
players will be using it.
Has anyone created an application like this. Is there anything I need to worry
about re I/O errors and user system configuration?
The fact that I can't find anyone who has experience with this is a bit
worrying.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Alfred
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