Thanks alot Mark, I was informed that I must use .AVI for the same reason you
said not knowing if the client has QT. Would this script be the same for .AVI?
I am using DirectMediaXtra now, what a great thing. I add the cue points there,
but I'm still having the same problem. Thanks again for your help and I'm
looking forward to hearing from you.

"Mark A. Boyd" wrote:

> At 23:46 1/14/2001, pnut wrote:
> >Does anyone know if it possible, well let me create an example. I have
> >presentation that syncs slides with video. I need to pause the slides
> >for a certain duration while the video plays. When I try to just add a
> >tempo it pauses everything including my QT video. If the answer contains
> >cue points, how do I add cue points to a QT video?
> Putting cuepoints into a QT requires QT editing software. If you don't have
> any QT editing software (QTPro is only around $30), you can do it without
> cuepoints by checking the movieTime of sprite.
>
> At its most basic, here is an example of a frame script that will wait
> until the QT (in sprite 1) movieTime has passed 300.
>
> on exitFrame
>    if the movieTime of sprite(1) < 300 then
>      go the frame
>    end if
> end
>
> More details in the Lingo Dictionary.
>
> If you have the DirectMedia Xtra (Windows only Xtra), you can add cuepoints
> to a cast member without actually editing the video. I don't recall whether
> DirectMedia supports QT, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does.
>
> >  One last quick
> >question, is QT better and easier to use than Windows Media player?
> >Opinions would be great!!!
>
> I believe most folks would say QT is better, though QT Sorensen and AVI
> Indeo 5 are quite similar. Easier? Well, you do need to ensure that the
> user has QT installed on the machine since it's not included with Windows.
> Video for Windows has been included since Win95 & _usually_ no installation
> is required. Win95B and higher include the Indeo 5 codec. I'm not sure
> which NT service pack began including the newer Indeo codec.
>
> --
> Mark A. Boyd
> Keep-On-Learnin' :)
>
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