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>From: Rodrigo Peres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Lingo and streaming
>Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2001, 4:06 PM
>Ok, but i really need to control the point ahead in movie, in the project I
>have a field where the user inserts a time im format 00:00:00, i convert
>this to ticks and pass it to the movie. This is the problem how can i go
>ahead??? streaming don't work (till now), fast start, must be
>downloaded..... I don't know what to do
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How does anyone know exactly what is ON the video at any given timecode?
If you just want to give them the ability to jump ahead, why not do it
in one minute chunks? There are a few ways to do this. One way is to
copy 1 minute chunks of your big clip to a "dependent" QuickTime movie.
Another is to put 40 1 minute clips (your movie broken into 40 chunks,
and this could also be by "topic" as opposed to just by running time)
each in successive frames of your Director score, and then drop a
behavior script on each that tells the movie to 'go to the frame' if the
movieTime is less than the duration - or go to the next frame if it
isn't. Then, you just allow your user to hit any of the 40 frames from a
button (or whatever you decide) if they want to jump ahead or behind.
You could also do this all from one frame with Lingo, and that might be
a way to go if you have several of these 40 minute long movies. For just
a couple of them or so, your score won't be all that long though.
I think you might want to rethink your basic architecture a little
before getting hung up on method, although I think what you want now can
basically be done. Having the user insert a timecode seems a little
awkward to me, I dunno. Maybe it would seem natural for video editors.
Is that your user?
Steve Bennett
www.ifmp.net
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