At 05:37 PM 9/9/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Friends:
>could you please explain me following things on Quicktime movies in Director?
>
>Is it possible to overlay some graphic symbols over
>a quicktime movie in director. or is it that even if
>you put something over a quicktime movie, the
>quicktime movie takes priority and shows on top of
>everything.?
The QuickTime movie will "take priority" if it is set to display
"direct-to-stage" (which is the most efficient display option). Disabling
this, either through changing the castmember properties, or using the Lingo
directToStage flag, will make it render as a regular sprite, to the
possible detriment of the frame rate.
>How is it possible to control the timeline of a
>quicktime movie. So that I could show some graphics at after certain intervals
>of time related to what is being shown in
>the quicktime movie at that particular instance of
>time.
Either using cue points (look them up) or by checking the movieTime
property of the sprite - which one you use depends on your programming
method/preference.
>Is it possible to have interactivity while using a
>quicktime movie.. meaning, can I have a button below a
>quicktime movie that on click goes over a quicktime
>movie and playes different movies?
Yes, though I don't understand exactly what you're asking.
>If I change from one quicktime movie to another
>immediately in the same space , I get a flicker .. how
>do i remove that?
Depends on how you did it, and what platform. Macintosh might give you a
white flicker. What's in between the two movies? What sort of flicker?
>Is it possible that there is some way/script that
>puts quicktime movie in users cache, after playing the
>first time so that the second time a user plays the
>movie, there is no waiting time?
Director can preload only the header of the movie, not the whole movie; the
answer would require more information about how large the movies are, where
they are (CD, hard drive, etc.), platform, and so on. Try setting the
properties on the castmember for 'enable preload' and if that doesn't do
it, also change the unload to be "last" (better not to use never if possible).
- Tab
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