I have a small problem. Well many problems actually, but that's for another list.
I have thousands of Powerpoint files that I need to bring into REV projects. (This is a great opportunity for me) I know I have asked about this before and I got one response from someone?? that said to try Keynote from Apple to export an interactive .mov file.
So I bought keynote and exported a .mov file and IT WORKS, in REV, on OSX. And all of my Powerpoints look better too. Great.
PROBLEM:
Except it does not work on Windows without Quicktime installed. I have two questions:
Q1: Is anyone aware of a Windows player/format for a .mov file with a sprite track in it?????? (The sprite track I think is what allows the interactive part to work in the .mov file) I tried .mpg in windows but no luck. How about .avi???
Q2: Why if I set the dontusequicktime and dontusequicktimeeffects to TRUE does the .mov file still work fine in OSX but not in Win 2000 or Win XP????? I thought that setting them to true forced REV to not use Quicktime?? Then how do these still work in OSX???
Q3: If Rev IS able to handle a .mov with sprites in OSX WITHOUT Quicktime then why is REV not able to do it in Windows???
PS; I don't know how to remove the sprite track - any suggestions??? I thought that if I removed the sprite track and converted the .mov to .avi that maybe I could control the .avi without Quicktime in REV.
PSS; The only other solution I have come up with is to export the Powerpoint files into individual slides saved as .PNG files (Keynote won't export individual slides). Then I import images as ref control from folder ;-) and then set them all to invisible and put a blank button over top of them to show hide all of them. This works but was rather complicated and a bit slower than the .mov was. I just thought of using set the imagedata (I think that was in SuperCard) AND I am pretty sure Rev has this ability. That way there is only one graphic on screen instead of hundreds BUT again I am sure that will be slower than the .mov file.
ANY HELP is appreciated,
Thanks to you all for being my lifeline here.
Tom
Macintosh PowerBook G-4 OSX 10.3.1, OS 9.2.2, 1.25 GHz, 512MB RAM, Rev 2.1.2
Advanced Media Group Thomas J McGrath III • 2003 • [EMAIL PROTECTED] 220 Drake Road, Bethel Park, PA 15102
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