AVI/WMV Playback Control?

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, "Peter Reid"  wrote:

> I'm trying to allow the user of a stack playing both AVI and WMV
> video clips to move a scrollbar to adjust the playback position of a
> clip.  I do this by adjusting the currentTime property of the player
> object that is pointing at an AVI/WMV file.  However, whenever I do
> "start player thePlayer", it ALWAYS restarts the playback at the
> BEGINNING of the clip irrespective of the setting of the currentTime
> property?!
> 
> Any ideas for why this happens and how I can work around this so the
> user can really control the playback position of AVI/WMV files (i.e.
> without QuickTime)?

As far as I know, control over video is pretty minimal if you don't use QT
so I don't believe you can do what you want without QT.  I may be wrong but
I've run into the same issue you describe.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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