AVI/WMV Playback Control?

[Peter Reid]

>I don't understand -- Flash displays video, so why would your clips have to
>be separate from your app?
>
>http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/static_tour/me
>dia/index.html#03 
>
>Regards,
>
>Scott Rossi

As I understand it, I'd have to launch the Flash standalone player in 
order to play Flash clips from Rev.  Rev itself ONLY supports Flash 
IF you have QuickTime, which is my problem - corporate world's total 
aversion to installing QuickTime!!  If I launch a separate player 
then is can appear anywhere on screen obscuring my Rev window and I 
can't control it or determine its progress.

Also, if you play a Flash file (swf) directly from Rev, you can't 
control it in the same way as a QT file - no easy stop/start/drag 
etc.  However if you make a QT file with an EMBEDDED Flash track, 
then you get the benefits of Flash with the controllability of QT! 
This works VERY well.  I have a single QT clip with three embedded 
tracks - Flash video, QT sound, QT text caption.  I can now 
enable/disable any of these to provide whatever combination is 
required.  Unfortunately all this good stuff ONLY works with QT, 
which my corporate clients won't install!!

Cheers

Peter
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