Smoothest way to play a series of movies?

iMP rooster at drizzle.com
Mon Oct 11 01:28:55 EDT 2004


Hi:

What's the smoothest way to play a series of QT-compatible movie 
files? I've tried a few ways, like putting a player on each card, one 
per file, but the transition is very noticeable, and the players 
don't behave as expected. I have about 20 12mb movs to play, each 
about 2 minutes of the entire movie, and I also need to skip around 
to various parts of the entire movie.

The best way I've tried so far gets a list of files from a folder, 
and uses one card and one player. When a playStopped is sent, the 
next filename is set for the player. I've tried various lockScreen 
tactics, but the abruptness and delay of the transition is still very 
noticeable.

Another way might be to make a QT "reference movie" to the series of 
files from scratch, and set a player to that, but I don't know if 
that's possible with Revolution...

Thanks, any insights appreciated,

guy o.


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