protecting images in standalone?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Scott and all,


Am 10.05.2007 um 20:51 schrieb Scott Rossi:

> Recently, Howard Bornstein wrote:
>
>> Once I've set a custom property to contain the music or video  
>> data, how do I
>> reference it? Do I then need to spin it out as a temporary file  
>> and then
>> reference that? Then clean up the file when I'm done?
>
> As far as I know, this is the usual method.
>
> However, Trevor Devore once explained that it is possible import a  
> video
> file as a videoClip and play it directly on the card.  You can  
> position the
> the movie by declaring a point location, and once playback is done the
> videoClip is closed.
>  play videoClip 1 at loc of grc 1
>
> The docs say a videoClip can be QuickTime, AVI or MPEG formats.

Important hint:
You can only play QT videoclips on the Mac!
And with AVI files are restricted to the good ol' "Cinepak" codec!
If they did not change this in the engine sicne the MC days, which is  
very unlikely.

Similar restrictions apply for audiclips.

Still waiting for an overhaul of the multimedia engine, right Scott? ;-)

> And the syntax for controlling a videoClip is a little wonky.
>  play pause videoClip "myCoolClip.mov"
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de