Placing a movie (videoClip)

[J. Landman Gay]

Gabel Paul wrote:
> Hello everyone:
> 
> I have imported a very short videoClip using File ... Import as a control ... video file. Then I put it into a custom property of a card. My problem is that I can't get it to play in the location I want. It always plays at the center of the card. I tried:
> 
> on mouseUp
>    wait 20 ticks
>    set the loc of the templateVideoClip to 200,200
>    play videoClip id (the cardMovie of this cd) -- custom prop
> end mouseUp
> 
> ... but it doesn't work. How do I set the loc of the movie on the card?

I think it's broken, no properties appear to "stick" except the 
defaults. Videoclips are pretty much deprecated now in favor of players, 
which is probably why there aren't any bug reports about this. There are 
several about how "stop playing" doesn't work though.

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