why won't my videoclip play?

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Tue Dec 10 15:25:01 EST 2002


> I'm now doing what you say - but I am not clear where this leaves the
> idea of a video clip or movie played directly, i.e. not in a player
> object. Maybe I should simply forget about it. As far as I can see,
> my player object is playing a QT file (external to the player) not a
> clip - is this right? Also, is the player object the only way to play
> a movie? I didn't read this into the Transcript dictionary's entry
> for the 'play' command, which doesn't mention player objects at all.

Yes, the QT file is external to the player and being referenced by Rev (it's
not embedded) in this instance. The player object is not the only way to
play a movie, but I've found it to be the most flexible.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/




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