play videoClip "nameOfVideo" does not work, Please help

[Devin Asay]

On Jul 12, 2005, at 9:32 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 7/12/05 9:09 AM, Devin Asay wrote:
>
>
>> If you did not import the clip, but are trying to play it as an   
>> external file, you must specify the entire file path, like this:
>>
>
> As long as we're talking about videoclips, is there a way to store  
> a QT movie as an imported file in a stack, but still set a player  
> to use it? I know I can write the movie to disk temporarily and  
> play it from there, but it would be cleaner if I could just refer  
> to it in the stack. Using the "play" command to run it doesn't give  
> enough control, I need to use a player object.

I've never been able to find a way to do it. Seems like a no-brainer,  
though. BZ request, anyone?

Devin

Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University