Changing mainstack to a substack, and videoclip questions

[Thomas McGrath III]

Ben,

I would recommend not to store them in your standalone since Rev will  
load them all in ram at the same time when embedded. Loading and  
unloading from memory is a better way to go.

With the success of iPod/iTunes your chances of the enduser having  
Quicktime installed is now more realistic BUT there will still be a  
lot of people who don't have it. It is better today but the choice is  
still an issue. I would base it on the type of project it is i.e. if  
it is a multimedia project where your audience is savy then they  
probably will have it but if it is intended to be used by people who  
may not use or have iTunes/iPod/Quicktime then I would think more on  
it. You might even put in a script to check for quicktime and then  
decide live via script which player to use.


HTH

Tom

On Feb 1, 2006, at 1:34 AM, Ben Bock wrote:

> I have been assembling a dissertation project, learning Rev Studio  
> as I go.  Some questions.
>
> 1) Is it possible to later "import" stacks into a mainstack?  In  
> other words if you build separate mainstack projects, can you later  
> incorporate or designate the mainstacks as substacks of another  
> project?  I have looked over the docs on this, and don't see an  
> answer.
>
> 2)  I have 5 different .mpg video clips, they vary from 23-44  
> megabytes in size.  That adds up to 172.3 MB.  I will build a  
> standalone for Windows.  What are the considerations in using  
> videoclips vs. a storage file for the clips? I'm concerned that  
> soaking up 170 MB of RAM just for the clips is bad, does it  
> actually work out that way?  Is it advisable to NOT use quickTime  
> as my player in a Windows standalone?
>
> Thanks to all who have helped in the past and may help with this one,
>
> Ben
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