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Playing external FLVs in Director
user name
2006-10-30 12:18:52
You're running MX04 v10.1?

Try downloading the latest version of Director (10.1.1) and
see if it 
resolves the problem. I think it should since you're trying
to use Flash 8 
features with a slightly older version of Director.

-Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tudor Iordachescu"
<tudor.iordachescugmail.com>
To: <dirgames-lnuttybar.drama.uga.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:55 AM
Subject: [dirGames-L] Playing external FLVs in Director


> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm updating an older project done with D8 and I'd like
to avoid the 
> Quicktime detection/installation hassle by converting
all the video files 
> to FLV.
>
> I want to use a Flash 8 sprite as a generic player
which would load the 
> external FLV files based on playlists passed from
Director. I've tried 
> using the FLV playback component (although the
documentation says the 
> Flash 8 Asset Xtra doesn't support v2 components), then
the video class 
> and finally embedding the whole FLV into the swf. Every
time I get the 
> same result and it's already driving me nuts: the sound
of the movie plays 
> in Director, but there's no image. I got the same
result whether the flash 
> member was embedded in the caslib or linked to the
external swf. I don't 
> know what else to try.
>
> Any idea what I might be doing wrong? I've searched the
archives and found 
> nothing more than a few people reporting they are
successfully doing 
> exactly what I want, but no examples or details
whatsoever.
>
> I'm on digest so I won't be able to respond right away,
but any help will 
> be greatly appreciated.
> Director MX 2004 v10.1, Flash 8 Pro, Windows XP SP2 and
OS X.
>
> Thank you,
> Tudor
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> http://nuttybar.drama.uga.edu/mailman/listinfo/dirgames
-l 

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Playing external FLVs in Director
user name
2006-10-30 12:18:52
You're running MX04 v10.1?

Try downloading the latest version of Director (10.1.1) and
see if it 
resolves the problem. I think it should since you're trying
to use Flash 8 
features with a slightly older version of Director.

-Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tudor Iordachescu"
<tudor.iordachescugmail.com>
To: <dirgames-lnuttybar.drama.uga.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:55 AM
Subject: [dirGames-L] Playing external FLVs in Director


> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm updating an older project done with D8 and I'd like
to avoid the 
> Quicktime detection/installation hassle by converting
all the video files 
> to FLV.
>
> I want to use a Flash 8 sprite as a generic player
which would load the 
> external FLV files based on playlists passed from
Director. I've tried 
> using the FLV playback component (although the
documentation says the 
> Flash 8 Asset Xtra doesn't support v2 components), then
the video class 
> and finally embedding the whole FLV into the swf. Every
time I get the 
> same result and it's already driving me nuts: the sound
of the movie plays 
> in Director, but there's no image. I got the same
result whether the flash 
> member was embedded in the caslib or linked to the
external swf. I don't 
> know what else to try.
>
> Any idea what I might be doing wrong? I've searched the
archives and found 
> nothing more than a few people reporting they are
successfully doing 
> exactly what I want, but no examples or details
whatsoever.
>
> I'm on digest so I won't be able to respond right away,
but any help will 
> be greatly appreciated.
> Director MX 2004 v10.1, Flash 8 Pro, Windows XP SP2 and
OS X.
>
> Thank you,
> Tudor
> _______________________________________________
> dirGames-L mailing list  -  dirGames-Lnuttybar.drama.uga.edu
> http://nuttybar.drama.uga.edu/mailman/listinfo/dirgames
-l 

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