I found a site that has embedded QUICKTIME MOVIES in FLASH.
http://www.dektorfilm.com/index2.htm
click on DIRECTORS
click on LESLIE DEKTOR
They have a play button when pressed plays a super high quality quicktime video. The videos are very large in size. The movie starts as the rest of the movie is downloading. It is embedded in flash.
How is this accomplished? I do not want to use the flv or media component features in flash.
A step by step would be great!
Cheers,
Daniel
yeah, i looked in the source and it seems like they are doing something tricky with javascript… apparently there is some function called qtPop (which is pretty self explainitory) that calls some var called url from the flash movie? that’s a neat trick. this tells the javascript to pop up the quicktime window on the page at a certain spot… very tricky stuff.
but basically, it is not embedded! it just looks like it. i wish you COULD embed. you can do it the other way around, as if that is useful.
i tried contacting the makers of the page, theroyalorder.com, but THEIR website is even more unhelpful…
-ford
Daniel, I’ll see if I can provide some input on this. Comcast.net had a similar solution that was amazing. I’m working on a solution that will do what you said but with windows media. If I come up with something I’ll pass on the goods.
Joshua
I don’t think this site is actually using QuickTime at all. They have created their movie controls to look exactly like the quicktime controls. If you scroll to the very end of that first movie you’ll notice a small glitch. This would only happen if the movie (and the controls) were Flash.
The qtPop JavaScript function doesn’t have anything to do with the flash. This is a function to popup a new browser window with a movie it in. You can tell by the “window.open” call.
So to answer your question, they are actually using FLV video.
Yes, I absolutely agree. I think the only way to embed a quick time or .avi into a flash document is to use Flash Studio Pro – http://www.multidmedia.com/software/flashstudio/features/05.php
The problem with this is it is limited to CD-Rom based presentations – to my knowledge it won’t work for the web.
I would go FLV all the way… However… they don’t resize to full screen like a windows media .wmv can. This is a pretty big draw back.
Joshua
How does one convert QT to flv (free or cheap) and can flvs be shown if one only has MX?
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you guys , im a little lost here. i can totally import a quicktime movie into my flash page. and when you do that it asks you if you want to embed it and you say yes, or you can have it link to ano outside source. so what do you all mean when you say you cant embed a qt into flash???
Yes this is true, you can import avi or quick time at author time. However, dynamically at run time is where I see that functionality missing.
Flash can’t call an external URL that is a qt movie and load that quick time movie into your stage. Flash can’t be a shell that loads qt or avi movies that are external files residing on your server. They must be embedded at author time, not run time.
If I’m wrong, and I would love to be in this instance… please correct me. I’ve been battling this for months (literally). If you know how to import a qt or avi at run time dynamically into your Flash .swf stage please tell me…
Joshua
Wildform’s “Flix Pro” is the way to go.
Or you can import the quick time into your Flash library… go through the sorenson encoding process… then when it’s in your library, right click on it, click properties, then I think there’s an export button… this pops up a save as dialog that allows you to save a .flv
Joshua
Okay I’ll give it a shot - thanks!
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i see what your saying now lomelino, i was going through the same thing. if your screen resolution is 1024 X 768 go ahead and check out my website. i basically have external quicktimes pop up on a certain location on the screen to try and give the illusion of being part of the flash page. its not what you want but thats what i ended up doing. go to the animation page and click on a link :
www.creativejuggernauts.com
Hey Daniel,
So those links pop up another swf with embedded qt videos? Or they pop up an html page with embedded qt or what? What’s the structure?
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Not sure about free but sorenson squeeze is cheap and the best I have found. They make a special version just for flash. http://www.sorenson.com/solutions/prod/mx_win.php
well, basically i just popped a quicktime .mov file on my server, and then followed the kirupa “making centered pop-ups” tut, tweaked my co-ordinates a bit, and voila! pretty easy.
Cheap? It’s $119!! :crying:
Unfortunately I can’t afford that. I’ll have to try some other option. Thanks though garyzero!
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Hi Dan?
This has nothing to do with the topic but I was wondering if you knew that the enter your site button is nearly impossible to see because its in the black. I’m on a pc and I just kept clicking around the image till I found something. I find when I design on my mac versus my pc I have to adjust the images lighter for people with a typical pc monitor because they are much darker.
Gary
So for the centered pop-ups tute you set the link to the qt .mov file? Well that will work if the user has their computer set up to automatically stream movies but if not then doesn’t it pop up the download dialog box?
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Yeah I never saw a movie, where should I be looking on the site??
lol, I have two monitors at work and I have my browsers set to always open on the right screen (which is the secondary monitor). When I clicked on his movies they popped up on the left so I could see them fine even though they were kind of floating around on their own.
Said it before and I’ll say it again though - the animations are awesome! :thumb:
Nice site. You mentioned a specific site resolution of 1024 x 768… Might I recommend setting your stage as a percentage of the browser window. This can be done dynamically with actionScript or you can click file > publish settings > then change the Dimensions dropdown to percent and set the width and height to 100. Now when you preview the site or publish the age it will adjust bigger and smaller as the user adjusts their browser window. Hitting F11 will also rescale the .swf.
This accounts for any resolution. Go Macromedia!
Just a thought,
Joshua
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