Controlling Quicktime movies

[alexanderdring]

Hi everyone,

I have created a series of Quicktime movies from 3ds MAX and would now like to display them as a presentation (in a kind of slide format). They will be seen sequentially and all I need is to have them follow one after the other on mouse clicks. [It's preferable to patching them altogether as a single movie and pausing every few seconds!] Only thing is, Director won't seem to let me control them (even as a projector file) and I can't think of any other program that would do the job. I'd really appreciate any help anyone could provide,

Thanks,

Alex D

 

[kennethkawamoto]

To control QuickTime playback, use movieRate:
--
sprite.movieRate = 0 -- stop
sprite.movieRate = 1 -- play
sprite.movieRate = -1 -- play backwards
--
(You can also set movieRate value to “1.2”, “-2” etc etc.)

To tell the QuickTime movie to go to specific position, use movieTime:
--
sprite.movieTime = 0 -- go to the beginning
sprite.movieTime = 1230 -- go to the frame on 1230 ticks (= 20.5 second)
--

You can use cue points as well. This article will show you how to add cue points:

http://www.director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=988

There is QuickTime control stuff in the Library. I’ve never used them but may be good for your project. (This may be the easiest!)