how to load a movie while another one is playing?

[softdrink]

how to load a movie while another one is playing? I have a movie and want to link it to another movie, but I need to preload it first so it jumps to the new movie right away, without any delay.

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[oldnewbie]

The way I would do it... Is to integrate the second movie as being a part of the main movie (another scene!), and only start the main movie playing when there's enough preloading done to insure the movie (both of them in this case...) will stream while the rest continues downloading. This of course implies, you already have a preloader for the main movie... Because in the end that's really what you're trying to do: your first movie, while playing, acts as a preloader for the second movie.
The downloaded percentage before you play the movie, depends on the complexity of both movies... And depending on this complexity, rarely will you get by if you don't predownload at least 60% to 70% of the total size. Only testing will tell you... And you shouldn't forget slow dial-up connections!

Regards,

ldnewbie

 

[softdrink]

thanks, that's what I wanted to do. I thought that perhaps there is a better way to do this, to keep the size of the movie smaller.

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