Quick time .mov files

[aph]

I have created a quick time .mov file and want to import it into flash 4 and convert it to a .swf file. I have read you can import this type of file but when I do all I get is the first frame of the .mov file what am I doind wrong?

Andy [sig][/sig]

 

[scottyjohn]

Hi there,
Im new to Flash too and I am having exactly the same problem. I want to play quick time movies within a flash interface but I cant seem to work it out either. I can see that it uses a reference to the movie and keeps it as an external file seperate from the .swf but I cant see how to make it play! Something was mentioned about creating a button and then assigning the action to play the movie but I still cant get it to work. Hopefully someone will answer this soon I could do with the help also. Ive found the site

http://www.flashkit.com

really helpful.

I wouldnt mind an opinion about a test site which I have designed at

http://www.eagle-i.co.uk.

Its my first attempt so if you get the chance let us know what you think?

Cheers mate

John

 

[oldnewbie]

That might be of some help...

http://www.webreview.com/2000/03_24/designers/03_24_00_2.shtml

http://www.streamingmedia.com/tutorials/view.asp?tutorial_id=142

http://www.blueabuse.com/flash/02/

And then, under Help-> USING QUICKTIME MOVIES, you can read up...

Using QuickTime movies

If you have QuickTime 4 or later installed on your system, you can import a QuickTime movie into Flash in order to modify the movie. However, in order to display the QuickTime movie, you must export it in QuickTime format. You cannot display a QuickTime movie in SWF format. For more information on publishing your Flash file as a QuickTime movie, see Publishing QuickTime 4 movies.

You can scale, rotate, and animate a QuickTime movie in Flash, and you can play and set the directory path of the movie in the library. However, you cannot tween QuickTime movie content in Flash. You can apply any of the actions listed in the Basic Actions category in the Actions panel to an imported QuickTime movie.

When you import a QuickTime movie, only the first frame of the movie is displayed. You must add frames to the imported movie's Timeline in order to view additional frames in the movie in Flash. A QuickTime movie imported into Flash does not become part of the Flash file. Instead, Flash maintains a pointer to the source file...

Regards,

ldnewbie

 

[BigBadDave]

I think your problem may be you havn't put any frames in.

You need to add frames for the full length of the movie.

 

[oldnewbie]

Davidbyng, did you read my post? Especially the last paragraph from the Help file?

Regards,

ldnewbie

 

[BigBadDave]

Yeah allright oldnewbie I didn't see that bit.

 

[scottyjohn]

Thanks for the pointers oldnewbie!

I havent had a chance to try out this in full but I had a quick play and it seems to work. The only thing seems to be the size of the finished file, its very big!

I will have a play with the quality settings of the J-pegs sequence which I export from flash and see if I can cut it down.

This would maybe work for a CDRom but I would also like to post to web?

Ill have a play about over the next few days but thanks for all your help!

John