Wont Play On Web 1

[billybeeke]

I have created a shockwave movie that loads 5 frames prior to running on my web. When I go to my web it starts the Macromedia Icon and seems to pause and show none of my movie. At the end of the movie I have a jump to URL inserted which loads another of my pages. Any help please. It takes me 12 minutes to upload new versions and I have tried half a dozen times in different formats to no avail.

 

[blended]

Could you be more specific? It might sound stupid (I've done it a million times) but make sure the following is correct: Make sure you're using a preloader, and make sure that preloader tells the movie what to do (i.e., go to frame 6). Also, make sure you're uploading the right file. 12 minutes is a long time, which leads me to believe the whole thing is humongous. This could cause browser crashes anyway.

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[billybeeke]

Thanks for the message. This is the first time that I have tried director. When you say preloader do you mean <Modify Movie><Playback> and then state which frame to load to before playing?

Also I have taken your advice and will try to scale down.

 

[blended]

Frankly, that only works so well (I've never been able to figure it out). What you need to do is create a little something at the beginning of the movie which gives the web viewer something to do while they wait for the site to load. Then create a loop which looks something like this

(Sorry, this is not exact Lingo, but reads something like this

If medianinframe 50 = ready
go to and play 5
else
go to the frame
end

This will set up a conditional loop. Sorry I don't have a free moment to figure out the exact Lingo. I work in Flash a lot too and the dialects are very similar to each other, but this is definately the gist of what you need to make director do.

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