Adobe 65036570 - Director - PC User Manual page 279

Use the options on the Property inspector RealMedia tab to specify the properties of the cast member. For more
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information, see The RealMedia tab in the Property
Obtaining dynamic RealMedia cast member properties
When a RealMedia cast member is initially created, the values that are listed in the Property inspector for the
dynamic properties (
height
on the Stage or in the RealMedia viewer, the actual values for the properties are saved and appear in the Property
inspector. When you save the movie, these values are saved with the cast member.
It's a good idea to obtain and save the actual values of the dynamic RealMedia properties before you begin laying out
your movie. Although you cannot set or change any of these properties, you can adjust the height and width of
RealMedia sprites on the Stage to fit your movie's proportions. Remember that the actual playback time of a stream
can vary, depending on the level of network congestion and stream rebuffering, and that the
cast member referencing a live feed is always 0.
• To play the RealMedia cast member with other elements of your Director movie, drag the RealMedia cast
member to the Stage or Score and select Control > Play. The RealMedia cast member starts to play after the playhead
reaches the frame that contains the cast member, unless the
.
TRUE
•
To play the cast member without the other elements of your movie, double-click the cast member in the Cast
window and click the Play button in the RealMedia viewer.
The RealMedia tab in the Property inspector
The RealMedia tab in the Property inspector displays the properties of RealMedia cast members. To set or change
the editable properties, use the Property inspector or the script properties for RealMedia. Even if you are not
planning to use the script properties, it's a good idea to read the script entries for the properties that appear in the
Property inspector because they contain valuable information. For more information, see
syntax sound elements with
Two views of the RealMedia tab in the Property inspector
inspector.
, , , and
width rect duration
RealMedia.
) are placeholder values. After you play the cast member
property for the cast member is set to
pausedAtStart
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value of a
duration
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