Play The Digital Video - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-GETTING STARTED WITH DIRECTOR Getting Started

Click the Import button.
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The new digital video cast member appears in the Cast window in the first available cast slot. It
is named after the imported file.

Play the digital video

You can view the QuickTime cast member by opening the QuickTime window. This window
contains controls for playing the video file but not for editing the video; you cannot edit digital
video files in Director.
In the Cast window, double-click the walkaround cast member.
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The QuickTime window opens.
Play the video by using the controls at the bottom of the QuickTime window:
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Click the Play button in the lower left corner of the window. The video begins playing, and
the Play button changes to a Pause button.
To pause the video, click the Pause button in the lower left corner of the window. The video
pauses, and the Pause button reverts to a Play button.
The QuickTime window has its own playhead that moves to the right as the video plays. You
can use the playhead to jump to a specific point in the video or to scrub through the video.
To jump to a specific point in the video, click in the bar to the right or left of the playhead.
The playhead moves to the point that you clicked in the bar, and the window displays the
corresponding frame of video.
To scrub through the video, drag the playhead to the right to scrub forward and to the left
to scrub in reverse.
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