About Digital Video Formats - MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-USING DIRECTOR Use Manual

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Control QuickTime VR
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Trigger events at key points in time for a video sprite's playback
Note: You can export movies or portions of movies as QuickTime or AVI videos. For more
information, see "Exporting digital video and frame-by-frame bitmaps" on page

About digital video formats

When you import Windows Media, DVD content files, AVI, QuickTime, or RealMedia, the cast
members you create always remain linked to the original external file, even if you select the
Standard Import option. When you distribute a movie, you must always include all digital video
files along with the movie.
Windows Media playback is not supported on Macintosh in Director.
Director converts an AVI video to QuickTime when it plays on a Macintosh.
QuickTime must be installed on a computer in order to author or play back a movie that contains
QuickTime digital video. RealPlayer 8 or RealOne Player must be installed on a computer to
author or play back a movie that contains RealMedia digital video.
For security reasons, Macromedia Shockwave links to media on a local disk only if it is in a folder
named dswmedia. To test movies in a browser locally before uploading them to your Internet
server, place the movie, linked casts, and linked media in folders within a dswmedia folder, and
use relative links to refer to them. In order for them to be accessible from your server, you must
use file and folder names that do not have spaces or capital letters and that have recognized file
extensions such as .dcr and .gif. For more information, see
Player," on page
To import digital video:
Select File > Import.
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Select QuickTime, AVI (Windows only), Windows Media (Windows only), or RealMedia
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from the Files of Type pop-up menu.
Note: Importing DVD content follows a different process than the other digital video formats. For
complete information about importing DVD files, see
on page 254.
Select the digital video files to import.
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Because digital video is always imported as linked, you do not have to select an option in the
Media pop-up menu.
Click Import.
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When you import an AVI file, you are prompted to select QuickTime or AVI as the
import format.
If you select QuickTime, Director imports the video as a QuickTime Asset Xtra, which
provides additional playback options. For more information, see
video cast member properties" on page
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Chapter 24, "Using Shockwave
"Using DVD media content in Director"
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"Setting QuickTime digital