Adobe GOLIVE CS2 User Manual page 549

More options for movie tracks
In the More tab of the Movie Track Inspector, you can select the following options:
Restricts the embedded file from playing until the root movie time reaches the file's start time. The
Slave Time
timeline of the root movie controls the embedded file—it plays like any other nonmovie track. If the embedded file
is longer in duration than its movie track duration, this option also stops the movie when the end of the movie track
duration bar is reached.
Sets the movie track to play immediately whenever a web browser loads the embedded file, even if the root
Autoplay
movie is not playing.
Ignores any audio in the embedded file and uses the root movie's audio instead.
Slave Audio
Specifies whether or not the embedded movie is affected by frame step operations, such as when
Frame Stepping
the viewer uses the QuickTime controller to move the movie forward or backward.
Ignores the graphics mode of the embedded file and uses the root movie's graphics mode
Slave Graphics Mode
instead.
Slave Track Duration Sets the movie track's duration to the full length of the embedded file.
Loop Specifies how the embedded video file plays back. Choose None to play the complete video file once and then
stop. Choose Loop to play the complete video file from beginning to end repeatedly if Autoplay is selected and Slave
Time is not selected. Choose Palindrome to play the complete video file forward and then backward repeatedly.
Sets the background color displayed in the movie track area while the embedded file is
Background Color
downloading, or if the embedded file fails to load.
Enable Clipping Time Specifies a portion of the embedded file that you want to play. Enter a start time in the Clip
Start Time box, and then enter a duration in the Clip Duration box.
To wire a movie track with actions
In the Actions tab of the Movie Track Inspector, you can set one or more actions that are triggered after the embedded
movie file has finished loading. For example, you can use the Track Set Enabled action to display a text track in the
root movie, such as "Ready to play, " after the embedded movie has loaded.
Select the movie track in the Timeline Editor, and then display the Actions tab of the Movie Track Inspector.
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2 In the Actions tab, select the Movie Loaded event in the Events list box, and then click the New Action button
below the Actions list box. A dot symbol ("•") appears to the right of the Movie Loaded event to indicate the event is
active.
From the pop-up menu below the Events and Actions lists, choose an action, such as GoToURL, and then set its
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properties as necessary below the pop-up menu.
4 Click Apply. You can wire the movie track with additional actions.
See also
"Actions for setting movie properties" on page 566
"Actions for setting track properties" on page 567
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