Adobe 65036570 - Director - PC User Manual page 275

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RealMedia sample file
View the RealMedia sample file included on the Director CD or the videotest.rm file included in the RealPlayer
program installation folder.
1 Start Director.
Select File > Import.
2
Browse to one of the following test files:
3
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If you have the Director CD, select a file in the Adobe\Support\RealMedia folder.
• If you don't have the Director CD, select the videotest.rm file in the RealPlayer 10.5 installation folder.
Click Import.
4
Drag the file to the Stage, and select Control > Play.
5
After you view the sample file, you are ready to start laying out the other elements of your movie.
About RealMedia streams in Director
Director includes the following RealMedia support:
•
The RealMedia tab in the Property inspector
•
RealMedia behaviors
• Script elements for RealMedia, including methods and properties
• The RealMedia viewer
Director supports only RealAudio and RealVideo stream formats. Although some other formats might work with
the Xtra for RealMedia, using them could result in significant problems with playback.
RealMedia cast members
RealMedia cast members are always linked cast members. They reference an external stream via a URL (HTTP,
RTSP, or PNM) to a location on the Internet, or to a local file on your hard disk or network file server. RealMedia
cast members are always of type
Sprites created from RealMedia cast members are treated as regular sprites and can be rotated, skewed, stretched,
flipped, colorized, composited with other sprite layers with ink, and manipulated with the Lingo or JavaScript syntax
elements for RealMedia and to standard sprite and cast member script.
All RealMedia properties and methods invoked on a RealMedia sprite invoke the corresponding cast member's
properties and methods. This is because Director plays back RealMedia files at the cast member level rather than at
the sprite level. For more information, see
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#realMedia
RealMedia stream playback.
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