basic methodology

[cptdada]

This should be so simple, I'm almost ashamed to ask for help...but...Using
Director6, I am trying to make a cd-rom presentation with a simple menu that
will link to 5 rather large .avi files, and loop them until the user clicks
"back to menu". Loading time is not the primary issue, but it's been so long
since I've used this program, I'm unsure how best to approach it. Should the
..avi's be an external cast? Of the available Lingo, which is the most practical
approach to "swapping" .avi? or should i just lay them all on the timeline and
jump between frames? thanks in advance for any pointers. ~ Howard

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External - Yes
Timeline - Yes
Frame Labels - Yes
End User must have QT installed - True

[cptdada]

ViP, thanks for the reply. I'm 90% there now, with avis internal; just swapping
cast members in frame 2 (avi) according t o menu selections in frame 1. works
great until i burn to cd; timeline works , but i get a blank where my avi
should be, its all in the same folder, filenames & cast names are the same,
tried this in first frame --
on enterFrame
put the searchCurrentFolder --1
preLoadMember
end
but no luck, and i suspect from the speed that preload isn't working either.
In your reply you require QT installed at end user....even for .avi?