How can I get my Flash video to stop looping and...

[sgardner]

How can I get my Flash video to stop looping and play the same on all computers.

What I have is 4 introduction videos playing in different sections. The videos are free running and I don't want the user to be able to control them.

I think I need to put a stop at the end of each movie in flash.

But will this solve the play problem on slower or faster computers.

On slower computers the videos play slower and loops. On faster ones it plays the videos to fast.

It is also hard to know were the video ends since you can extend a cast on the Director timeline as much as you want.

Any thoughts would be great.

[Rob Dillon]

You can play the Flash file in a single frame if you like. You can also
control the loop of the Flash file from Director if you don't want to
go back into the file. Something like this will do both:

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property thisSprite
property thisFlashMember
property totalFrames

on beginSprite me
thisSprite = me.spriteNum
thisFlashMember = sprite(thisSprite).member.name
totalFrames = member(thisFlashMember).frameCount
member(thisFlashMember).loop = 0
end

on exitFrame me
go to the frame
if sprite(thisSprite).frame >= totalFrames then
-- the clip is finished, you can do something else
-- go to some new frame or marker
end if
end
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If your Flash file is playing at different speeds on different
computers then it is using more than it's fair share of the system's
resources. There are a number of tech notes on optimizing Flash
playback in Director. See what they have to say, you may find the
solution there.

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Rob
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