Quicktime video flickering

[luoifong]

Ok, I'm new to Director MX and this question is somewhat involved...let me know
if I'm not explaining myself well enough

I have 6 quicktime movies. I've made a Flash interface with 6 buttons that
have the following actionscript associated with each (specific event name
changing, of course

on (release)
getURL("event: "introVideo")


I am importing the flash swf file into a Director movie. The flash interface
takes up the entire stage (800x600). Now, the intent is that when one of the
flash buttons is pressed, the appropriate movie will load on top of the flash
interface (in an empty placeholder area)...each movie has been imported as an
external link to the movie.

I have placed the flash interface in frames 15-49 on channel 2. The first
movie is placed on frames 20-24 on channel 3. The second movie is placed on
frames 25-29 on channel 4...and so on.

I have the same script located on frames 19, 24, 29, etc. It has the event
handlers (and other code not related, i think) for when a flashed button is
pressed..

on exitFrame m
go to the fram
en

on introVide
go to frame "introVideo
en

on correlatedVide
go to frame "correlatedVideo
en

on worldviewVide
go to frame "worldviewVideo
en

on bibleVide
go to frame "bibleVideo
en

on componentsVide
go to frame "componentsVideo
en

on borVide
go to frame "borVideo
en

on homePag
go to frame "homePage
en

on pdfPag
go to frame "pdfPage
en

Now what is happening is this: when I play the Director movie, I press the
first link to load the "introVideo" The video loads, but as soon as I move the
mouse anywhere over the stage (i.e. the flash interface since it takes up the
entire stage) the introVideo (quicktime) starts rapidly flickering and doesn't
stop. This happens when any of the videos are loaded

If you've read this far and know the solution to stop the flickering, I would
really appreciate it

Thanks

[JB]

You would hve to turn off the direct to stage DTS property of the flash
member, and turn it on in the video member for best performance.

Of course, redesigning te flsh to not overlap the video area would be
the mosee sure fire fix.

[Doug Golenski]

You can't have two applications (Flash and QT) that are Direct To Stage on
the stage at the same time. The flickering is caused by each of the apps
trying to take precedence over the other. This has been documented in the
tech notes, you can search on "flickering video" in the NG archives for more
responses.

hth,
Doug
"luoifong" <dsf@imagescopestudios.com> wrote in message
news:c093si$6ff$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Ok, I'm new to Director MX and this question is somewhat involved...let me

know

> if I'm not explaining myself well enough
>
> I have 6 quicktime movies. I've made a Flash interface with 6 buttons

that

> have the following actionscript associated with each (specific event name
> changing, of course
>
> on (release)
> getURL("event: "introVideo")
>
>
> I am importing the flash swf file into a Director movie. The flash

interface

> takes up the entire stage (800x600). Now, the intent is that when one of

the

> flash buttons is pressed, the appropriate movie will load on top of the

flash

> interface (in an empty placeholder area)...each movie has been imported as

an

> external link to the movie.
>
> I have placed the flash interface in frames 15-49 on channel 2. The first
> movie is placed on frames 20-24 on channel 3. The second movie is placed

on

> frames 25-29 on channel 4...and so on.
>
> I have the same script located on frames 19, 24, 29, etc. It has the

event

> handlers (and other code not related, i think) for when a flashed button

is

> pressed..
>
> on exitFrame m
> go to the fram
> en
>
> on introVide
> go to frame "introVideo
> en
>
> on correlatedVide
> go to frame "correlatedVideo
> en
>
> on worldviewVide
> go to frame "worldviewVideo
> en
>
> on bibleVide
> go to frame "bibleVideo
> en
>
> on componentsVide
> go to frame "componentsVideo
> en
>
> on borVide
> go to frame "borVideo
> en
>
> on homePag
> go to frame "homePage
> en
>
> on pdfPag
> go to frame "pdfPage
> en
>
> Now what is happening is this: when I play the Director movie, I press

the

> first link to load the "introVideo" The video loads, but as soon as I move

the

> mouse anywhere over the stage (i.e. the flash interface since it takes up

the

> entire stage) the introVideo (quicktime) starts rapidly flickering and

doesn't

> stop. This happens when any of the videos are loaded
>
> If you've read this far and know the solution to stop the flickering, I

would

> really appreciate it
>
> Thanks
>
>

[luoifong]

thanks for the responses

The DTS checkbox for my flash cast member was never checked. But of course the
DTS checkbox for the Quicktime movie is checked. So it seems to be something
else that is causing the flickering

Also, sorry Doug, I'm probably not thinking too well here, but what does NG
stand for

Thanks

[Doug Golenski]

NG stands for news group. Searching on "flickering video" in the Director
tech notes turned up two articles. Here's the link to the search results:
[url]http://makeashorterlink.com/?I4AC11C57[/url]

The NG archives can be found at:
[url]http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=macromedia[/url]

hth,
doug
"luoifong" <dsf@imagescopestudios.com> wrote in message
news:c0b0d6$qho$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> thanks for the responses
>
> The DTS checkbox for my flash cast member was never checked. But of

course the

> DTS checkbox for the Quicktime movie is checked. So it seems to be

something

> else that is causing the flickering
>
> Also, sorry Doug, I'm probably not thinking too well here, but what does

NG

> stand for
>
> Thanks
>