> >I think that your problem is that externally linked casts are still loaded
>>at launch of the movie. Therefore, the Windows side is still loading the
>>cast with the QT members before you can swap for the cast with the mpg's.
>>Try having an empty cast as your linked cast, and on start-up, determine the
>>platform, and swap the cast accordingly.
>
>Actually, that is what I have arranged. There are a total of 3 external
>casts: The "Media" cast that holds dummy bitmap members, the "Win" cast that
>holds the windows side, and the "Mac" cast for the macintosh -- the very one
>that has the QT members.
What I normally do is link one EXTERNAL cast to the movie named
"video" which will eventually be empty. In early development, I will
place the temporary video files in "video".
When I am ready to cross-platform test, I create two external casts
named "qt" and (for my purposes) "avi", each with identical
references to movies (i.e. cast member 1 in both casts is the same
video content in a different format).
Then, when the movie starts up I call:
on startMovie
if the platform contains "MAC" then
castLib("video").fileName = "qt"
else
castLib("video").fileName = "avi"
end if
end startMovie
~~~~
Be wary though -- sometimes in authoring the cast gets stuck. I often add:
on stopMovie
castLib("video").fileName = "video"
end stopMovie
~~~~
Then, in a 1-bit place holder I have this script. The reference of
the name of the member is set and remembered in early development.
Note the #range -- these are the names of the video members.
--BEWARE: CODING FROM THE HIP
property pVideo
on getPropertyDescriptionList
p_List = [:]
addProp p_List, #pVideo, [#default: 0 , \
#format: #string, #range: ["vidOne", "vidTwo", "vidThree",
"vidFour"], #comment: "Which Video:"]
return p_List
end getPropertyDescriptionList
on beginSprite me
--change the member to a video
sprite(me.spriteNum).member = member(pVideo)
--start the video
if the platform contains "Mac" then
sprite(me.spriteNum).movieRate = 1
else
--this works with DirectMedia Xtra
videoPlay(sprite(me.spriteNum))
end if
end beginSprite me
on enterFrame me
--movieRate stuff here
end enterFrame me
~~~~
This way there are no false references and no need to carry extra
casts in memory.
HTH
Leif
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