Hi Kristen, > I am very new to Metacard and have a (hopefully) simple but frustrating > problem. I have been importing images into my programs with no > problems on > both Mac and PC using the "import paint from file" command in the > message > box, and they appear with no problems on my page. However, when I try > to > import quicktime videos using the "import videoClip from file" command > on > the PC the program acts like it is importing the clip but the clip > doesn't > show up on my page or anywhere,
this i a bit unususal ;-) After importing a video-clip, only a copy of that clip is saved inside your stack WITH NO VISUAL REPRESENTATION ! You can assure yourself by checking "stack props -> Components -> Videoclips" To display the clip you have to do it with a script like: on mouseup play vc "yourclip.mov" end mouseup This will play the clip at the center of the current card. You can specify a location for the display by adding "... at x,y" to that script like: on mouseup play vc "yourclip.mov" at 100,500 ### or "... at the loc of img "videodisplayarea" etc... end mouseup However it is highly recommende to use players and set their filenames to the path to that videoclip. Search the index for: "player", "play" and "Videoclips". > and on the Mac when I do > file-import-videoclip it says it can't open file, mask, or display and > when > I use the message box command it gives me an error message. Help! Works for me here. Try quitting and restarting MC. At least that helped me when i had the same troubles when importing images... Drop a line if you have further problems or questions. Regards Klaus Major [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard