From: Nicholas Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Flash, RealVideo, Smile integration
At 03:56 PM 9/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
>From: Ammon Haggerty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Flash, RealVideo, Smile integration
>
>Hi.
> I'm new to this list, so i'm not sure what, if anything, is being
>discussed. I'm trying to develop a multimedia-like experience using
>RealVideo and Flash tied together with SMIL and integrated into a browser.
>I've been reading docs on Real.com for a couple days now and I feel like
>there is a lack of info is a couple areas.
>
>- Does RealVideo support any kind of meta info that can fire off URLs or
>trigger SMIL based on timecode (kind of like QuickTime's HREFTrack)? I can
>get flash controlling the video (jumping around and loading new movies) but
>the other way seems undocumented or not possible.
Yes. Read the documentation for rmevents in the RealProducer.
>- Is it possible to load a SMIL file into itself - like nested frames? I
>guess I'll try it myself, but I just thought of it.
No. This is not a supported feature.
>- Has imbeding Real into a browser window become more stable? My experiments
>in the past couple years resulted in inconsistent problems. I need to be
>stable in 4.0 browsers on PC only.
I find it to be pretty stable, but it depends on which player version you
have and what exactly you're doing. Embedding in a web browser certainly
isn't a death sentence for your presentation though. Try it out and report
any bugs you come across.
> That's all for now. I'm sure as soon as I find out more about this I'll
>have another pile of questions/discoveries.
>
>Thanks is advance,
>[ammon]
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