After lamenting the absence of any reliable way to seamlessly loop audio in Rev, it occurred to me that Flash can loop audio seamlessly and Flash movies can be played from within QuickTime. So here is one way to accomplish seamless audio loops in Rev (tested on a Mac system with FlashMX):
Start with a new Flash movie. Import your audio clip into the library. Edit the properties of the clip and set the compression to default or MP3 (haven't tried the other options). Drag the clip from the library onto the stage, which will cause the clip to occupy a single keyframe in the timeline. Select the clip's keyframe on the timeline and set the clip's loop property to something like 900 (goofy, yes, but this is how you do it). On the Flash tab under File/Publish Settings, set the version to Flash Player 4 (make the final movie more compatible with older versions of QT). Publish a Flash movie only (no HTML necessary). In Rev, create a button that sets the fileName of a player to the path of the SWF to start playback, and sets the fileName of the player to empty to stop. The player will automatically start the Flash movie once the fileName is set. You could add a fade routine that lowers the playLoudness of the player before setting the fileName. There you have it: seamless playback of an audio loop within a Rev player and it requires no special interaction with Flash. Note that the player has no currentTime while it is playing so you cannot query its progress, though for simple seamless playback, this should suffice. You might be able to get a more interactive Flash movie by sacrificing backwards QT compatibility, but this is open to testing. (Unfortunately, the above technique requires the presence of QuickTime, and even more annoying is this really should be doable within Rev without Flash at all, but at least this method should be fairly reliable.) Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, Development & Design ----- E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.tactilemedia.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
