play videoClip

Simon Lord (simonl@cae.ca)
Fri, 29 Aug 1997 12:26:56 -0400

Has anyone had extensive experience plaing videoClip with MetaCard? I'm
just getting into this area on a contract and it eludes me since there
seem to be very few parameters/options.

If I wanted to play a movie named "redrock.mov" at a specific framerate
how would I do that? Do I have to say 'set the frameRate to 30' then
play the videoClip or is it all done in one line? How about stepping 1
frame at a time, or keeping the last frame etc.

If I can get sample scripts as an answer I'd sure appreciate it.

IE,.
> play videoClip "redrock" at 200,200 using grc "box"

Anyway, this may not be a valid script for scaling a movie but you get
the idea, if I can get this type of answer back (actual script samples)
then I'll be more than able to understand how it works. Please feel
free to pass along any trade secrets and hacks if you have any. <;^)

Have a good weekend guys,

Cheers,
Simon

Here's a joke to start off you're weekend:

When Mozart passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple
days
later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard
some
strange noise coming from the area where Mozart was buried.

Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to
it.
The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint,
unrecognizable music coming from the grave.

Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate. When the
magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a
moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Mozart's Ninth Symphony, being
played backwards."

He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth
Symphony,
and it's backwards, too. Most puzzling." So the magistrate kept
listening; "There's the Seventh...the Sixth...the Fifth..."

Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the
magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had
gathered
in the cemetery, "My fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry
about.
It's just Mozart decomposing."

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