Making a video call another event

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Netvideomaker - 03 Jul 2008 16:43 GMT

How can I make a Flash video call up a new event by embedding (?) something in
the timeline? I want it to start a second video, which will play through and
end when the character in the original video returns her attention to the
viewer (she's turned to watch the new screen come in). I don't see cue points
doing the job unless there's more to them than meets my eye. Can you use them
to bring in an iFrame for example?

David

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whodeee05 - 03 Jul 2008 19:41 GMT

You will need to better explain what you want to do. Cuepoints sound like the way to go. You can have it, when a cuepoint is reached, that a function is run, then do whatever you need to do.

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Netvideomaker - 07 Jul 2008 18:09 GMT

Thanks for inviting a better description. On the web I have a transparent Flash
video in which the talent deliberately
looks over her shoulder and holds the pose for the length of a second video. I
want to bring this second
video into the site at the time she turns to watch it. I'd like to put some
cue in the timeline as she turns, to bring
in an iFrame with the other video in an HTML page, restricted in size so it
appears as a 320 X 240 video screen.
There is an imperfect example at http://www.digicorps.com/AVWeb_2/ Please
ignore the audio continuing after the screen exits, assuming your experience of
it is the same as mine - I'm viewing in IE7. In Firefox the audio stops when
the video exits. The video that comes in is not the final product, just
something I have available for the testing.

David Hurdon

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Travis - 08 Jul 2008 01:17 GMT

On Jul 7, 1:09 pm, "Netvideomaker" <webforumsu...@macromedia.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for inviting a better description

In the main video (the lady in your example) use a cuepoint at the
point you want the second video to appear.

Use externalInterface to communicated with the DOM and open a <dev>
that contains your other flash video. This will open a "video window"
that is the right size since it is just a hidden <div> on the same
page.

Now if you REALLY want to get really fancy you can use a
localConnection to communicate between the movies.

Hope that gets you headed in the right direction

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