Auto play movie

Is there a way to set up my page so that a quick time movie plays automatically when the page is opened?

Yes there is. But it involves some editing of the published files. You can't do it within iWeb and you have to redo the editing everytime you change the page.
Look on this page about making a music quicktime file automatically play on a page...
http://www.rowan-cottage.co.uk/Site/Autoplay%20Music.html
It's the exact same idea with video quicktime files. You will need to edit the .js files to make the autoplay value "true" instead of the default "false". Scroll down to where you see a box detailing the process for iWeb 1.1.1.. Above that there is a nice table of some of the available variables that can be edited.

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Want movie to auto play -- do I need to import it twice?

I made a 58-minute video in iMovie HD with iDVD chapters, then I clicked the button to send the movie to iDVD 5. The movie imported great into iDVD and was to take 3.9GB of a 4.0GB DVD. However, when I clicked the "map," I noticed the first slide was to auto play the movie. GREAT, I thought, that's what I want, as this DVD is for a bunch of seniors who would benefit from auto play, but then also being able to select a certain scene that they wanted to go back to (it is a video of a speaker on medicare with a corresponding printed outline).
When I selected the movie from my movies folder and drug it to that first slide in the map field, which was auto play, I noticed that then the size of my project went from 3.9GB to 7.8GB. It would all fit on a DVD-R, but the quality would be reduced because with all that data, iDVD would need to compress more. I don't really need to import the movie twice, do I, if I want auto play AND chapter selection?
My question is, is there a way to use the same movie in iDVD to auto play AND to be able to select the scenes/chapters I inicated? I tried to drag and drop the movie in the map view on the third slide to the first slide, but it would not allow me to move it, or set up an alias pointing to the original movie.
I suppose I can delete the third slide movie that iMovie auto imported and then just import the movie manually to auto play area, but then I don't know if that will erase allow for the use of chapters. Does anyone know about this?
Please help if you can. Thanks.

I think I may answer my own question here. According to this page http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164968, it says "iDVD doesn't create scene menus for autoplay movies." So if I want a movie to auto play AND have scene menus using the chapter markers, I will need to import the movie twice and just live with lower quality. If anyone else has any input, I'd love to hear it, but I really need to keep the scene menus in my movie AND would like auto play. For now, I think I will just pass on the auto play, as I need scene menus more than auto play.
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MacBook Pro won't play .mov or .wmv files.

Since "upgrading" to Lion my MacBook Pro won't play .mov or .wmv files, all I get is a black screen and the audio. It's so frustrating!!
I've read many other posts all along the same lines and wherever possible I've tried to follow the advice which has been given but nothing works.    I've updated all the drivers I can and I've even reinstalled Lion, nothing makes a difference.
I'm not really looking for any more advice, all I want is someone from Apple to read these posts, realise there is problem and get working on a fix or update.
I had no problems when running Snow Leopard and it would seem, looking at everyone else's problems, that the common issue is Lion.   Seriously, this is one area where Lion is a backwards step.   It should just work (like most things from Apple), but it doesn't.
Personally I believe there is a problem with Lion but from what I've found out from speaking to friends with other Apple kit, this might be a random issue only affecting some people as some have said they've had no problems while others have had the same issues as me.    One guy reinstalled Lion and it resolved the issue for him, I've not been as lucky.
As I say, I'm not really looking for more advice, simply some sort of update from Apple to fix it.   PLEASE!!!

I'm not really looking for any more advice, all I want is someone from Apple to read these posts, realise there is problem and get working on a fix or update... As I say, I'm not really looking for more advice, simply some sort of update from Apple to fix it.   PLEASE!!!
This is a peer-to-peer user forum. Perhaps you would see more action if you and others would file a formal "Bug" report with Apple QuickTime technical people rather than repeatedly reporting a possible problematic problem which may or may not affect others on a random basis. QUICKTIME PRODUCT FEEDBACK
Since you aren't seeking further advice here is what I have observed. Not being a regular WMV file user, I had to create my own sample file to test—a WMV 9 file containing WMV3 compressed video and WMA2 compressed audio. Since I normally use QT 7 as my primary media player, I also stored the WMV data in its partially decompressed form in an MOV file container to avoid pre-playback delays in "classic" player routines and also provide a secondary playback test of MOV wrapped content. These files play as follows using the Flip4Mac component/player support and uncoded URL uploads:
QT 7.6.6 "Open File" - both files play correctly.
QT 7.6.6 "Open URL" - both files play correctly.
QT X.1 "Open File" - WMV file plays correctly. MOV file plays video without audio.
QT X.1 "Open Location" - WMV file appears to open but plays with "black" screen and no audio. MOV file plays video without audio.
VLC "Open File" - WMV plays correctly. MOV file doesn't open,
VLC "Open URL" - WMV file plays correctly. MOV file appears to open but nothing plays.
MPEG Streamclip "Open File" - both files play correctly.
MPEG Streamclip "Open URL" - both files play correctly.
GarageBand - WMV file will not import but MOV file does.
iTunes - WMV file will not import. MOV file container is accepted but as soon as iTuness sees the compression formats, it aborts import.
Safari - WMV file URL auto-downloads and playes in the QT X.1 Player. The MOV file URL opens and plays in Safari.
As you can see from these results the files do play but are subject to many different constrints based on old/new video technology support, independent QT subsets and/or container trapping constraints. In short, individual user results will depend on presence/absence of component support, actual compression formats, file container, application being used, and how the application is being used. Unfortunately, most users here can't or won't provide the prerequisite information or a sample file for independent examination. This makes it next to impossible to give advice in these matters or categorize the specific nature of the problem.
SAMPLE WMV FILE
SAMPLE MOV FILE

ITunes Home Sharing No Longer Auto-Plays On The iPad?

I have my movies on an external G-Drive connected to my Mac with FireWire.
iTunes has Home sharing on using an Airport Extreme. On the iPad when I select
the Shared Tab, my movie collection cover art begins to load as normal. Then I
Select a movie and the cover art is displayed on the right and the movie info on the
left.
The problem is when I select the play button from that screen. The iPad screen goes
black and nothing else happens?
If I tap on the black iPad screen the movie controllers then pop up and if I hit play then
it begins to play. It used to play automatically right after I selected play from the splash screen.
Any suggestions?

It appears that the buffering is taking an unsual longer time to load everything and this may be preventing the auto play from playing the movie as instant as possible.
I also noticed that if I go to edit a movie file on itunes it is taking a bit longer for the selected file to pop up for my edit.

Setting control bar to resume auto-play (Captivate 6)

Hi,
I am currently using Captivate 6 to create an eLearning course. We have decided to display the bottom control bar to allow flexibility for the student to move between screens in each lesson. Currently if the student uses the progress arrow in the control bar to move forward or backward the lesson pauses and the user has to press the Play button to resume the lesson.
Does anyone know of a setting within Captivate or whether it is possible to program the control bar so that it will resume auto-play mode whenever the student uses the progress bar to move back and forth within a lesson?
Cheers,
Richard

Hello and welcome
I think you are talking about scrubbing the progress bar? I don't know about a way to achieve AutoPlay. Moreover, if your course is not linear, it is not a good idea to give free navigation that way at all. Same for the buttons on the normal playbars. I almost never use it for that reason. Another way to allow free navigation is the TOC (which you can have in overlay so that it can be hidden/shown by the user). In the TOC it is easier to show chapters, and if you add labels to the slides, at least user will know where he is going to.
Lilybiri

Stop Auto Play in Aggregator project (CP5)

I've got a collection of software demos that I thought would be useful to bring together in an Aggregator project. Having done this, when I launch the project, the movies in my TOC automatically run, one after the other.
I set my individual projects not to Auto Play in the Start End Settings, but this hasn't made a difference.
Ideally, I want the first movie to auto play, then let the user select which of the others they want to view.
I'm assuming I'm missing something basic here, but I can't suss it out
Mark
P.S. My first swf in the project does not get displayed in the preview window either

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Getting Auto Play to Repeat Play

Hi Gang
I'm familiar with dropping a clip in the first box of the DVD Map which will create Auto PLay. But how do I get a clip to repeat itself?
Thanx
Mike

Go to iDVD's menu bar and under 'Advanced' select 'Loop movie.'

I started setting up a web page with iWeb. Auto play box is checked, but music will not play when page is opened.

I started setting up a web page with IWeb.
Several proplems so far:
1) Auto Play box checked for music, but music does not start when page is opened.
2) Can't get Quicktime "start/stop" slide to start and finish a section within a long piece of music (classical for example). How does one work the slide bar to do this?

Yes the audio file plays on the iWeb page when I click the play button. I even made sure it played both without the “little boxes” that surround the icon (don’t know the technical name for those), and when I click the music icon without the little boxes.
I did note that the iTunes window that appears when I open the Inspector is not highlighted until I click the music icon and those little boxes appear. Then the Start/Stop, Auto Play, Loop, and Show Movie Controller are highlighted — and work properly.
One other thing. I see that the iWeb icon I am working from says “Domain copy.sites2.” Does that have a bearing on anything?

FIX SLIDE SHOW FREEZE (auto play / loop) IWEB 09

IWEB 09
I Dropped a still shot slide show quicktime video onto my home pg. I used inspector to remove the play menue bar tab and then selected the video to AUTO PLAY and LOOP
When you go to the site everything is fine until your mouse curser crosses over the video and you simultaneously scroll down... it freezes the video and unless your smart enough to double click on the video to start play again it will just freez up.
Why is this happeneing? how do we avoid this? the whole purpose to dropping a video on your pg and having it run in auto play and loop is to be hands free and allow playback while you navigate... it shouldn't freeze up like that
anyone ever have this issue? know how to fix it?
Would very much appreciate your help
go to www.flatironfinishes.com you will see what I am talking about
Thank you!!

yeah you bring up a good point, I think as I was reading tutorial on how to upload audio and auto play/loop it I added it to the pg. and then took the company logo and pasted over that audio box...... later I wtched tutarial on uploading a quicktimes video and auto playing / looping
Yeah I am not to savy on codes and website building.... but can go back into IMOVIE and add in the audio to the movie file and have only one file...
Thank you for pointing that out.
now the html snippet is not recognizig the folder and file in my FTP files?? so the quicktime icon is showing.
So lets say I combine the audio and the video and then drag n drop it into the home pg. as originally done...
If it continues to freeze when you move the cursure over the video and scroll down..... what would I do?
moving the curser over the video does nothing its the combonation of scroilling down and having the curser over the video that it freezes up??
appreciate you guys walking e through this
S
I am getting closer... I think?

With iDVD, how can I create a DVD that auto plays on insert and then loops?

I want to burn a presentation using idvd which will be played at an exhibition. how do I create a dvd without menu that auto plays upon insert and then loops?
Thanks
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To create a OneStep DVD:
Connect your DV camcorder to your computer and set the camera to VTR, VCR, or Play mode. Turn on your camcorder if it doesn't turn on automatically.
Open iDVD and click the OneStep DVD button. (If iDVD opens to a recent project, choose File > OneStep DVD.)
Insert a recordable DVD disc.
iDVD rewinds the tape in the video camera and captures the video.
------------or-------------
To burn a OneStep DVD from a folder:
Choose File > "OneStep DVD from Movie."
Locate the movie you want to add in the dialog that opens, then click Import.
Insert a blank DVD disc into the optical drive.
This kind of disc is sometimes called "kiosk mode" and is a good way to create demos or other presentations that play automatically and require no user interaction.

How do I turn off Auto Play for Audible Downloads?

Ok so this is ticking me off....How do I turn off the Auto Play when downloading Auduible books. It downloads to my download folder and then just startes playing in iTunes. This annoys the heck out of me and I really want it to stop doing it. Es[ecially today since I had to rebuild my iTunes library and I would reather listen to music than a new audio book intro every couple of minutes.....

I have found that using the Sleep Timer option that is in the bottom right corner of the app will stop playing the episodes continuously and not move on to the next one once the current episode ends.
See the links here for Sleep Timer access & options.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/sqvij1wt8fkf6am/2014-03-21%2021.08.55.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3prstm21bd2we9e/2014-03-21%2021.08.51.png
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"Auto Play" feature for Videos on iPod Classic 160Gb

I have a 160GB iPod Classic, that just came out about a year ago, and it is updated with the latest firmware (or so says iTunes). I’m also using iTunes 8. I have also gone through all the usual help desk diagnostic processes, the ones in which they assume we, the consumers, are MORONS and cannot do the basic "self-fixes" prior to contacting them +(I have reset, then restored the iPod and have the latest version)+. I am still having this issue.
With my original iPod Classic I scroll to Video and click on one of the show’s folders within it, and by simply pressing the PLAY button while the folder containing the videos is highlighted, the iPod Classic would play ALL videos within that folder. Now, with the remanufactured one they sent to replace my defected one, when I scroll to Video, click on one of the subfolders and press play, a blank “play” screen comes up and nothing else happens. No videos play and no sound. So now, instead of being able to play all within the folder, I have to open the show’s folder, and click on the individual episode and play them individually instead of having an “auto play” feature as before so that I could leave the iPod alone and do other things without having to bother with it.
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I am not sure if we understand each other. I knew about all the fields under "Get info" feature and I have filled all of them. The problem is that the movies are not sorted according those fields in the iPod! I mean I can easily see list of genres in the music section of my iPod. But you can never see the same in the movies section! The only list which is available for movies is list of all movies sorted by title. You cannot for example see all movies with selected artist. You cannot see all movies from compilation "Holidays 2008". You cannot sort movies by genre.... I mean you can do it in iTunes, but it has no influence on iPod.

USB auto load movies

Can anybody describe the proccess or point me to a forum that
covers creating a flash move that when put on a usb flash drive
will play as soon as you plug the flash drive in? What setting do
you need to load into the movie for auto-play and/or any advice
about configuring flash drives to accomodate this task?
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what you do is run
sudo visudo
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Add this to the bottom:
your_user_name_here ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/archassistant
Hit 'ESC' once
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Auto play dvd without main menu

greetings,
what im wanting to do is create a dvd that auto plays with no menu and repeats. i have succeded in the auto start and the loop part but the disc i have created still returns to the main menu if you hit the menu button. i don't want a main menu at all. bare bones is what were lookin for.
thanks in advance,
kyle

thanks for the reply shepp.
i tried toast but i couldn't find the .mov file in imovie. didn't the older imovie leave you with a .mov?
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How do you stop auto play only go to next slide on click once published Version 7

How do you stop auto play only go to next slide on click once published Version 7? I mean to stop the play slide bar moving down the bottom?

Thank you, I already have click boxes and buttons on every slide - the slider at the bottom still automatically moves, it doesn't go to next slide until button or box is clicked. I want to stop it moving if possible?
Update: looks like it does the same on the old versions - I'm assuming its the time set to play each slide. I will just even these up so the don't look so inconsistent.

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