Control slide advance via video cue points

Hi Folks I would like to have a video clip control the advance of an external slideshow by using cue points set in the video. Idealy I would have 2 swfs (video.swf and slides.swf) embeded in a web page side by side and as the video reaches a certain cuepoints it advances the slides in the slideshow swf. It would also be good to fullscreen either one or the other as required.
Any help appreciated.
Dave.

Hi Folks I would like to have a video clip control the advance of an external slideshow by using cue points set in the video.
The videos do not need to be live streamed and can be prepared with keyframes at the key positions for slide advance
So is it keyframes or cuepoints? I didn`t say sth. of Livestream either.
Streaming means simply the process where a video can already start even if its not already completely loaded. This is consideres not only good but standard practice nowadays.
Embedding videos on the timeline is a bad idea. Using Keyframes in this case is an even worse idea.

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Hello,
I've recently completed (well, 'completed' is a strong word)
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using After Effects and Flash. The basic idea driving the
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and then using the cue point name to play a variety of
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The video presentation had four sections, each of which could
be arbitratrily browsed to at any point in the presentation, so it
was important that the the movieclips did not need to play in order
and that they could be interrupted at any point without an visual
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I dealt with this two ways (I am sure these are not the best
ways, which is why I am writing this post):
First, every single movieclip was already on the stage from
the outset, stopped on the first frame, with the alpha property set
to 0 (based on Aran Balkan
http://aralbalkan.com/444).
The final frame of each clip had a gotoAndStop(1) action on it so
that when a clip finished playing it 'reset' itself. I also wrote a
"rewind" function which pretty much did the same
thing whenever a user clicked on one of the navigational tabs.
For a first iteration, this worked pretty well, and it
impressed enough people in my organization (university) that now
the President wants to deliver a similar message. It seemed prudent
at this point to ask a general question about best practices in
this area. I am working with the full Master Collection suite, and
can target later versions of the Flash Player (I believe I can use
AS 3.0, although I will have to learn it). One thing that I am
hoping any pointers you guys might have will cover is this:
How do you handle starting/stopping/pausing of the video and
also make sure any currently playing graphical assets also
start/stop/pause on cue? I was thinking of setting a variable on
the second frame of each movieclip, something along the lines of
'nowPlaying = this;' and then resetting that to null at the end of
the clip and in the rewind function, then using that variable to
control the currently playing clip (would have to bu just one, I
imagine).
But there has got to be a better way. I have some down time
to do research and to experiment, but it is going to be very high
profile when it rolls around, so I thought I'd send out some
feelers.
Has anyone done anything like this? Seen a better way? Etc .
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Best practice is to keep one single file as long as humanly possible.
In this case, you "branched" a version for another format; I'd suggest you don't edit that any further (apart from the formatting stuff you mentioned), but inform your client this version is to be worked on. Work on your "real" version until it's really really done, and only then make other versions.
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Hi, I'm working in AS3. What is the best way to sync some
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Hi there.
I encountered that same question just recently. Here's what I
did:
First, import your video, choosing to load an external video
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your embedded cue points. In this case, the cue points are called
"Slide 1", "Slide 2" etc.
Next, bring a UILoader componant to the stage and name it
"myLoader"
Specify where your images are (in "myImageHere") and away you
go my friend.
Here is the code:
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import fl.video.VideoEvent;
import fl.video.MetadataEvent;
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myLoader.source="yourImageHere1.jpg";
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Hi,
In flex, the video GUI control has something called "cue points" -- you can get event callbacks when video playback hits time points of your choosing. This allows you to synchronize the video with other parts of your GUI. Is there something in JavaFX that allows the same thing? If not, are there plans to have it? When?
thanks,
Rob

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"complete" event to execute code. You set up an event listener
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videoobject.addEventListener(listenerObject) ), and create a
function for the listener object to do when the "complete" event
occurs (such as listenerObject.complete = function() { do whatever
Here's a link to a useful pdf about the VideoPlayer object.
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/documentation/en/flash/fl8/VideoPlayer.pdf

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Hello,
I'll start by mentioning I'm a Captivate rookie and am just learning. I'm currently using Captivate 5.
I'm using video within captivate and would like to give the user playback control of the video(s) itself. Initally I was using "Slide Video" as the playback bars were not a concern and the request came at the last minute. I believe I need to switch to inserting "FLV or F4V" to gain this control but here is my issue.
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If you take a look at the properties panel, more specifically, the Timing area, there is an option you might wish to try enabling.
Click image below for possibly larger (and clearer) view
You might try to enable this setting and see if it helps. However, I hold the opinion that a bug exists with Captivate and this feature. In my classroom training I've noticed the option doesn't seem to allow the slide to progress. In other words, don't be surprised if it doesn't work for you. And if it doesn't, please Please PLEASE consider filing a bug report so the issue gains priority on the Adobe side for a fix. (Link to the bug reporting form is in my sig)
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I used the template sample from Adobe named :Flash video
template: Showcase website for personal video...I followed all the
steps sugested. I used Flash Video Encoder, created the cue points,
worte down the location of those cue points, which I wrote exactly
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worked for another project and another videos that I had.
But this time, when I am testing it, the video appears in the
screen all right but when I select a chapter for the section of
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VideoError: 1003: Invalid seek
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/seek()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/seek()
at
Video_fla::MainTimeline/chapterClickHandler()[Video_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:184]
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at fl.video::VideoPlayer/seek()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/seek()
at
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<title>Safety Fair 2008</title>
<video>video/MOPS_safetyFair.flv</video>
<cuepoints>
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<time>00:01:51.869</time>
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<time>00:01:51.869</time>
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<image>img/Gathering3.png</image>
<caption>Mops Gathering at the FLC Picnic
area</caption>
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<caption>Nice visit and gathering w/our
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I have my file structure right as well in each folder IMG and
VIDEO.
What does this error means and how can I correct the
problem.....I have been expending hours trying different ways and
still can't get it to work.
Thanks,
Edna

you don't need a cuepoint to detect the end of your video. use:
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nc.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
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Hello everyone. Quick question. After I have added a cue
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found addressed this. Any info will be most appreciated.
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object to listen to the video object (using
videoobject.addEventListener(listenerObject) ), and create a
function for the listener object to do when the "complete" event
occurs (such as listenerObject.complete = function() { do whatever
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http://download.macromedia.com/pub/documentation/en/flash/fl8/VideoPlayer.pdf

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VerifyError: Error #1107: The ABC data is corrupt, attempt to read out of bounds.
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Icon is not defined.
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable FLVPlayback is not defined.
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable Main is not defined.
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I've had a look around and I've not really been able to find any information about this issue and don't have a clue where to start with it.
Any ideas?!

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var XMLEnd = "</FLVCoreCuePoints>";
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tempSrc.expression = "thisComp.marker.numKeys";
markerCount = Number(tempSrc.value);
if(markerCount > 0) {
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        curMarkerTime = Number(tempSrc.value) * 1000;
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tempText.remove();
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XMLFinal = XMLStart + XMLTemp + XMLEnd;
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var cueFile = File.saveDialog("Save the XML file", "XML:*.xml" );
cueFile.open("W");
cueFile.write(XMLFinal);
cueFile.close();

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"complete" event to execute code. You set up an event listener
object to listen to the video object (using
videoobject.addEventListener(listenerObject) ), and create a
function for the listener object to do when the "complete" event
occurs (such as listenerObject.complete = function() { do whatever
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I've imported a couple of .flv videos and placed them on separate slides.
The user would watch these videos before reaching a couple of quiz questions. I want to prevent the user from advancing before the video finishes, and, after the video finishes, have the project advance to the next slide, automatically. So, essentially the user would sit back, put their feet up, and be able to watch several videos without having to touch the computer. They would also be unable to "cheat" and reach the quiz questions before the video is done.
Is there a way to do this? I'm using a trial version of Captivate 5. I'm thinking I'll have to make custom navigation buttons.
Thanks in advance!
Annie

I figured it out. I used this blog to get rid of the default navigation:
http://blog.integratedlearningservices.com/2010/07/about-year-ago-i-posted-instructions-on .html
And then on the video slides I changed the properties to get rid of the skin on the flv video, displayed it for the rest of the slide, and paused the slide until the end of the video.
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