Converting from frame-based using PHP - require_once

I am converting an old site, previously using a frameset to
combine a menu and a page of images that change using a timeline.
Rather than combine the menu and page into one page (the menu
would need to be altered in over 50 files when new pages are
added), I am using require_once for the menu.
The problem is that the only way to display BOTH the menu
(from PHP) and the rest of the page in Dreamweaver is to put the
PHP require_once script at the end of the source code. BUT this
seems to stop the timeline working.
The only way to make the timeline work is to put the PHP at
the beginning of the source code, but this then only shows the PHP
part of the page and NOT the rest of the page, which ideally I need
to edit...
Any ideas how I can get the PHP to work AND display in
Dreamweaver design view AND the timeline to play properly?
Thanks

> I have found I have had to get rid of the <body>
tags in both documents
> for it
> to display - I have then added a blank image and set
this to start the
> timeline
> when it loads.
Something is wrong if you have discovered this. The parent
page must have
the body tags. Then you can use either an onload attribute in
the body tag
or a javascript call at the bottom of the page (right before
</body>) to
trigger the timeline.
BUT - why are you using a timeline at all? If it's only to
support the
menu, there are MUCH better (and much less prehistoric) ways
to do this.
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> Great thanks - this helps a lot.
>
> I have found I have had to get rid of the <body>
tags in both documents
> for it
> to display - I have then added a blank image and set
this to start the
> timeline
> when it loads.
>
> Its a bit of a clunky way of doing it but seems to work.
>
> It is now set up so the main file - the one with the
timeline, contains
> the
> DOCTYPE meta tags etc, the includes file is then
referred to at the END of
> this
> document...
>
> The includes file has the SCRIPT as well as the HTML to
make the menu
> roll-overs work.
>
> Is this the best way of setting this up? I have fifty of
them to do, so
> don't
> want to be doing it incorrectly 50 times over!
>
> Ideally I would like to have <body> </body>
tags so I can set attributes
> to
> it - what is the correct way and place to do this, so
the timeline works
> as
> well? or should I just avoid using <body> tags at
all?
>
> Thanks
>

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     return false;
     p.addControllerListener(this);
     // Put the Processor into configured state.
     p.configure();
     if (!waitForState(p.Configured)) {
     System.err.println("Failed to configure the processor.");
     return false;
     // So I can use it as a player.
     p.setContentDescriptor(null);
     // Obtain the track controls.
     TrackControl tc[] = p.getTrackControls();
     if (tc == null) {
     System.err.println("Failed to obtain track controls from the processor.");
     return false;
     // Search for the track control for the video track.
     TrackControl videoTrack = null;
     for (int i = 0; i < tc.length; i++) {
     if (tc.getFormat() instanceof VideoFormat) {
          videoTrack = tc[i];
          break;
     if (videoTrack == null) {
     System.err.println("The input media does not contain a video track.");
     return false;
     System.err.println("Video format: " + videoTrack.getFormat());
     // Instantiate and set the frame access codec to the data flow path.
     try {
     Codec codec[] = { new PreAccessCodec(),
                    new PostAccessCodec()};
     videoTrack.setCodecChain(codec);
     } catch (UnsupportedPlugInException e) {
     System.err.println("The process does not support effects.");
     // Realize the processor.
     p.prefetch();
     if (!waitForState(p.Prefetched)) {
     System.err.println("Failed to realize the processor.");
     return false;
     // Display the visual & control component if there's one.
     setLayout(new BorderLayout());
     Component cc;
     Component vc;
     if ((vc = p.getVisualComponent()) != null) {
     add("Center", vc);
     if ((cc = p.getControlPanelComponent()) != null) {
     add("South", cc);
     // Start the processor.
     p.start();
     setVisible(true);
     return true;
public void addNotify() {
     super.addNotify();
     pack();
* Block until the processor has transitioned to the given state.
* Return false if the transition failed.
boolean waitForState(int state) {
     synchronized (waitSync) {
     try {
          while (p.getState() != state && stateTransitionOK)
          waitSync.wait();
     } catch (Exception e) {}
     return stateTransitionOK;
* Controller Listener.
public void controllerUpdate(ControllerEvent evt) {
     if (evt instanceof ConfigureCompleteEvent ||
     evt instanceof RealizeCompleteEvent ||
     evt instanceof PrefetchCompleteEvent) {
     synchronized (waitSync) {
          stateTransitionOK = true;
          waitSync.notifyAll();
     } else if (evt instanceof ResourceUnavailableEvent) {
     synchronized (waitSync) {
          stateTransitionOK = false;
          waitSync.notifyAll();
     } else if (evt instanceof EndOfMediaEvent) {
     p.close();
     System.exit(0);
* Main program
public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException {
     /*if (args.length == 0) {
     prUsage();
     System.exit(0);
     //String url = args[0];
     String url = new String ("file:D:FiMs/avpr.avi");
     if (url.indexOf(":") < 0) {
     prUsage();
     System.exit(0);
     MediaLocator ml;
     //MediaPlayer mp1 = new javax.media.bean.playerbean.MediaPlayer();
     //mp1.setMediaLocation(new java.lang.String("file:D:/FiMs/299_01_hi.mpg"));
     //mp1.start();
     if ((ml = new MediaLocator(url)) == null) {
     System.err.println("Cannot build media locator from: " + url);
     System.exit(0);
     FrameAccess fa = new FrameAccess();
     if (!fa.open(ml))
     System.exit(0);
static void prUsage() {
     System.err.println("Usage: java FrameAccess <url>");
* Inner class.
* A pass-through codec to access to individual frames.
public class PreAccessCodec implements Codec {
* Callback to access individual video frames.
     void accessFrame(Buffer frame) {
     // For demo, we'll just print out the frame #, time &
     // data length.
     long t = (long)(frame.getTimeStamp()/10000000f);
     System.err.println("Pre: frame #: " + frame.getSequenceNumber() +
               ", time: " + ((float)t)/100f +
               ", len: " + frame.getLength());
     * The code for a pass through codec.
     // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
     protected Format supportedIns[] = new Format [] {
     new VideoFormat(null)
     // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
     protected Format supportedOuts[] = new Format [] {
     new VideoFormat(null)
     Format input = null, output = null;
     public String getName() {
     return "Pre-Access Codec";
     // No op.
public void open() {
     // No op.
     public void close() {
     // No op.
     public void reset() {
     public Format [] getSupportedInputFormats() {
     return supportedIns;
     public Format [] getSupportedOutputFormats(Format in) {
     if (in == null)
          return supportedOuts;
     else {
          // If an input format is given, we use that input format
          // as the output since we are not modifying the bit stream
          // at all.
          Format outs[] = new Format[1];
          outs[0] = in;
          return outs;
     public Format setInputFormat(Format format) {
     input = format;
     return input;
     public Format setOutputFormat(Format format) {
     output = format;
     return output;
     public int process(Buffer in, Buffer out) {
     // This is the "Callback" to access individual frames.
     accessFrame(in);
     // Swap the data between the input & output.
     Object data = in.getData();
     in.setData(out.getData());
     out.setData(data);
     // Copy the input attributes to the output
     out.setFormat(in.getFormat());
     out.setLength(in.getLength());
     out.setOffset(in.getOffset());
     return BUFFER_PROCESSED_OK;
     public Object[] getControls() {
     return new Object[0];
     public Object getControl(String type) {
     return null;
public class PostAccessCodec extends PreAccessCodec {
     // We'll advertize as supporting all video formats.
     public PostAccessCodec() {
     supportedIns = new Format [] {
          new RGBFormat()
* Callback to access individual video frames.
     void accessFrame(Buffer frame) {
     // For demo, we'll just print out the frame #, time &
     // data length.
     long t = (long)(frame.getTimeStamp()/10000000f);
     System.err.println("Post: frame #: " + frame.getSequenceNumber() +
               ", time: " + ((float)t)/100f +
               ", len: " + frame.getLength());
     public String getName() {
     return "Post-Access Codec";
and here is what itprabhu5 proposed to use to convert and save the frames as .png(or .jpeg in the same way)
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.media.*;
import javax.media.control.*;
import javax.media.format.*;
import javax.media.util.*;
* Grabs a frame from a Webcam, overlays the current date and time, and saves the frame as a PNG to c:\webcam.png
* @author David
* @version 1.0, 16/01/2004
public class FrameGrab
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
          // Create capture device
          CaptureDeviceInfo deviceInfo = CaptureDeviceManager.getDevice("vfw:Microsoft WDM Image Capture (Win32):0");
          Player player = Manager.createRealizedPlayer(deviceInfo.getLocator());
          player.start();
          // Wait a few seconds for camera to initialise (otherwise img==null)
          Thread.sleep(2500);
          // Grab a frame from the capture device
          FrameGrabbingControl frameGrabber = (FrameGrabbingControl)player.getControl("javax.media.control.FrameGrabbingControl");
          Buffer buf = frameGrabber.grabFrame();
          // Convert frame to an buffered image so it can be processed and saved
          Image img = (new BufferToImage((VideoFormat)buf.getFormat()).createImage(buf));
          BufferedImage buffImg = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
          Graphics2D g = buffImg.createGraphics();
          g.drawImage(img, null, null);
          // Overlay curent time on image
          g.setColor(Color.RED);
          g.setFont(new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 16));
          g.drawString((new Date()).toString(), 10, 25);
          // Save image to disk as PNG
          ImageIO.write(buffImg, "png", new File("c:\\webcam.png"));
          // Stop using webcam
          player.close();
          player.deallocate();
          System.exit(0);
however, i am unable to use it together with my code... i m not even sure if im using it at the right place.. (note that u will have to discard some lines from the second code, because it is actually grabbing frames from a webcam in that example)
if any1 can make it happen please help me. thx.

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