Getting older Director / Projector files to play on Mac Leopard
Hey all:
What's the procedure to get older Projector files to play
nice with Macs running the new o/s? They just won't function on
Leopard -- do they need to be re-rendered, and if so, how does one
do this? Do they have to have the newest version of Director to
convert to a Leopard-friendly format, or is there some other,
cheaper way? :)
What is the problem you are experiencing? I am running
Leopard and have
not seen any problems whatsoever.
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