Help with quality of DVD playback

Apologies for what is probably a very basic question with an even more obvious answer. Being new to Imovies & editing in general I finally managed to create a DVD via Imovies & IDVD. The issue is that the picture quality when watching the DVD is poor - the Picture looks like it is speeded up. The movie in idvd is only 2.2gb. When I went back & tried to save the original movie in Imovie via the "share" function (vs in iDVD) - in full DV mode it would be over 6.7GB (the movie is 32 mins long). Net, my questions are this;
1) Is the reason it looks speeded up because idvd has compressed the movie & reduced the frames?
2) Is it possible to increase the frames/quality (say from 2.2Gb to 4gb) without reducing the length and make idvd accept it - if so how do you increase the quality & stop idvd compressing so much. Do I need to do this in imovies or Idvd?
3) How do I stop idvd compressing the movie at all and just adding say all 4GB of a 4GB movie?
4) If I want DV quality on one DVD - do I basically always need to keep the film short?
I really appreciate anyones help on this - as I am lost!

I am having the same problem, using iMovie HD and iDVD. Actually, my movies play great in fullscreen mode in iMovie, but all the "share" settings I've tried (including "Full Quality" and "export to iDVD") come out looking bitmapped and terrible in general. Not something I want to share with the family. How do I export a movie so that it will play at the same great quality it does in the native program? Is it possible to export it uncompressed?
PS. I've posted this question as a reply to several other discussions, but have not yet gotten any replies. Thanks!
  Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Similar Messages

  • Can GPU help with HD to DVD encoding?

    We do lots of DVDs, in fact almost everything we do ends up on a DVD (from 1080p source) so naturally our systems spend a lot of time with MediaEncoder running VBR 2 pass Maximum Quality encoding.  None of our systems have nVidia GPUs installed (they're all ATI) and it's taking approx 14-15 hours to do the DVD (MPEG2) encoding (MacPro 8 core) for a 90 min program (56 hours for a core2duo).
    Would adding a supported nVideo card help speed up this process?  I've read that Media Encoder doesn't use the GPU (which seems odd since it seems to spawn a headless Premiere Pro in the background!), but if we output directly from Premiere Pro instead of Media Encoder would the export go quicker (as in MUCH quicker) with GPU assist?   I'm not sure of PP uses GPU for resizing or not (HD to DVD).

    ExactImage wrote:
    Thanks.
    Of course now I'm going to ask the obvious question     How much time is it realistic to assume we could save?   Since most of the extra time seems to be on the max quality down conversion, what is realistic in terms of GPU acceleration?  (yeah, I know - how long is a piece of string?)....
    One more while we're here..... since Multicam is all about rendering multiple streams to the screen, does CUDA help with Multicam editing?   We've noticed a few times that things are running  big sluggish with 3 or 4 cameras and native footage (Canon DSLR and XF100 MXF files), but then we don't have any CUDA cards!
    If your workflow mainly consist of downscaling HD to DVD, why dont you just buy a descent nVidia GPU card and get rid of the current ATI version? These things cost almost nothing nowadays. You have nothing to lose since PrP are not using ur current GPU.
    14-15 hrs for downconversion on a 8 Core? I also always use 2 pass with MRQ on. Try this - export via PrP or AME - match sequence settings, add this file to AME and encode to DVD with ur usual settings - you should be able to cut a few hrs of your encoding times.
    Multicam - i convert my HDSLR footage to Cineform HD 10bit - these file is an issue with Multicam, so to correct this I turn MPE off and it all works fine, 4 cameras an no sluggish playback.

  • Need help with my Pioneer dvd-rw dvr-115d. HLEP!!

    Hello i need help with my G4, i havent been useing it for a while and i started using it again. As i was trying to burn a DVD it didnt read my cd at all even if i put a DVD in there it dont read it just come right back out.. on my mac it shows that is there but not reading . what can i do????!!! i need help with this..
    PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-115D:
      Firmware Revision:          1.18
      Interconnect:          ATAPI
      Burn Support:          Yes (Vendor Supported Drive)
      Profile Path:          /Library/DiscRecording/DeviceProfiles/PatchBurn-pioneerdvdrwdvr115d.drprof ile
      Cache:          2000 KB
      Reads DVD:          Yes
      CD-Write:          -R, -RW
      DVD-Write:          -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
      Write Strategies:          CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
      Media:          Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
    this is what it say in the system profiler.
    Power PC Mac os x 10.5.8

    The new user account didn't work?
    Or, the firmware flash didn't work?
    I would try reconnecting the data ribbon. It is cramped and difficult to get to, but it may be some corrosion or a poor connection causing the issue.
    It's worth a try, as the DVR-115 is a good drive. They don't make them any more........
    You can find an optical drive installation video (on the following page) to help you with your efforts:
    http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/

  • Help with detecting child video playback end

    I have a flash file that plays multiple videos. I'm trying to
    set it up so that all of the videos are loaded by a second (child)
    swf, imbedded in the first. The first (root) would call the second
    (child) swf, play the video, and at the end of the video, playback
    of the parent swf would resume. I can't seem to figure out how to
    do this. If I try to make a call to the root from the second swf, I
    of course can't because it doesn't know the root exists. The parent
    (root) swf has the following code on the frame that calls the
    child:
    ~~~
    stop();
    var loadVideo:URLRequest = new URLRequest("videoinset.swf");
    var videoLoader:Loader = new Loader();
    videoLoader.load(loadVideo);
    // Identifies which frame to play in inset video
    var vidclip:String = "intro";
    function swfLoaded(myEvent:Event):void {
    stage.addChild(videoLoader);
    var mycontent:MovieClip=myEvent.target.content;
    videoLoader.x = 210;
    videoLoader.y = 150;
    mycontent.gotoAndPlay(vidclip);
    videoLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
    swfLoaded);
    ~~~
    How can I tell it that when the child gets to frame(#), to go
    back to the root and resume play?
    I am using netstream to play the videos. There are 6, each
    called by a different frame in the videoinset child swf.
    Thanks for any help with this.

    Any help with this really would be appreciated; if I have not
    explained it clearly enough, by all means please let me
    know.

  • Deadline Need Help with HD VS DVD Best Quality 4.3 NTSC

    I just wanted to know if I made a DVD using HD MPEG2 and handed it out to people who do not have an HD TV will they be able to watch the screen normally or will the screen be too big, text off the screen?
    I Just tried to import a HD MPEG into DVD Studio Pro 4 and got an error message that said it was unsupported.
    It look so much better when I experimentd with a small vewrsion of my movie. They will use NTSC more than likely or a windows computer to show to clients.
    What settings are best for that?

    To the best of my knowledge there are no commercially available HD DVD players. Thus, although you can create a DVD with HD material you can't view it with any set-top DVD player or on a standard TV. You'd need a computer to view the HD MPEG2 material. The display would either have to be a computer monitor or a TV that could accept high-definition output (DVI) from the computer itself.
    In any case, you won't be able to create an HD DVD disc with standard DVD menus and navigation controls (at least not with DVDSP). Think of the DVD as a simple storage medium, not any form of a standard DVD video disc.

  • Best quality for DVD playback!

    I just finished a film i shot in HDV my sequence properties are:
    Vid Rate: 29.97fps
    Frame Size: 1440x1080
    Compressor: HDV 1080i60
    Field Dominance: Upper Odd
    what is the best why to export this sequence onto a dvd for maximum playback quality?

    Hi there,
    1)make sure you export your movie in FCP as QT movie self-contained
    2)Import it in Compressor
    3)In the Settings tab (lower left window) Open Apple>DVD10 groups>choose DVD 90 minutes best quality and drop that folder on your video (upper left batch window). Compressor will encode your movie as Mpeg2 video an AC3 dolby stereo. In the inspector window you can change a number of settings if you wanted to but, if you are not familiar with Compressor, leave default settings to see if you are happy with the result (take sometime to read the very useful PDF manual that you can find in the main menu>help)
    4)Choose destination
    5)Submit
    G.

  • Help with quality of exported files

    The problem: I'm trying to get a good quality, 34 minute movie onto a DVD with chapter markers separating individual short films. This is supposed to be a compilation of 8 family movies, in addition to an introduction and credits at the end. Four movies are old movies made in iMovie and are .m4v files. Four were made in FCE earlier this year. I linked everything together in a Master Sequence, putting pauses in between each with some livetype text files to introduce each video. The m4v files were imported and placed in the master sequence. The others are nested sequences. I put chapter markers at the beginning of each section. My intention was to export this one master sequence as a quick time movie, then put it into iDVD.
    It worked, but the quality was horrible! Everything became grainy, even the movies I had previously created in FCE. This was very disappointing. So I expertimented with a few things, and here’s what I found.
    When I exported a quicktime movie, the quality degraded. It became grainy. Also, it changed the aspect ratio and stretches everything horizontally, as if to take a standard size screen and stretch it to a widescreen. It did this even with the original movies I had made in FCE. I don’t like building self contained movies using this mode because the file sizes are too big, so when I export I tend to use quick time conversion. In this case, I was hoping a non-self contained movie would merely point to all the original content and not add compression artifacts (or something like that). It turns out it made it worse.
    When I tried to export a quicktime conversion, 640x480 VGA, best quality, H.264, the machine couldn’t do it. It ran for an hour or so and then crashed. Twice. That is for the entire movie. When I export individual clips (3-6 minutes) it works. The quality is good for movies made in FCE, not as good for imported m4v movies made long ago in iMovie, but better than what I get exporting quicktime movie files, either self contained or not. This is surprising to me, because I was expecting the export quick time movie command to produce the best quality. Also, I’m concerned that if I was able to create this, iDVD would not see any chapter markers anyway.
    So there is a problem either way. Experimenting has led me to discover several questions/issues which need answering:
    Issue #1: Why can’t I get a quick time movie of the same quality as what I see on the canvas, using the quick time movie export command? On a side note, the user's manual says something about a settings pop up menu where you can deselect the "recompress all frames" option. I can't seem to find this, and was thinking maybe that would help.
    Issue#2: Why do m4v files which are very high quality in iTunes suddenly become poor quality when imported into a sequence? Seems to be an import problem, because the movies are already grainy when they’re on the canvas. I thought about making XML files and importing them that way, but the original project files in iMovie are gone.
    Issue #3: Why do I end up with a stretched picture if I export quick time movies and there are mixed aspect ratio contents in the sequence (the m4v files are widescreen, the others are not)? More important, how to I get FCE to not do this?
    Issue #4: When I export movies using quick time movie (not conversion), the grainy movies actually look better when played in VLC. They also look good when opened with FCE. How can I get that kind of quality in quick time, or at least in iDVD? Perhaps that would solve my problem.
    Thanks for any help you can provide.
    E

    Thanks for the response. I’m not fluent with codecs or video compression, so this project quickly became more trouble than I expected.
    It turns out the nested sequences are not H.264, the compression field is blank for the nested sequences. I double checked and the other properties are correct. Sorry about that. The other movies, though, (ones built in iMovie for iTunes) are H.264.
    These four . m4v movies are in 960x540 and 480 x 272 because of the way they were exported in iMovie (Share -> Export Movie opens a menu with four sizes: Tiny 176 x 144, Mobile 480 x 272, Medium 640 x 360, and Large 960 x 540).
    I just imported the final products (what was exported from iMovie) as clips into FCE. Sounds like I should not be doing that. The original media is on my computer, but not the iMovie project files, and for what I’m trying to do it’s just not worth the time to rebuild the movies in FCE.
    Bottom Line: Here’s the current status of the project:
    All eight of the movies, by themselves, play well in quicktime. I can put all of them on a DVD, and they still play ok. I wanted to string them all together in one sequence, with some transitions in between (creating a “Play All” option on the DVD). That’s why I nested the sequences, and imported the movies made from iMovie, than added chapter markers. Unfortunately, putting these different types of media together and asking the computer to make one sequence is creating a mess. So I’m sticking with Plan B and putting the movies on a DVD without trying to merge them into a single track.
    A few follow up questions…
    Out of curiosity, when you say “convert everything to QuickTime DV NTSC 720x480 at 29.97fps with 48k audio,” do you mean the original media (all of the bits of video and stills that came from the camera) or the edited sequences I’m currently working with? As a lesson learned, should I be changing properties of clips before importing them to FCE, so the source material has consistent aspect ratios?
    The still images, though they are huge, show up with much better quality than the movies (which is expected, and I’m ok with). So I get a product which includes both video and still images, where the images are very sharp and the movie portions are a bit grainy (because they were taken on a small digital camera). If I change the size on the stills, won’t that just bring the still image quality down?
    I’m still baffled at why using the export quick time movie command makes a video of lower quality than when using quick time conversion (in other cases as well, not just this project). In every case, I’ve got digital pictures and movies from my digital camera, and some text in FCE or LiveType files on top of that, usually with additional audio tracks.

  • Help with transcoding and DVD size

    Hello!  I'm a total newbie when it comes to this stuff (encore/premiere, video editing, DVD making, etc...) so it has been quite a curve so far for me.
    I am stuck in one point now, however.
    Basically, I have 8 hours of video (low quality informational videos, internet download stuff--all .mp4) that take up 1.7gb on the hard drive.  I've burned them all to a simple content DVD, but I felt that I should add menu's to make it more professional looking and user friendly, and thus I was recommended encore.
    So I played around and made some menus, submenus and added about 10 of the videos and noticed the project size was already a whopping 8gb.  I then just imported every video to see the size, and it wound up being 17.9gb!!
    My question is...am I being unrealistic expecting to have my videos, that only took up 1.7gb on a DVD with menus, or is there just a combination of settings I'm missing so it encodes it to fit on a regular 4.7gb DVD?
    Thanks!!

    You can also try to make a FLASH enco
    ding using encore.
    It will provide the application player too, and you can authoring your project using Encore.
    Usually flash video is very small in files dimensions and you can probably get your goal.
    Hope this can help you.
    Aldo

  • I need help with my External DVD-RW and my iMac

    I hope there is someone out there that can help me out. I was using my PC for burning DVDs and it just died. I've been using my Pioneer DVD burner in there and now I'm trying to use it on my Intel iMac. When I hooked it up using an external firewire case, this is what shows up in my profiler.
    PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D:
    Firmware Revision: 1.41
    Interconnect: FireWire
    Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
    Cache: 2000 KB
    Reads DVD: Yes
    CD-Write: -R, -RW
    DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
    Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
    Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
    Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
    Media: No
    Even though it is Apple supported, nothing mounts and it cannot burn anything in Finder, iTunes, Toast, etc. Can someone out there help me out.
    Thanks in advance!
    Montri - THAIICE

    I have a Pioneer 110-D flashed to a 110 in an external firewire case and I can burn with all my apps.
    This is my profile:
    PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110:
    Firmware Revision: 1.41
    Interconnect: FireWire
    Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
    Cache: 2000 KB
    Reads DVD: Yes
    CD-Write: -R, -RW
    DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
    Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
    Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
    Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
    Media: No
    You could try a different firewire even though profiler sees the drive.

  • Need help with my CD DVD Drive

    I'll apologize in advance, because I know this message is going to be confusing, but if you can stick with me to the end, you will understand why.
    Basically, the problem is that although my Powermac G4 can read almost any commercial disk, it is unpredictable when it comes to those I have burned. But here is what's going on:
    1) Until recently, I was plugging along quite happily with 2 Macs: (a) a PowerMc G4, purchased some time around 1999 and (b) an iMac G3 , which I bought about 2 years later. Also had (and still have) a Mac Notebook, which I bought around 2003-04, but until recently had only used once or twice.
    2) Both the Notebook and G3 were running on OS 10.2.8, and the G4 on OS 9.2, which enabled me to continue to work with older files that I still rely on. The G3 and G4 are also networked via ethernet.
    Hope I haven't lost you yet, because this is where things get confusing . . .
    3) All 3 of the above Macs came with CD drives, but no two are alike. The G4 has a Matshita CD/DVD drive and software version 1.4.5., but no burner. The iMac G3 reads and burns disks, but I can't tell you the software version, because, as I'll explain next, I can't see it at this moment. But it does not read DVDs. The Notebook has a read-only drive (version 1.4.8).
    4) All was well until about 8 weeks ago, when the optical drive in the G3 started sticking and finally died with a disk (that belonged to a client) in the drive. After much panic, I managed to retrieve the disk, but meanwhile had learned that the problem probably was due to the treads on the slot drive having worn out, and spoke with several repair shop techs who said it would cost in excess of $300 to repair.
    Meanwhile, I had discovered the just-released Mac/ Intel, fell in love with it and decided, "What the heck, I deserve it." So I bought one and immediately started to assemble old data strewn across both the G4 and G3 for burning. At this point, I've been at it for several weeks, but right now am unable to view info because it is connected to the Mac/Intel via firewire.
    Since the drive on my old G3 was kaput, I tested the first disk I burned on the G4 and breathed a sigh of relief when, after a relatively long boot up time, it finally popped up on the desktop. When the next disk I burned failed to show up at all, I suspected it might be a bad disk (even though it was a major brand name), so immediately burned another from a new pack of disks. If failed to load, too. But when I tried them on my Notebook, both appeared on the desktop within seconds.
    So my question now, is where do I go from here?
    Since the G4's ability to read burned CDs had always been flaky, I had figured it might have something to do with the speed of the burner. Now I'm not sure — especially since I burned the latest disks at a slow speed, and as I've descrbed, the results are still erratic. (i.e., At least one of them works on all 3 computers, including my new Mac/Intel but not the G3 with the broken drive . .. and the others only work on the Notebook and Mac/Intel.)
    I've also wondered if there's been a software upgrade for the CD/DVD drive on the G4 that will work with OS 9.2. (Really don't want to upgrade that system yet . . especially since I'd like to continue using some of my older apps, which probably will not work on my newest Mac.) For the same reason (i.e., concern that it might prevent old apps from working), I've always ignored the automatic software update announcements that pop up on my screen each month — but when I checked the Apple site earlier this evening I couldn't find any anyway.
    I'm hoping someone out there will know what I'm talking about and have a suggestion or two that I can try.
    Thanks for your attention.
    cs

    Thanks, Joseph . . .
    Meant to reply yesterday, but I was busy all day, working to save and burn those files. But I did want you to know that I took your advice and picked up a Memorex laser lens cleaner disk. Contrary to the salesman's insistence when I asked, it really did seem designed more for drives that play mainly music CDs than graphics ( the only thing that interests me) . . . because tracks 5-14 all dealt with testing sound and there was no way for me to stop the process (as the narrator suggests) because that's not an option on my Mac.
    Consequently, I only ran it once. But I did notice a definite improvement in how quickly icons for my burned disks appeared on my G4 desktop. Only problem was that they would not open on that computer although they do on my iBook, which also has PM 6.5 installed. And while they also show up on my Mac/Intel, it can't read them bcause it does not recognize the application — and according to what I've hust learned, NEVER will. (A warning to anyone else with a stockpile of PM documents they hope to play: Better find and learn another page layout application future Macs will read and start converting those docs asap . . . or at least before your older machine dies.)
    Also tried copying the primary document (the other files just contain support data , such as graphic/photos, etc.) — but that failed, too.
    So it looks like I'm back to square #1 — but still thinking the problem might somehow be related to the size of the document (139MB) even though my G4 has 920 MB ROM (vers. 8.3.1) and total hard drive space of 95 GB . . . Long ago, I also increased the recommended memory for PM from 5,200k to 50,000k. The only thing that makes me question my premise re: size is that the doc opens without difficulty on my little iMac, which only has a ROM CD drive.
    PowerMac G4/IMac G3/iMac Intel/iBook   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

  • Need help with Premiere Pro CS6 playback problem

    Can somebody help me please? My premiere pro cs6 does not play plenty video in the time line for editing irrespective of using fast 64 bit, intel core i7, 16gb ram pc. Please what could I use to make it more stronger?
    Edited by: Kevin Monahan
    Reason: Changed title for better search ability.

    More information needed for someone to help... please click below and provide the requested information
    -Premiere Pro Video Editing Information FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/message/4200840
    Exactly what is INSIDE the video you are editing?
    Codec & Format information, with 2 links inside for you to read http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1270588
    Report back with the codec details of your file, use the programs below... A screen shot works well to SHOW people what you are doing
    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30 for screen shot instructions
    Free programs to get file information for PC/Mac http://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download

  • Help with Format for DVD Project

    I have been using FCP to create video with two tracks of audio (one instrumental & one vocal).
    I want to learn about format for output to DVD. I have exported as QuickTime movie and stereo downmix so that I have one track of audio in DVDSP and when it plays on 2 speakers I have the two channels of audio - one on instrumental, one vocal. Cool. To get that I must use Custom Settings as I learned from another thread posted here last week or so.
    Question #1:
    +What format do I use when I enter that custom setting window for the Aspect Ratio?+ I think it should be 4:3, yes?
    Question #2:
    Maybe I should be using Compressor. If yes - +how do I get those 2 tracks in FCP to get into that stereo downmix format? How do I get the 2 separate audio files in to compressor and output to DVDSP?+
    If in that process I end up with 1 video file and 2 audio files and import those assets into DVDSP, +Will I be able to have one audio track that has 2 channels? or will I be able to have 2 audio tracks that play on two different speakers?+
    I seem to be able to get the results I want most of the time, but I am basically phutzing around and somehow God honors it - I wish I knew more what I was doing.

    smidi wrote:
    Question #1:
    +What format do I use when I enter that custom setting window for the Aspect Ratio?+ I think it should be 4:3, yes?
    Depends on the source material, if it is 4:3 then 4:3 would be proper if it is 16:9 (HDV or anamorphic would in all likelihood be the ones you are using (?) then 16:9 would be the aspect ratio
    Question #2:
    Maybe I should be using Compressor. If yes - +how do I get those 2 tracks in FCP to get into that stereo downmix format? How do I get the 2 separate audio files in to compressor and output to DVDSP?+
    In older version of AC3 encoder (a.Pack) you could use two seperate files in and assign left right
    To export each side individually you should mute one audio track then export the other then reverse to get the other file (also look at page IV-147, IV-151 of the Final Cut Pro Manual - Chapter is called Exporting Audio for Mixing in case we looking at different versions)
    But if you bring the two audio files into DVD SP like that you will hear only one audio track (in DVD SP) at a time.
    If you take a look at Chapter 7 Page 96, Page 100 of the PDF (at least in the PDF I just popped up, not sure which Compressor you are running, it is in the section Creating Dolby Digital Professional Files) it describes the encoding selections a bit more.
    Are you running into an issue? Sounds like you are not (which is good )

  • Poor Quality on DVD playback on PB G4

    I just purchased the powerbook G4 15'' high resolution screen. I love it, the quality of the screen and digital photos that I see are unprecedented. I do have a problem: when I play a DVD on my laptop the picture quality is poor. My old computer put forth a better quality than what I am experiencing now. Why is this and what can I do to see a better picture?
    Powerbook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

    csn102, first welcome to the discussions, Did you happen to go to your Apple and then System Preferences, and then to Monitor.
    There are calibartion settings to calibrate your Monitor, and several Photo programs also require you to calibrate color settings before you get a true render of the photo's and or DVD Movies..
    One last item of interest, please by all means do not expect a rented DVD that has been played thousands of times to have pristine quality, Most I have seen are poor at best. Don

  • Need help with my missing dvd-driver

    I've had my MacBook Pro since 2009 and I have updated to Mac OS X, Lion and then Mountain Lion over the years.. Well, somewhere along the way I have lost my dvd driver. I don't know if it was because I installed a third part dvd driver or not but I am currently unable to burn music through iTunes. When inserting a blank cd to my macbook, iTunes does not seem to detect it. I know the newer MBPs don't have a dvd driver anymore and I don't know if any of this is related to my problem or if it's something totally different. I am wondering if I'm the only person having this issue. Please suggest options I could take to resolve this issue. Thank you.

    There is no driver. Never was.
    "When inserting a blank cd to my macbook, iTunes does not seem to detect it"
    You need to set up what you want to happen when you insert a cd into your MacBook Pro(?). System Preferences>CD's & DVD's.

  • Need help with FLV type SWF playback in flash movie

    Hi,
    I have three external SWF files from a client without FLA
    sources. The SWFs were done 3 years ago by someone else so there is
    no way to modify the existing SWF files. These contain no
    interactivity but may involve nested clips on the main timeline.
    They are AS1 or AS2 files so they need to be done with AS2
    scripting to keep it simple.
    I need to call these SWF files inside another flash movie and
    play them in a player window as if they were video files with
    play/pause, seekbar and volume controls. The needed functionality
    is similar to FLV players. My controls will use custom graphic
    buttons and sliders mimicking the look of CNN video player window.
    Does anyone know a good tutorial on how to script these
    controls for SWF?
    Most likely I think I will load it in a clip and I am
    thinking that I will need to get the duration of the loaded swf in
    order to set up the seekbar.
    Thanks in advance,
    Attila

    I think your professor, or somebody, gave you directions with ActionScript 2 programming. In AS2, what oyu have here would have worked just fine. But, in AS3, you need to use a fairly different approach. Your buttons, and their instance name, can remain the same. But now, in AS3, you have to add event listeners in the following manner:
    yourButtonName.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, yourListenerFunction);
    In your case, you can do one of two things - A) assign a unique listener function to each button, or B) assign the same listsner to both functions:
    A)
    start_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startPolygon);
    stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopPolygon);
    function startPolygon(e:MouseEvent):void{
        polygon.play();
    function stopPolygon(e:MouseEvent):void{
        polygon.stop();
    B)
    start_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, controlPolygon);
    stop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, controlPolygon);
    function controlPolygon(e:MouseEvent):void{
       if (e.target.name == "start_btn") {//Test for the name of the object that dispatched the CLICK event
          polygon.play();
       } else if (e.target.name == "stop_btn") {
          polygon.stop();
    When I'm using several buttons that do the same/nearly similar things, I favor approach B over A, as it keeps me to jsut one single function to deal with.

Maybe you are looking for