Video pinch-to-expand

Can anyone out there explain how to set a pinch-to-expand video function? I want the video to play in a small frame but allow the user to pinch-to-expand for full screen viewing. I know you can have a still image as the poster image and have the user tap the image for the video to pop up full screen.
I know the tap image to play full screen video is the norm, however I just want to use the pinch/expand feature which is a little more exciting.
Anyone out there try this method and can give me some in-site on how to program the function using DPS? I've done some searching but no luck on this subject.

As far as the examples I've been working on that have video overlays, the pinch-to-expand function is available by default. I have exactly the same scenario as you mention, initally I have a small frame, once the video starts playing if I pinch/expand it goes to full screen, pinch/contract it and it goes back to small screen.
In the Overlay Creator I have "Tap to view controller" checked. If I tap on the video I see the controller bar and it clearly shows the pinch-to-expand icon.

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Hi dwightfontenot-
Some gestures have been removed in Firefox 4 and later.
You can restore the zoom feature by changing the values of the related prefs on the about:config page.
browser.gesture.pinch.in -> cmd_fullZoomReduce
browser.gesture.pinch.in.shift -> cmd_fullZoomReset
browser.gesture.pinch.out -> cmd_fullZoomEnlarge
browser.gesture.pinch.out.shift -> cmd_fullZoomReset
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Looking for help on importing video from Sony 120GB HDD Camcorder.
I recently purchased a new imac (1st mac) and imported the stored video on my Sony 120GB HDD camcorder. I would estimate that this is approximately 60-80 GB worth of video on the camcorder but when I imported this has become over 800GB on my imac and basically fills the HD.
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Unfortunately the video from the current crop of High Def capable cameras use a really highly compressed file format to save video. The one most used is called AVCHD and it can really save a lot of space ON THE CAMERA if you like to shoot at the highest resolution. However to edit that video, it needs to be decompressed so that iMovie can preview it, and edit it accurately down to the individual video frame level (1/30th of a second). So the short answer is you're not doing anything wrong, those video clips can expand up to 40-75GBytes per hour of video after they are imported into the iMovie Events folders. However it is entirely possible to store the iMovie Events folders on an additional external hard drive. And that's usuallly the best solution for anyone quickly running out of space.

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Hi I have done some more digging and found this:
1) In the bottom left corner of FCPX, click the film reel so that you can see all your projects:
2) Select the project you are having problems with and then in the inspector window, click on the spanner icon in the lower right side:
3) Finally a window appears so that you can choose the settings for the video you are using:
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G

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Hi
Has anyone else has attempted to go thru the Video Workshop
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I am trying to learn how to use Spry and have gone thru the
Using Spry Framework for Ajax by Joseph Lowery. The problem I have
is that the example demonstrated in the tutorial simply does not
work as advertised in the video presentation (at least not using my
copy of DW CS3 Trial download). Getting exasperated I decided to
follow step by step the process in the accompanying HTML version of
the exersize only to discover glaring errors in the text of the
exersize - (Steps 9 and 10 have NOTHING to do with the example -
but thats beside to point here).
Here is what I have done so far:
1. I downloaded the zip file with the code for the tutorials,
created a DW local development copy and uploaded the files to the
testing server. The "testing server" is Apache on my XP Pro SP2
system.
2. In the root directory of the sample site used ion the
tutorial has a number of files which can be used as a starting
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on a row in the Master Region.
4. Now, I have gone thru the process several times in the
belief that I must have missed something - but so far I cant
pinpoint what that could be.
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exersize finishes. Upon examining the code of this file I noted a
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<tr>
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<th spry:sort="location">Location</th>
</tr>
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spry:hover="rowHover" spry:select="rowSelected">
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{date}</td>
<td valign="top">{location}</td>
</tr>
</table>
06_spry_widgets.htm - untouched or edited in the associated
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<tr>
<th
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<th
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advertised.
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improve things. This release of DW is a poor showing for Adobe
after the take-over. I just hope it gets better with the next
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How are you viewing the DVD you created - on a computer or on a TV?
In IDVD when I preview the video it looks great
The preview uses your original content on your hard drive and is simply designed to allow you to see if the 'flow' (sequences, menus, etc) are what you wanted.
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"The screen resolution of the phone is 400wide x 240high. When I convert a video to that resolution the phone always reduces it to 320 wide instead of filling the screen to the 400 wide and makes the 240 high even smaller. If I convert the video to a larger size it makes the video on screen even smaller."
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for getting back
I used a Samsung SMX-F40BP/XEU "Handycam" recording from the the image projected on to a screen. This produced mp4 video files on an SD Card, H.264/AVC Format with AAC Audio
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Hi,
I have a new MacBook Pro, and Final Cut Express 4.
I want to buy a camcorder for < about $700, for family video. Looking for an after-Christmas sale. I'd like to move away from tape, to a hard-drive camera, IF I'll be able to store the hours and hours of unedited video safely, with a reasonable amount of hard drive space (I'm thinking in the range of not more than about 10 gigs per hour).
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You can archive raw AVCHD files in compressed format. You just have to make sure to copy the entire AVCHD folder to your hard drive, and not just the MTS files. Here's my favorite primer: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/video/canon-vixa-hf-10/loggi ng-and-transferring-video/
The files expand a lot while editing, so plan on a big hard drive either way. But you can trash the render and capture scratch files once you're done editing and just save the final movies. But plan on buying hard drive space to work with this format comfortably. Otherwise, buy a tape camera and save the tapes.

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