Video Problems (need suggestions for playing large videos)

Question

I have a video that I need to play in Authorware. The piece
starts out as a
Photo Slide Show, and then a video will come up. This will be
published to
an EXE file, and loaded onto the computer's hard drive, for
making a
presentation of sorts.
The Authorware piece will be published at 800 x 600, and I
want the video to
be as close to full-screen as possible.
I currently have the video file in 4 versions:
.wmv 720x480 (1,561 KB)
.avi 720x480 (43,346 KB)
.wmv 800x600 (2,295 KB)
.avi 800x600 (656,711 KB)
If I use any of these videos using the Digital Movie icon,
the video will
play in the published file, but there is always a few seconds
of laggy video
playback, and dropped frames. I'd like to use the 800x600
.wmv file, because
of it's much smaller file size. Is there another way to play
this video that
wouldn't have the laggy playback and skipped frames?
If the answer is to use an ActiveX Control, I'd need someone
to point me in
the direction of some guide to using it, as I've never used
any ActiveX
Controls before.

Answer 1

thanks, i'll check that out.
"Gary Overgaard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:e4cmt7$nb3$[email protected]..
> It's too bad the DirectMedia Xtra has been discontinued,
as that works
> very well in Authorware at playing MPG, AVI and even WMV
files. Very
> smooth playback and lots of control options. In absence
of that, the WMP
> ActiveX control would probably be your best performing
option. Steve
> Gannon has a great WMP 10 ActiveX example on his website
at
>
http://www.gantekmultimedia.com/download.htm
>
> Good luck
> Gary
>
>
>>I have a video that I need to play in Authorware. The
piece starts out as
>>a Photo Slide Show, and then a video will come up.
This will be published
>>to an EXE file, and loaded onto the computer's hard
drive, for making a
>>presentation of sorts.
>>
>> The Authorware piece will be published at 800 x 600,
and I want the video
>> to be as close to full-screen as possible.
>>
>> I currently have the video file in 4 versions:
>>
>> .wmv 720x480 (1,561 KB)
>> .avi 720x480 (43,346 KB)
>> .wmv 800x600 (2,295 KB)
>> .avi 800x600 (656,711 KB)
>>
>> If I use any of these videos using the Digital Movie
icon, the video will
>> play in the published file, but there is always a
few seconds of laggy
>> video playback, and dropped frames. I'd like to use
the 800x600 .wmv
>> file, because of it's much smaller file size. Is
there another way to
>> play this video that wouldn't have the laggy
playback and skipped frames?
>>
>> If the answer is to use an ActiveX Control, I'd need
someone to point me
>> in the direction of some guide to using it, as I've
never used any
>> ActiveX Controls before.
>>
>
>