Any scriptstep for QT autoplay?

[snekkis]

Hi there,

Does anyone know about a scriptstep to autoplay QuickTime items so it would work on both mac and win? Would be nice not have to think toward Director.

Thanks!

[Mike D.]

Go to Field[select/Perform,QTfield]

The QTfield is a container field with your Quicktime object in it. Just make sure the machine has quicktime loaded on it.

HTH, Mike

[snekkis]

Thanks, Mike!

That answered my question, but unfortunately not my solution I tried to make. The scriptstep starts the QT object without the playbar, which I hoped for, but as the object is fired up, the script can only be stopped manually(command + .), if you want to go to the playbar controls, which was not good. I tried Exit script, Exit record and go to field, to the script step, but no.

Is there a workaround for this?

[Mike D.]

To be honest with you, I haven't tried that scenario. I'm not aware of a way to do exactly what you want, but you're doing what I would do and experiment. Perhaps someone else has already figured it out and will respond to this thread.

Mike

[jasonwood]

The scriptstep starts the QT object without the playbar, which I hoped for, but as the object is fired up, the script can only be stopped manually(command + .), if you want to go to the playbar controls, which was not good.

When you say "the script can only be stopped manually", do you mean the *playback* can only be stopped manually? The script is done after you perform the Go to field[select/perform] step.

To stop playback, I would try going to next record, then previous record. You'd have to include a step to check if it is the last record, in which case it should go to previous record, then next record.

Good luck!

[snekkis]

The problem lays in the