Hi,
I can’t figure out how to have a Quicktime movie (that plays automatically when the page loads) clickable that would load a new page.
I’ve tried placing a html box with the link over the movie,
but then the movie doesn’t play.
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I can’t figure out how to have a Quicktime movie (that plays automatically when the page loads) clickable that would load a new page.
Typically embedding an href track in the movie is how this is accomplished. This should get you in the ballpark.
Todd
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You have to add a URL track to the movie (using QuickTime developer tools), or the href attribute to the movie itself, and be sure to set the target attribute when you do that. In Freeway, click once on your movie, and choose Item/Extended from the main menu. Make sure that the Embed tab is selected, then press New. In the resulting sub-dialog, enter the following Name/Value pair:
Make sure that URL is either a relative (in-site) URL, like ../yourpage.html if you wanted to jump up one folder level and over to the yourpage.html file in the parent directory, or absolute (out of site), like http://example.com/somepage.html.
Okay that sub-dialog, and then press New again. This time, enter:
Test that out in a range of browsers, and see if it does the trick. I haven’t tested the target part, and I’m not certain if the plug-in will defer to _top (the magic word for the browser itself) or not. So if it doesn’t work at all, try removing that attribute and publish again and see if it works without it.
In any case, you should see the Mickey-hand link cursor when you hover over a QuickTime movie that has an href attribute.
Walter
On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:10 AM, bob wrote:
Hi,
I can’t figure out how to have a Quicktime movie (that plays automatically when the page loads) clickable that would load a new page.I’ve tried placing a html box with the link over the movie,
but then the movie doesn’t play.
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Hi Todd,
Thank you.
I’m on the new side of things with Freeway and this scripting may be a little difficult (maybe not).
If you have a moment…
I like the transitions you can make in powerpoint and want
to use them on the opening of my home page (using two slides with the PP vortex dissolve).
I’ve captured the movie using Camtasia and converted to a Quicktime movie.
I realize I can convert the QT to a FLV movie (to make the size smaller)
If the movie is a FLV format do I need to do the same scripting?
Thanks in advance
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If the movie is a FLV format do I need to do the same scripting?
If you want to go the Flash route then look for FW’s Flash Extras action, that might do the trick.
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Flash Extras can only modify existing link “stubs”. You would have to open the SWF wrapper that you are using to show the FLV file, add a transparent button object over the top of the movie playback area, and then add a dummy HREF to that button’s “click” event. Once you have done this, Flash Extras can read that button click out of the SWF file, and re-assign it to an entirely different URL of your choosing from within Freeway. One of the cooler features of this amazing Action!
Walter
On Sep 27, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Todd wrote:
If the movie is a FLV format do I need to do the same scripting?
If you want to go the Flash route then look for FW’s Flash Extras action, that might do the trick.
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Thanks Todd and Walter for all the detailed info.
Just one more little wrinkle:
The flash file I was taking
about is the type that
Easy Animator 3 can make.
If I use that program, should
I follow your flash instructions?
THANKS AGAIN!
bob
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Walter,
Just applied your quicktime directions and it works!
Thanks again,
Bob
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