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i am looking to insert a digital video clip into a koolmoves webpage. is there a way of doing this without having to drastically alter the html? i don't think km allows streaming media from the interface, but does anyone know the best way to incorporate it into a km page?
You can't import AVI,MPG,ASF,DIVX,etc into KM.
Streaming possible only from the "main" file (HTML,PHP,CGI,ASP).
As stated before the Flash Player, the medium in which KoolMoves produces animations for, can not handle raw video formats. What it can handle is its own animation format SWF, JPEG, and MP3.
There are numerous Video to SWF conversion programs (Many under $50) out there such as Swideo http://www.swideo.com , SWF Convert http://http://www.livetronix.com/ , and Flix http://www.flix.com (There are many many more I am just to lazy to list them all right now).
What you will do is use one of these converts and convert your Video into a SWF and then use import SWF object to place it in the movie.
Alterenatively, if you decide you want the final output in MOV (QT 5 or 6), you would Output from KoolMoves as SWF then import it into QT as a Flash track (QT 5 handles SWF 4 files while QT 6 can handle SWF 5 files- which is what KM produces). You would then open up your Video in another instance of QT. Copy and Paste from one instance of QT to the other. You can then play with the layers and embed the finally when you save make sure you check the make self contained box and follow the Instructions from Apple on putting QT Video on the WEB.
Finally there is one last option. Head over to the KoolMoves website and under tutorials I have explained how to use CSS to place a DIV with a SWF over a DIV with another format. You could use this method to also get your desired results but be aware that it will only work for MSIE on the PC as it relies on Wmode (Which is only for MSIE Windows PC Version 4.0 and higher).
thanks for all the help. swideo works really well for what i am doing. i was really suprised to see how quickly the movie plays in km after it is converted to swf. there was almost no download time. thanks again.