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atom k
Jul-05-2008, 08:50 AM
I have a flash movie embedded here http://adamkobrin.smugmug.com/gallery/5304241_TTNEk
(This is just a 10 sec. piece of the movie for testing puropses)

2 things:

1. I'd like to have the option to replay at the end. Plus maybe a target code for auto-replay.

2. I'd like to have the ability to pause, and thumbnails to click, like the gallery slideshows.

It's in my Header code right now:

div align="center">
div class="my_splash2">
object width="800" height="600">
param name="movie" value="LiberiaSlideshowSeq2.swf">
embed src="http://adamkobrin.googlepages.com/LiberiaSlideshowSeq2.swf" width="800" height="600">
/embed>
/object>


</div>

docwalker
Jul-05-2008, 11:25 AM
I am not familiar with how that could be done. Does the flash creator you used to make the movie offer those features? Why not use the Flash Slideshow here? http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

It offers replay, pause, thumbnails and other options.

atom k
Jul-05-2008, 11:32 AM
I am not familiar with how that could be done. Does the flash creator you used to make the movie offer those features? Why not use the Flash Slideshow here? http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

It offers replay, pause, thumbnails and other options.

I didn't use the standard Flash Slideshow mainly because I wanted to vary the duration time: ie. 6 seconds for each photo, 1/2 second blank in between each slide. I can't see a way to do that using the standard slideshow.

I'm building my movie in AfterEffects, which offers very little flash customization. That's why I thought maybe a workaround would be to just create a little area in the lower corner of my movie that is mapped to reload the page.

Maybe my answer is to get an actual flash creation program...

docwalker
Jul-05-2008, 11:40 AM
Maybe. The movie or something needs to detect the end of the video to trigger the reload. The options for the thumbnails and such would have to be in the movie itself.

atom k
Jul-05-2008, 12:03 PM
Maybe. The movie or something needs to detect the end of the video to trigger the reload. The options for the thumbnails and such would have to be in the movie itself.

Yeah, I'm thinking you're correct.

One other quick question. I'm trying to shorten the duration of these two images in my hompage slideshow, but changing duration: 'X', in my bio code seems to have no effect. Is there another term I should be using other than duration?

http://xxakobrin.smugmug.com/

Thanks

docwalker
Jul-05-2008, 12:15 PM
I don't think that duration is a valid option for the slideshow. All of the options are here: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

If you are having trouble with the Slideshow, you might want to post over in the customizations forum. Someone there should be able to help with that.

atom k
Jul-05-2008, 02:05 PM
I don't think that duration is a valid option for the slideshow. All of the options are here: http://wiki.smugmug.net/display/SmugMug/Flash+Slideshow

If you are having trouble with the Slideshow, you might want to post over in the customizations forum. Someone there should be able to help with that.

Thanks I will!