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Importing digital video

When you import QuickTime or AVI digital video, the cast members you create always remain linked to the original external file, even if you choose the Standard Import option. When you distribute a movie, you must always include all digital video files along with the movie.

QuickTime must be installed on a computer in order to author or play back a movie that contains QuickTime digital video.

Director converts an AVI video to QuickTime when it plays one on a Macintosh.

For security reasons, Shockwave will link to media on a local disk only if it is in a folder named dswmedia. To test movies in a browser locally before uploading them to your Web server, place the movie, linked casts, and linked media in folders within a dswmedia folder, and use relative links to refer to them. In order for them to be accessible from your server, you must use file and folder names that do not have spaces or capital letters, and that have recognized file extensions like .dcr and .gif. For more information, see the Director Support Center Web site.

To import a digital video:

1 | Choose File > Import.
2 | Choose QuickTime or AVI (Windows only) from the Files of Type pop-up menu.
3 | Choose digital video files to import.
| Because digital video is always imported as linked, you do not have to select an option in the Media pop-up menu.
4 | Click Import.
5 | Select QuickTime or AVI as the import format.
| If you choose QuickTime, Director imports the video as a QuickTime Asset Xtra, which provides additional playback options. See Setting digital video cast member properties.