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| Adding
players to SWF and FLV files in Wildform Flair |
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| Introduction |
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| Wildform Flair
has a very useful player feature that enables
you to add a player (with play controls such
as play, stop, pause, rewind, fast forward, volume
and mute) to your entire project or to any individual
SWF or FLV file. This tutorial explains how to
add a player to SWF and FLV files in Wildform Flair. |
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| Adding a player to your entire project |
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To
add a player to the entire project use the players
tab of the Project Settings window or use the
Export Wizard. When adding a player to your entire
project you can choose to incorporate the Flash
SWF and the player into a single file, or you
can have two separate files in which the player
will load the output.
This tutorial focuses on adding a player to
individual SWF and FLV objects in your project;
if you want to add a player to your complete
project go here. |
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| Adding a player to an individual SWF or FLV in your project |
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begin click File>Import File and select a
SWF of FLV file. |
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(Note:
You can also import a video or audio file and
encode it into Flash SWF or FLV using the video,
audio and image importer.)
Right click the SWF/FLV and select Add Player/Preloader. |
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Edit Player box will open. Select a player. |
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preview a player click the 'View skin' button.
In the preview mode the controls of the player
will blink and may appear slightly distorted.
This is normal. Once the player is created, the
controls will appear correctly. |
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You
can also add a player to an object that you have
not yet imported. Once the player is added the
file will automatically be imported into your
project. To add a player to a file you have not
yet imported, click on the "Browse" button.
This launches a File dialog box that you can
use to select the file you wish to add a player
to (if you have opened this window by right-clicking
on a SWF or FLV in your project, that SWF or
FLV file name will already be in the Input field
name). Clicking on the "Play" button
will play the video.
To finish click the Create Now button. |
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| Notes |
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players will only affect objects that have been
set to play using the Stream play mode.
Wildform Flair players offer the following
features: fast forward, rewind, stop, play,
pause, jump to start, jump to end, mute, volume
control, and a progress bar. However, not all
of these features are available in each player.
The players provided with Wildform Flair add
only a small amount to the file size. Most
are smaller than 7 KB.
For more player options check out the Wildform Flair
Power Players: http://www.wildform.com/products/flair/plugins.php
When adding a player to a specific SWF within
your project Wildform Flair will incorporate
the Flash SWF and the player into a single
file. The original file will still be saved
in your Source files folder within your project
directory. In addition if you encoded the SWF
using Wildform Flair you will still be able
to access the "Edit Object" settings
by right-clicking on the video or audio and
this will open the Video, Audio, Image importer.
When adding a player to a specific FLV within
your project Wildform Flair will generate a
separate player SWF that will load the FLV
file (FLV files must be loaded in order to
play - this is the way the format has been
designed). The FLV file will remain in the
Load External Files folder in your project
directory. In addition if you encoded the FLV
using Wildform Flair you will still be able
to access the "Edit Object" settings
by right-clicking on the player and this will
open the Video, Audio, Image importer.
Once you have added a player to a SWF or FLV
you will need to either re-import the original
SWF or FLV file or re-encode the file in order
to change the player. Whichever option you
choose, your source SWF or FLV will not be
affected. A new SWF is always created which
is either a SWF that combines your source SWF
and player into a single new SWF, or a player
SWF that loads your source FLV.
The Player window also has the option to add
a preloader to your SWF and FLV files. For
more information on the preloader features
go here. |
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| Conclusion |
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| We
have now covered everything necessary to add
a player to SWF and FLV files in Wildform Flair.
You can do much more with Wildform Flair; other
tutorials will cover these subjects. The Wildform Flair
help file also addresses these topics. |
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