Digital movies are more than animation and synchronized sound. By adding the ability to select and play specific frames and conserve space through compression, you can:
Authorware gives you added options and possibilities by playing digital movies in response to the conditions you choose. You can play the digital movies when cued by the flowline, when a variable reaches some value, or when the user takes a specific action. By using integers or variables to specify frames, you can play a selected sequence of frames. For specific procedures, see Digital movies--step-by-step procedures.
You can use the Shockwave control for ActiveX to play Director Shockwave movies. In Windows, you can use the Shockwave control for ActiveX to play Director Shockwave movies. ActiveX is not supported on the Macintosh. For information about using ActiveX controls, see Using an ActiveX control.
Some types of digital movies are always embedded in Authorware; others must be treated as external linked files.
Whether the digital movie is embedded or external affects what you must do before delivering it to users.
External digital movies must have the appropriate drivers available and be in the proper format for the platform they play on. For a list of the drivers you must include with each type of digital movie, see Determining which files you need to distribute.
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