How do I make an .flv redirect after it has been viewed?
rvrtrnce
choosing after they have watched the entire movie. I can't figure out how to
do it in actionscript, manually or with parameter tags in the html.
The user watches the video on the website ( a lectue/presentation) and then
has to take a quiz. I need a way to have the video automatically (or with an
embedded link) go to another url that has an embedded flash quiz after the user
has watched the entire video to prevent them from skipping the video and going
right to the quiz.
I created the flash by importing the video using the "streaming from a server"
method. My fla library only has the skin and the flv playback icon. On the
webpage I embed the swf and i reference the flv to play it back for the viewer.
I have to use a streaming .flv because they are long lectures and they will be
viewed on the web. If it was embedded I coul put a link in the timeline at the
end but the videos are way to big. I've tried putting the link in the second
frame (the first frame contains the entre .flv) but this just makes the video
skip the .flv and loop the two frames.
I could either use some simple actionscript for my one and only frame to
redirect to another url or possibly a param in the object code after
implemetation into the web page that redirects after viewing.
Here's the link to the test video on the webpage:
http://bewelldata.com/wellness1.htm
As you can see I need to put that text link inside the flash! PLEASE HELP!
I can send an example .flv with the same implementation metod if you need me
too!
Matt
Brock
If I were you, I'd look into embedding markers (which Flash will call Cue
Points) into the original video. As a quick example, check out adobe's
video tutorial called:
working with markers and cuepoints by Chad Perkins
(go to http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/ and select Premiere
as the product in the upper left window and then scroll through the titles
until you see the "working with markers" one)
Even if you're not using Premiere, this is a pretty good overview of why you
want to use markers.
You can also put in Cue Points using the Flash Video Encoder. There's a
decent video overview about this on the same site as above called, Using the
Flash Video Encoder by Richard Galvan. (Select Flash as the product and
scroll down to find it).
Once you have a Cue Point in the video (right at the end, when you want to
jump to the quiz), it's just a matter of telling flash what to do when the
cue point occurs. Do a quick google search for cue points in flash CS3 and
you'll find a ton of stuff that will help.
As a start, this is the Flash CS3 livedoc about cuepoints:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00000561.html
Hope that helps.
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