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Import linked QuickTime video files

A linked QuickTime video imported into Flash does not become part of the Flash file. Instead, Flash maintains a pointer to the source file.

If you link to a QuickTime video, publish the SWF file as a QuickTime video. You cannot display a linked QuickTime clip in SWF format. The QuickTime file contains a Flash track, but the linked video clip remains in QuickTime format.

You can scale, rotate, and animate a linked QuickTime video in Flash. However, you cannot tween linked QuickTime video content in Flash.

Note: The QuickTime Player does not support Flash Player files later than version 5.

Import a QuickTime video as a linked file

  1. Do one of the following:

    • To link the video clip directly to the current Flash document, select File > Import > Import To Stage.

    • To link the video clip to the library for the current Flash document, select File > Import > Import To Library.

  2. Select Link To External Video File, and click Next.
  3. If you imported the video clip directly to the Stage in step 1, a warning appears if the imported clip contains more frames than the span in which you are placing it in the current Flash document. Do one of the following:

    • To extend the span the required number of frames, click Yes.

    • To keep the span at its current size, click No. Frames in the imported clip that exceed the frames in the span do not appear unless you subsequently add frames to the span.

  4. Select Control > Play. Preview a linked QuickTime video before you publish your SWF file. When you import a linked QuickTime video, Flash adds the required number of frames to preview the QuickTime video, the same as it does for an embedded video.
Note: You cannot use the Test Movie command to preview linked QuickTime video content.


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