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Playing Director 6.5 movies
To play Director 6.5 movies in Authorware 5 or earlier for Windows, set up the map file to download the appropriate files:
| Windows 16-bit |
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Windows 32-bit |
m5if16.dll |
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m5if32.dll |
m5drvr16.exe |
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m5drvr32.exe |
m5drvr16.rsr |
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m5drvr32.rsr |
asifont.map |
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asifont.map |
asiport.rsr |
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asiport.rsr |
fileio.dll |
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fileio.dll |
fontmap.txt |
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fontmap.txt |
lingo.ini |
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lingo.ini |
macromix.dll |
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macromix.dll |
dirdib.drv |
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dirdib.drv |
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xobglu16.dll |
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xobglu32.dll |
You also need to download the .xmo file appropriate to the version of Authorware you are using. Use the chart to find the .xmo file you need:
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Windows 16-bit |
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Windows 32-bit |
| Authorware 3.5.1 |
a3dir.xmo |
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a3dir32.xmo |
| Authorware 4 |
a4dir.xmo |
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a4dir32.xmo |
| Authorware 5 |
a5dir.xmo |
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a5dir32.xmo |
All of these files are in the same folder as Authorware for Windows. If you're using the older, 16-bit Director driver ( m5driver.exe ) to play Director movies, you should use download to place these files, as well as any movie files, into Netscape's Plug-In's folder (the default folder) at netscape\program\plugin\np32asw . You can copy these files directly to the default folder, or you can use the map file to automatically download them. You can't use a put statement to download movies to a Netscape folder using a Long File name (LFN), because the driver won't be able to find the Director movie. For example, a path such as program_files\netscape\navigator\program\plugins\np32asw is invalid because the 16-bit Director driver can't recognize the parent folder named program_files.
If you're using the 32-bit Director driver ( m5dvr32.exe ), 32-bit Netscape, and Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, you can edit the map file to put movies into a folder other than the default. The following example shows how a map file can be edited to put movies into a folder using a Long File name:
get .
bin put \moviesfortesting
bin win "themovie.dir""themovie.dir"
bin win "themovie2.dir" "themovie2.dir"
When downloading the movies, a folder named moviesfortesting is created in the path, netscape\program\plugin\np32asw , and the movies play from there.
Note: If you want to use blank spaces in the folder name, be sure to use quotation marks for example, bin put "\movies for testing" .
To play a Director movie in an Authorware piece on a Macintosh, first flatten the Director driver, Director_5.0 (see Downloading external files to a Macintosh). Then set up the map file to download the driver.
Note: See TechNote 13665 for information about Playing Director 7 movies with Authorware 5.
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