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Importing QuickTime video clips as linked files

If you are importing a QuickTime video clip, you can choose to link to the video from the Flash movie, rather than embed the video. A linked QuickTime movie 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, you must publish the movie as a QuickTime movie. You cannot display a linked QuickTime movie in SWF format. The QuickTime movie contains a Flash track, but the linked video clip remains in QuickTime format.

For more information on publishing your Flash file as a QuickTime movie, see Choosing publish settings for QuickTime 4 movies.

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

Note: The QuickTime Player does not currently support Flash Player 6 movies. For more information, see Choosing publish settings for QuickTime 4 movies.

To 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, choose File > Import.
| To link the video clip to the library for the current Flash document, choose File > Import to Library.
2 | In the Import Video dialog box, select Link to External Video File.
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:
| Click Yes to extend the span the required number of frames.
| Click No to keep the span at its current size. Frames in the imported clip that exceed the frames in the span will not be displayed unless you subsequently add frames to the span.

Previewing a linked QuickTime movie

You can preview a linked QuickTime movie before you publish your Flash movie. When you import a linked QuickTime movie, Flash adds the required number of frames to preview the QuickTime movie, just as it does for an embedded video.

To preview a linked QuickTime movie:

Choose Control > Play.

Note: You cannot preview linked QuickTime movie content using the Test Movie command.

Setting the directory path of a linked QuickTime movie

You can set the directory path of a linked QuickTime video clip in the library for the current Flash document.

To set the directory path of a linked QuickTime video clip:

1 | Choose Window > Library and select the linked QuickTime movie you want to edit.
2 | In the options menu in the upper right corner of the Library panel, choose Properties.
3 | Click Set Path in the Linked Video Properties dialog box.
4 | In the Open dialog box, navigate to the file for the linked video clip and select it, then click Open.
5 | In the Linked Video Properties dialog box, click OK.