Digital Workshop

hello, i am having some problems adding a video clip to my publication...the video clip is approx 30 seconds long, but only shows for 0 seconds and nothing actually is plays and the screen is black when i preview the publication..does anyone know why this occurs?..

thanks

Saira

Could you say a bit more:

what is the format of the video clip;

what version of the software you are running.

With that info the I'm sure somebody can help you.


Brian

The format of the video is .MOV

and the version i think is v2002b dont know if that is a actual version it just says illuminatus opus

Do you have QuickTime installed? MOV support is only possible when QuickTime is available.

Open your Illuminatus software, and go to HELP on the top menu line of the screen. Select "About Illuminatus" and then click the tab for System Information; this will show you the version of the software you have.

I believe 2002B is now many versions back from where everyone else is today. I'd first suggest you will get much more from this product if you have the latest version. There are many new features which will make your presentations much more interesting and more valuable.

MOV is a Quicktime movie format. Quicktime (.MOV) requires Quicktime to be installed. You might use Windows Explorer and double click on a MOV file to see if your computer will be able to play it in the first place.

I'm not sure when OPUS started offering MOV as a file type it can handle. My Illuminatus OPUS 2.81 says it will play MOV movies. I'm not sure about 2002B.

Next, what about your computer? If your software is that far back from the current release (OPUS 05), I'm going to guess you've got a P2 or P3 with under 128MB RAM. Movies in any format require fast processors, lots of RAM memory, and a high speed (16x+) CD drive (for playback).

All my presentations use MPEG-1 (MPG) movies. I've also used MPEG-2 (DVD) movies, with the warning to viewers that they need to be able to play DVDs on their computer to view my movie.

I used the new QuickTime VR OPUS feature on the last Publication. It used an MOV file which allowed the viewer to interactively pan/zoom an image. From the final replicated CD-ROM, it requires several seconds to view, which probably is the QuickTime viewer loading. MPEG movies are instantaneous.

I hope this gives you some ideas to check. If you are a serious multimedia producer, you will first want to upgrade your software. You won't believe what you are missing!

yes Quick time is installed...

ok i have another problem.i know i should really start a new topic.but its not really a problem i just dont know how to do it...how do i run opus publication onto a Cd?...(gosh i sound so dumb)

Right i have found out the version it 5.1.2600.2180 i think..i dont really know the pc spec as it is not my own pc. (university's and dont have access to it as it is blocked)
i have also tried changing the action settings according to opus help and still no luck..

Its ok i have figured out another way...i have changed the format of the video clip from MOV to AVI and now have a smaller problem that the video is now a still image and doesnt play at all..it is something to do with the properties/actions or the actual video?

how i changed the format:-
i opened up the video clip in Adobe Photoshop and then exported it back to my hard drive, saving the file as AVI (microsoft)