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Previewing a linked QuickTime movie

If you are importing a QuickTime video clip, you can link to the video from the Flash file, 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 SFW file as a QuickTime movie. You cannot display a linked QuickTime in SWF format. The QuickTime 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 Specifying publish settings for QuickTime 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 files. For more information, see "Specifying publish settings for QuickTime 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, 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. In the Import Video wizard, select Link to External Video File. 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:
    • 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 are not displayed unless you subsequently add frames to the span.

You can preview a linked QuickTime movie before you publish your SWF file. 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.

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

To preview a linked QuickTime movie:

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