Chapter 9. Controlling Digital Video with Lingo

Using Video Commands

Whereas most digital video used in Director is simply placed on the Stage with the default control bar, sometimes it’s necessary to control video with Lingo. Digital video is not as easy to manipulate as bitmaps are, but a variety of properties can be used to affect how video is displayed. These properties are the subject of this chapter.

There are more member and sprite properties for digital video than for any other media type. Because some of the properties are for the member, and others are for the sprite, it can get confusing. There are even ...

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