Defining streaming media commands

In a streaming media file, command markers can be used to display headlines, show captions, link to Web sites, or any other function you define.

Several command types are included that you may add to a streaming media file. Some command types are exclusive to either the Windows Media or the RealMedia file types.

Command

Player Type

Description

URL

Windows Media

Indicates when an instruction is sent to the user’s Internet browser to change the content being

 

and RealMedia

displayed. With this command, you enter the URL that displays at a specific time during the

 

 

rendered project’s playback.

 

 

 

TEXT

Windows Media

Displays text in the captioning area of the Windows Media Player located below the video

 

 

display area. You enter the text that displays during playback.

 

 

Note: To view captions during playback in Windows Media Player 9, choose Captions and

 

 

Subtitles from the Windows Media Player Play menu, and then choose On if Available from the

 

 

submenu.

 

 

 

WMClosedCaption

Windows Media

Displays the entered text in the captioning window defined by an HTML layout file.

 

 

 

WMTextBodyText

Windows Media

Displays the entered text in the text window defined by an HTML layout page.

 

 

 

WMTextHeadline

Windows Media

Displays the entered text in the headline window defined by an HTML layout file.

 

 

 

Title

RealMedia

Displays the entered text on the player’s title bar.

 

 

Note: When rendering Windows Media files, title information is based on the settings on the

 

 

Summary tab of the ACID Project Properties dialog or the Index/Summary tab of the Custom

 

 

Template dialog. The summary information from the Project Properties dialog will be used if

 

 

information has been specified in both places.

 

 

To view this information during playback, choose Now Playing Options from the Windows

 

 

Media Player View menu and select the items you want to display.

 

 

 

Author

RealMedia

Displays the entered text (author’s name) when a user selects About this Presentation from

 

 

the RealPlayer shortcut menu or Properties from the Windows Media shortcut menu.

 

 

Note: When rendering Windows Media files, author information is based on the settings on the

 

 

Summary tab of the ACID Project Properties dialog or the Index/Summary tab of the Custom

 

 

Template dialog. The summary information from the Project Properties dialog will be used if

 

 

information has been specified in both places.

 

 

To view this information during playback, choose Now Playing Options from the Windows

 

 

Media Player View menu and select the items you want to display.

 

 

 

Copyright

RealMedia

Displays the entered copyright information when a user selects About this Presentation from

 

 

the RealPlayer shortcut menu or Properties from the Windows Media shortcut menu.

 

 

Note: When rendering Windows Media files, copyright information is based on the settings on

 

 

the Summary tab of the ACID Project Properties dialog or the Index/Summary tab of the Custom

 

 

Template dialog. The summary information from the Project Properties dialog will be used if

 

 

information has been specified in both places.

 

 

To view this information during playback, choose Now Playing Options from the Windows

 

 

Media Player View menu and select the items you want to display.

 

 

 

Adjusting tempo to match cursor to marker

Position the cursor, right-click the marker tab, and choose Adjust tempo to match cursor to marker from the shortcut menu. The project tempo changes so that the cursor position matches the selected command marker.

Deleting command markers

To delete a command marker, right-click the marker and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Working with regions

Regions are useful tools that allow you to subdivide your project into time sections by designating in and out points along the timeline. Regions can function as permanent time selections for playback and editing purposes. Like markers, regions can serve as reference points and may be moved, named, and provide snap points for the cursor and events.

When you place regions, they are automatically numbered in the order that you place them.

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