Video
Add an MP4 video player to your movie. Videos are too large to be included in the project file so only links to videos are supported. When exported to HTML, the HTML page will attempt to play the video using HTML5. If this is not available, or if MP4 is not supported, Flash is used. If Flash is not installed then a link to the video is provided for download.
The video on the left is the test video. Turn on the video player in preferences to see the video in the player. The video on the right is courtesy of http://www.bigbuckbunny.org.
Unfortunately the video player is currently unavailable in OS X, however the video player in the HTML export will still work correctly.
Codecs
To play videos in Hippani Animator you may need to download the correct video codec. We recommend K-Lite codec pack.
MIME Types
When hosting video on a server or localhost. Make sure you add the correct MIME type for the .mp4 extension. The MIME type is 'video/mp4'.
Properties
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MP4 URL
• The URL or filename of an MP4 video. This can be an absolute or relative URL, or a video file on your computer. The video player in Hippani Animator will play any video format if the video codec is available. However, the HTML export expects and MP4 file.
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Alternate WebM URL
• The URL or filename of a WebM video. This can be an absolute or relative URL, or a video file on your computer. Adding an alternate WebM URL, is for rare occasions when MP4 is not supported by HTML5 or Adobe® Flash®.
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Alternate Ogg URL
• The URL of an external Ogg file.
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Loop
• When the video has finished playing it will start again. This feature may not be available on mobile devices.
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Auto Play
• The video will automatically start playing. This feature may not be available on mobile devices.
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Show Controls
• Show the video controls.
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Disable Menu
• Disable the right click menu, making it harder to save a copy of the video.
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Preview Image
• An image to be shown before the video is played.
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Preview Image Scale
• How the preview image scales to fit the video.
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On End
• The script to be executed when the video ends. This script is only executed when 'Loop' is off.
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Embed
• Embed any image data in the HTML export.
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Script
Open Video
• Open a video. You must set a 'Script ID' value for the video in the timeline.
OpenVideo("Script ID","http://",Loop:Boolean,AutoPlay:Boolean,ShowControls:Boolean);
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Close Video
• Close video video. You must set a 'Script ID' value for the video in the timeline.
CloseVideo("Script ID");
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Video Play
• Play the video from the start.
VideoPlay("Script ID");
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Video Pause
• Pause the video.
VideoPause("Script ID");
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Video Resume
• Resume playing the video.
VideoResume("Script ID");
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Video Stop
• Stop the video.
VideoStop("Script ID");
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Video Get Duration
• Get the duration of the video, in seconds.
VideoGetDuration("Script ID");
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Video Get Position
• Get the position of the video, in seconds.
VideoGetPosition("Script ID");
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Video Set Position
• Set the position of the video, in seconds.
VideoSetPosition("Script ID",Seconds:Number);
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Video Get Volume
• Get the volume of the video, 0-100.
VideoGetVolume("Script ID");
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Video Set Volume
• Set the volume of the video, 0-100.
VideoSetVolume("Script ID",Volume:Number);
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Video Can Play
• Test to see if MP4, OGG or WEBM video formats are supported natively by the web browser. The response is probably, maybe or an empty value.
VideoCanPlay("Extension");
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if(VideoCanPlay("webm"){
OpenVideo("MyVideo","MyVideo.webm",false,true,true);
}
Adobe® Flash® Player Security
Some web browser such as Firefox and Opera may require Adobe® Flash® to play sound and video. If a security warning is shown you will need to change Adobe® Flash® security settings. Adobe® Flash® blocks advanced features when run directly from a computer.
If there is no security warning, right click anywhere in flash and choose 'Global Settings'.
Open the settings from the warning, choose advanced and add the export folder to the list of trusted locations. Sometimes it's easier to add the whole C:\ drive to the list of trusted locations. This won't be a problem when the page is hosted on the internet.
