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› June 19, 2002
QTVR in Flash MX
You may not have been wondering, but I did some testing, and it seems QTVR files can be imported into Flash MX, but they are converted by the Sorenson importer into a regular MOV file. So, if you have a QTVR file which allows the user to rotate an object in 3D space (for example), it will end up as a movie of the object rotating the full 360 degrees, but without the QTVR controls which allow movement control (sideways and up/down), and without zoom/pan.
As a somewhat recent lawsuit has revealed, the compresion schemes are different between sorenson apple and sorenson macromedia. I wonder if this is why Macromedia's documentation of the exporter is a bit thin compaired to other aspects of Flash MX.
The good news is that QTVR files CAN be imported - this is a nice feature to have, especially considering that supporting them fully would probably be a whole other ball of wax, I'm glad that at least a workaround is available.
To make things very complicated, Flash files can be brought into Quicktime and Quicktime (VR or otherwise) can be brought into Flash. This means that you can have a QTVR file which takes advantage of custom made Flash interface elements. Those elements can be "hotspoted" wtihin the QTVR movie. Confused? There are some interesting experements to be found along this thought.
Comments
1. November 15, 2002 03:49 AM
2. December 6, 2002 03:38 PM
david Posted…
i would like to see some examples of quicktime vr playing inside swf3. December 10, 2002 03:55 PM
jon Posted…
Hello? what is the workaround, numbnuts?!4. December 10, 2002 04:03 PM
Nate Posted…
Flattery will get you nowhere–get director mx5. January 28, 2003 01:36 PM
jim Posted…
"Test"6. April 15, 2003 10:01 AM
shannon Posted…
the experiments link at the bottom of the article is broke, does anyoine else have any links to sites that offfer more on this subject? i have tried importing with no luck QTVR into mac version of MX.....7. April 15, 2003 10:56 PM
jota Posted…
good8. October 27, 2003 05:13 PM
Mike Posted…
I want to see some examples of QTVR working inside a .swf file, too. I have never been able to get them to work, either.
9. March 3, 2004 08:12 AM
Tim Murray Posted…
I have a tutorial on this here:
http://www.gmg.com.au/articles/extras/tutorials.html
And a technology demo here:
http://www.gmg.com.au/articles/media/new-media-a-0003.html
10. March 19, 2004 01:05 PM
Francisco Rivero Posted…
I have a Quicktime VR movie already done 400x340. Could I resize this file to 300x200 ? if the answer is yes, which is the best software to do this?
11. July 19, 2004 03:21 PM
steven Posted…
I am building my homepage in flash, i have quicktime vr file but i am having a problem embedding the .mov file, normal .mov videos seem to work but not qtvr .mov files. I have flash mx and quicktime pro 6. what settings do i need in quicktime or does the problem lay in flash mx, is there solution for this? thanks
12. July 19, 2004 03:36 PM
Jeff Posted…
Yeah, so a company paid me about 5k to figure this one out...and I only found a partial solution (they knew it wouldn't pretty). I can't tell you how I did it, but I can tell it isn't as simple as most of us would like it to be. If you do your research about the VR appz you'll see why it isn't as smooth as it should be. Thank MS! :)
13. March 18, 2005 12:54 AM
Adam Posted…
I can not get my QTVR files to import... How do you do it.. is there an update..a plugin.. is there a app to convert qtvr to swf.. or mpeg or anything... right now I am breaking them down into frames with an app called qtvr2mov then putting then putting them into window movie maker to make one crappy movie.. but its the only way I get a rotating movie into flash.... Any ideas...
14. March 18, 2005 01:13 AM
jeff yamada Posted…
Pick up the O'Rielly "Flash Hacks". It has a little tutorial on how to replicate QTVR
15. January 23, 2006 05:53 PM
Sparatik Posted…
In response to the questions "can you import QTVR into flash and export as SWF?" - What I have found out is, yes and no. You can import OBJECT VR and export as SWF (check out links above) but currently there is no way to import a panoramic VR (360degrees) and export as SWF. I have been scouring the web hoping to find someone who has figured out how to do this, but with no luck. Any ideas?
16. April 26, 2006 05:06 PM
shane Posted…
Don't know if this helps but there's a link in my website to a qtvr object which I managed to convert to flash video. I've placed it in the 3D / samples area of my site. Take a look and if it's the kind of thing you're interested in, drop me a line. As pointed out above, there are problems with the controllers, for example, I can use them when I check the site from my home machine, but many people don't even see the video! Working on a way to fix this, feedback would be appreciated
Jacek Posted…
well.. I love wired QTVRs but still can not;-) Just imported whole pano as QTVR, got question on frames extention-adjustment–confirmed, but when exporting as QT movie pano is dead (single image). Are there other software to effectivelly wire QT with Flash