It sounds like Authorware thinks the movies are accessed with variables and
it isn't telling OBP the right thing. OBP can't publish files that are
accessed with variables because it doesn't know what the contents of the
variable will be at runtime. Try this out... Select "Window / External Media
Browser" from the main menu; select one of the movies that does not publish.
Is the radio button for Type say Literal or Expression? If it's expression
then OBP won't publish it to the AAM file or copy it to the published files
folder. If the movie files are in a subfolder called media then the file
named mymovie.wmv should appear as .\Media\mymovie.wmv

HTH,
Mike
====================
Mike Baker
Adobe Community Expert
mike-baker@cox.net

"Amanda Viers" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:f1qssd$qgq$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Erik,
>
> I checked the aam file and it hasn't written any of the problem wmvs. I
see
> the lines for the wmv's that did publish properly, but the ones that are
giving
> me the warning are not in the aam file at all.
>
> I tried moving these videos to the root of my folder so they are in the
same
> folder as my a7p file, but it still didn't find those videos.
>
> I added FileLocation^"Media" to my search path and it still cannot find
these
> videos. I am about ready to throw this file out the window. I cannot
figure
> out what could possibly be causing this issue on just some of the videos.
They
> are all wmv files and are all within the media folder. The only thing
that I
> am thinking of trying is creating a subfolder within the Media folder b/c
the
> majority of the videos that work are in Media/Cas_Videos or a path like
that,
> where it seems that the majority of the videos that don't work are just in
> Media.
>
> Amanda
>
>
> [q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> The .aam file is one of the files published by the OBP process. You can
> open that with any text editor (notepad is likely best) and edit. It
> couldn't hurt to look at that and see if it's referencing the movie
> files properly (location and name), but I don't think it's the problem
now.
>
> For some reason, your file seems to be looking for and trying to play
> MPG files instead of the WMV files specified in the movie icon. That's
> very weird - especially since they play properly during authoring. I've
> never seen that before.
>
> Since the published file can't find the movies, it's looking in some
> default locations then ultimately asking where, and seems to be
> suggesting the Macromedia folder. So it's not picking up the location of
> these movies when published. I think there's something funky with the
> way your movie icons are linked to the movies, especially considering
> the odd broken/not broken thing you mentioned earlier.
>
> One thing you could try is in Modify > File > Properties > Interaction >
> Search Path - include the name of the folder where you movies are
> located. I think such folders have to have quotes, but not sure. Maybe
try
> FileLocation^"MyMovieFolder"
>
> Where are these movies? In a subfolder? Maybe just try moving them to
> the same location as the published file? I believe that's one of the
> default search locations so maybe the published file will find
> them...but that's not a real solution for web-packaged.
>
> Does the file work properly when packaged as an .exe?
> Erik
>
> Amanda Viers wrote:
> > One button publishing completes with warnings. I copied the media
files
> over
> > and go to run the piece and it is looking for the videos in mpg format
> instead
> > of wav in some weird folder on my c: drive. I think it is the program
> folder
> > for macromedia or something like that. (Sorry, I am away from my home
> computer
> > where all these files are, so the description is a little vague). If I
> > navigate to the folder in the published directory, change the format of
the
> > file it is looking for to wmv and click the movie, it will then play
the
> movie.
> > How can I directly change the aam outside of OBP because that would be
a
> > really easy fix for me if I can just go in the aam and point to the
correct
> > location?
> >
> > Amanda
> >
>