Steve,

So I tried that with 2 of the offending icons, but they are still doing the
same thing. I did notice that the previous author attached a calculation icon
to the movies that says "ambummonvid := IconID". And then in the play option,
there is a calculation icon with the current code:

pause := FALSE
MediaPlay(IconID@"ambummonvid")
Checked@"Playw14" := TRUE
Checked@"Pausew14" := FALSE
Checked@"continuew14" := FALSE

I don't know if this is what Amy was referring to when she asked if I was
using variables, but am wondering if something in this could be causing the
problem.

> pause := FALSE
> MediaPlay(IconID@"ambummonvid")
> Checked@"Playw14" := TRUE
> Checked@"Pausew14" := FALSE
> Checked@"continuew14" := FALSE
>
> I don't know if this is what Amy was referring to when she asked if I was
> using variables, but am wondering if something in this could be causing
> the
> problem.
>

I wouldn't expect it to cause the problems you describe. Looks like the
developer was 'talking' to some buttons used to control the video -
play/pause/continue. Should not do anything to your movies themselves.

Just so I'm understanding correctly. This works fine before you publish?

Steve

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Steve,

This works fine before publishing. In Author mode, everything runs perfectly.

Amanda

The problem is just during publishing?
If OBP is just having problems with these lines but does complete, that
sucks, but not a big deal. Just copy the movie directory to the
published folder yourself.

However, if this problem means OBP never completes, so your project
never publishes - that's a problem. Does it finish? If so, are the movie
lines present in the .aam file? If so, you're probably ok if the only
need is to manually copy the movies to the published folder...

If not, you could probably work around it all by going with the not-OBP
(traditional) method of web-packaging and manually editing your .aam
files as needed...
Erik

Amanda Viers wrote:
> I have inherited an application from someone and I have fixed all of the
> problems and am going to publish the piece. When I run the application in
> Authorware, all of the media files play and it looks great. If I go to
> Window>External Media, everything is showing up as linked properly. It does
> not appear that I have any broken links. When I go to publish the application
> for the web, I am getting warnings. On almost all of the videos, I get the
> following message:
> "Copying moviename.wmv.
> Warning: moviename.wmv does not exist."
>
> I can not figure out why my videos will not copy. I have a couple that
> complete successfully, but I can't figure out what is different about those
> files. They are all wmv files and are all in the same location. I have
> unlinked my publish settings more times than I care to remember. I have tried
> copying all of my icons to a new file and publishing from a new file. It
> continues to do the same thing. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Amanda
>

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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

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
>

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The movies are in a subfolder "Media". I will try moving them to the root.
There are about 30 videos with this file. I will try your suggestions tonight
when I can access the files. I believe that I tested the exe file and the
movies were not playing correctly, but with so many repubs of this file, I
couldn't swear to it. This file really isn't making sense to me and I am
having such a hard time coming up with what could be wrong.

Thank you so much for all of the suggestions!!!!

Amanda

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
>

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http://www.capemedia.net
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[/q]

Is there any difference between the lengths of the file names that work and
those that don't?

Thanks;

Amy

"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
> >
>
> --
> Erik Lord
> http://www.capemedia.net
> Adobe Community Expert - Authorware
> http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/
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> *Search the A'ware newsgroup archives*
> http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.authorware
> [/q]
>
>
>

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
> >
>