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Controlling digital video playback with Lingo

The following are ways you can control digital video with Lingo.

To turn on looping in a digital video cast member, set the digital video's loop cast member property to TRUE. See loop (cast member property).

To determine the current time of a digital video sprite, check the sprite's currentTime property. See currentTime.

To pause a digital video sprite, set the sprite's movieRate property to 0. See movieRate.

To start a paused digital video sprite, set the sprite's movieRate property to 1. See movieRate.

To play a digital video sprite in reverse, set the sprite's movieRate property to -1. See movieRate.

To rewind a digital video sprite to the beginning, set the sprite's movieTime property to 0. See movieTime.

To control a digital video sprite's playback rate, set the sprite's movieRate property to the desired rate. See movieRate.

To mix QuickTime audio tracks with internal Director sounds (necessary only in Windows), use the soundDevice system property to specify QT3Mix.See soundDevice.