package {

	

	  import flash.display.*; 

	  import flash.events.*;

	  import flash.utils.*; //for timer

	  import flash.text.*;

	  import flash.net.*

          import flash.xml.*

	  import ToolTip;

	  import cart;

	  import drawerHandle;

	  import stopDragEvent;

	 

	  public dynamic class drawer extends MovieClip 

	{

          etc. . . .

function mouseDownHandler(event:MouseEvent):void

{

	 

	MovieClip(event.target).startDrag();

	var draggedObject = DisplayObject(event.target);

	stage.addChild(draggedObject);

}

function mouseUpHandler(event:MouseEvent):void

{

	event.target.stopDrag();

	 

}

square1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

square1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);

square2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseDownHandler);

square2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, mouseUpHandler);

square1.useHandCursor=true;

square2.buttonMode=true;

//square1.useHandCursor=false; //use to turn OFF hand cursor on a button

A SCORM-ready template: Part 8E - Add the video player to your learning module

If you are in a hurry, here are two ready-to-use pieces of player code to choose from. All you need to do is choose one, edit a few lines and drop the code into your page. You will need a playlist for both of them, although it can be very simple for the single file player. Save the playlist to the media folder (there is probably a sample one there already in newer modules).

1. Single file player
   
   Just add this code to the body of your document. The player will show up wherever you put the div with the id="player". If you want more than one player on a page, give them each different id's and change the ID in the "so.write" statement at the end of the list of parameters. Everything else has been included for you in the common files. If the player is not showing up, copy the latest common folders to your module that is under development.
   

   
   
   <div id="player"></div>
   
   <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">Get the Flash Player</a> to see this player.</p>
   
   <script type="text/javascript">
   
   var so = new SWFObject('includes/jw_media_player/mediaplayer.swf','playlist','320','260','7'); //modify the width and height settings here - this is the dimensions of the player, not the video. Add 20 to show controls below video instead of superimposed.
   
   so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
   
   so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
   
   so.addVariable('displayheight','240'); 
   
   so.addVariable('displaywidth','320'); //this is the height of the video itself.
   
   so.addVariable('file','media/playlist.xml'); //edit this line if you have changed the name of your playlist or have more than one.
   
   so.addVariable('backcolor','0x6CA6E3');
   
   so.addVariable('lightcolor','0x155393');
   
   so.addVariable('showstop','true');
   
   so.addVariable('overstretch','true');
   
   so.write('player');//this is the id of the element (div or p) the player will appear in. 
   
   </script>
   
   



2. Multiple files or multiple chapters player:
   If you have a single long video that you want to break into chapters or sections, OR if you have several separate files, including audio, video, or images, you can use this version of the player. You will need to create a playlist, and if you want preview images and/or thumbnails, you'll need to create those as well, save them to the "media" folder, then add them to the playlist, one for each item. If you leave out the "Image" tag in the playlist, the player will simply close up that space in the menu and not show any images. The images do not need to be sized exactly: the player resizes them to fit.

   multiChapterPlayer

   
    <div id="player"></div>
   
   <script type="text/javascript">
     var so = new SWFObject('includes/jw_media_player/mediaplayer.swf','media/playlist.xml','500','240','7');
     so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
     so.addParam('bufferlength','1');
     so.addVariable('displayheight','220');
     so.addVariable('displaywidth','280');
     so.addVariable('file','media/playlist.xml');
     so.addVariable('image','media/intro2.jpg');
     so.addVariable('height','240');
     so.addVariable('width','500');
     so.addVariable('backcolor','0x6CA6E3');
     so.addVariable('lightcolor','0x155393');
     so.addVariable('autoscroll','true');
     so.addVariable('thumbsinplaylist','true');
     so.addVariable('rotatetime','100');
     so.addVariable('shuffle','false');
     so.addVariable('overstretch','true');
     so.write('player');
     </script>
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   Posted by ellen at 8:54 PM

A SCORM-ready template: Part 8D - Create a Captions file for the Jeroen Media Player

Creating a captions file

Creating synced captions using Subtitle Workshop

In my opinion, Subtitle Workshop has the best interface for creating and editing captions quickly and accurately. Its key-commands make the whole process go very fast. However to use it, you will have to export a copy of your video to one of the formats that it can read. Fortunately this includes a lot of formats: avi, wmv, quicktime, mpg, mpeg, mp4 - and chances are you have one of them laying around as an intermediate step in creating your video. The one format it does NOT read at this time is FLV. The captioning clip must use the same framerate as your intended final version.

Note: Captionate will read FLV, but even Captionate plays MPEG more smoothly, and will offer to convert your file before use.

1. Install Subtitle Workshop (it is available on the shared drive in "Ellen Software")
   
2. Download THIS FILE and unzip it.


3. Put the file "JW_FLV_player_asp.cfp" in
   C:\Program Files\URUSoft\Subtitle Workshop\CustomFormats


4. Open Subtitle Workshop


5. Begin by creating a new subtitle file. Selecting File>New Subtitle. This will add your first caption row.


6. Set Input Frames per Second and Frames per Second to equal the frame rate of your video.


7. Select File>Save. Since this is your first save, Subtitle Workshop will ask you what format you want to use. Temporarily, choose SAMI captioning. We will change this at the end, using a custom format, but choosing SAMI will enable you to save without some additional steps.

   Next you will be asked for a location and filename. I usually choose a filename similar to the video filename, so I can keep track of what captions go with what video.

8. Select Movie>Open, and find the video file you want to caption. The video will start playing, so if you aren't ready to start captioning yet, type control-spacebar to pause the video. Control-spacebar toggles between play/pause.


9. Select the first caption row (it may already be selected). Hit control-spacebar to start the video. Listen to a single phrase, then pause the video by hitting control-spacebar again. Immediately type Alt-V to set the duration of the first caption.


10. Click in the large text field under the caption row. This is where you will type what you hear. As you type, the caption will appear in the "Text" column in the selected caption row.


11. When you have finished the first line, hit the Insert key to create a new caption row.


12. Type control-spacebar to start the video again. Try to memorize the key sequence: control-space to play, control-space to pause , Alt-V to set the duration. It will make the captioning process go much more smoothly.
13. When you reach the end of the video, you will need to save the file to a custom format to create the correct playlist structure. Follow the directions carefully to navigate this somewhat confusing aspect of Subtitle Workshop.

14. Select File>Save As from the File menu.
    In the Save As dialog, click the Custom Format button.

    

    
    

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15. The Custom formats window will open. Click the Load project button.

    

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16. The Open dialog appears. If you aren't there already, navigate to the Custom Formats folder where you dropped the JW_FLV_player_asp.cfp file in Step 3. Select that file and click Open.

    

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17. The Open window will disappear and you will be back on the Custom Formats window. The settings for the JW FLV Player format will be showing. Click the Save button.

    

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18. The Save dialog will appear. Navigate to the "media" folder of your learning module, type a filename in the File name area, and click the Save button.

    

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    The Save window will close and you will be dropped back into the Custom formats window again, which can be very confusing. Simply click the Cancel button.

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19. The Custom formats window will close, and you will be back on the Save as window. Simply click the Cancel button AGAIN! This will return you to the captioning screen. Your file is now saved as an ASP file.

    

20. There is one more important step. Browse to the asp file you just created in a web browser.

21. Once you see the page, select "View Source" in your browser. Select the source and copy it.

22. Open Notepad, and paste the text into it. Save as "yourcaptionsfile.xml" in the media folder.

    The reason for this is that most caption formats do not require a calculated duration, so Subtitle workshop does not provlde a way to generate one. It generates start and stop points for each caption line. So, the custom format file you created outputs instructions in visual basic to calculate those durations. When you browsed the .asp file you creaed with Subtitle workshop, the server executed those visual basic commands, and output the durations in the source. Your XML file is now complete.

A SCORM-ready template: Part 8C - Create a Playlist file

The Playlist

A playlist is an XML file that tells the player the order of files or chapters to play, and contains metadata for each item, such as title, author, duration, file format, location, etc.

The media player understands the following XSPF tags:

MEANING	TAG
streaming folder or actual file if streaming is not being used	<location>
Title that will be displayed in the chapter menu	<title>
link to more information	<info>
filename of video file, including extension	<identifier>
full or relative path to thumbnail image	<image>
author (displayed in chapter menu)
duration in hours:min:sec	<meta rel="duration">00:03:30</meta>
format: RTMP or FLV (streaming or non-streaming)	<type>
start time (in seconds)	<meta rel="start">0</meta>
full or relative path to captions file	<link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

A sample XSPF playlist for a single video with no chapters is shown below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

  <playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">

  <trackList>

  <!--red5.mcit.med.umich.edu = 141.214.83.38-->

  <!--red502.mcit.med.umich.edu = 141.214.83.48-->

  <track>

  <title>Introduction: 3:31</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/criticalincident</location>

  <identifier>ManagingViolence.flv</identifier>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <!--<link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>-->

  <!--<meta rel="start">0</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:03:30</meta>-->

</track>


</trackList>

  </playlist>

Sample xpsf playlist for a video with multiple chapters:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

  <playlist version="1" xmlns="http://xspf.org/ns/0/">

  <trackList>


  <track>


  <title>Introduction: 3:31</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location>

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <image>media/introChild.jpg</image>

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

  <meta rel="start">0</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:03:30</meta>

  </track>


 <track>

  <title>Pediatric Setting: 4:44</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location>

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier>

  <image>media/pediatricSetting.jpg</image>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

  <meta rel="start">212</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:04:44</meta>

  </track>

  


  <track>

  <title>Adolescent Setting: 3:20</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location>

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier>

  <image>media/adolescentSetting.jpg</image>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

  <meta rel="start">506</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:03:20</meta> 

  


  </track> 

  


  <track> 

  <title>GYN Setting: 4:22 </title> 

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location> 

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier> 

  <image>media/gynSetting.jpg</image> 

  <type>rtmpt</type> 

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link> 

  <meta rel="start">787</meta> 

  <meta rel="duration">00:04:39</meta> 

  


  </track>


  


  <track>


  <title>Primary Care Setting: 4:22</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location>

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier>

  <image>media/primaryCare.jpg</image>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

  <meta rel="start">947</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:04:22</meta>

  


  </track>

  <track>

  <title>Special Considerations 6:03</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location>

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier>

  <image>media/specialCons.jpg</image>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

  <meta rel="start">1213</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:06:03</meta>

  


  </track>


  <track>


  <title>Institutional Change: 3:20</title>

  <location>rtmpt://red502.mcit.med.umich.edu:80/oflaDemo/abusePhys</location>

  <identifier>243.abuse.flv</identifier>

  <image>media/institutionalChange.jpg</image>

  <type>rtmpt</type>

  <link rel="captions">media/abuse.xml</link>

  <meta rel="start">1578</meta>

  <meta rel="duration">00:03:20</meta>

  


  </track>


 </trackList>


  </playlist>

A SCORM-ready template: Part 8B - Create an FLV clip and a wmv clip for captioning.

Select the destination folder

1. To add Flash Video to your learning module, start by creating your FLV file. You can use any encoder that will output an FLV - probably the easiest to start with is Adobe's Flash CS3 Video Encoder.

   

   
2. Open the Encoder Application and select Preferences from the Help menu (if on windows). Set "Place Output files in:" to

    
   \\red5server.com\Red5\webapps\oflaDemo\streams\yourmodule
   

   

   Navigate to EDrive

   

   then to "Red5"

   
   
   ...then to "oflaDemo/streams". Click Make New Folder.
   Name your folder with the learning module topic.
   Click OK.
   

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   Encode Video files

   
   Drag your video file in to the encoder window.

3. Drag your video clip into the Flash Video Encoder. Set the output settings at Flash 8 Medium Quality. To ensure it plays well on weaker computers, type "250" in the Max data rate box. To view quality comparisons between various settings on the same video clip, see this test page

   Set the in and out points if you need to crop off opening or closing footage. You can also do this in the playlist by setting a start point and a duration, without altering the video file.
   Settings
   

4. Click "Start Queue" to begin the conversion process. This will encode the file and save it directly to the streaming server.

   
   Click "Start Queue"

   Posted by ellen at 8:43 PM

A SCORM-ready template: Part 8A - Adding Flash Video to your learning module

What files are required to add video to your learning module?

The player we are using for embedding streaming media into the SCORM template. is the Jeroen Wigering media player. Some of the necessary files are already included in the template and do not need to be touched:

1. includes/mediaPlayer.swf (already included in template) this file generates the player according to the settings you include in the content page.
   
2. js/swfObject.js (see for more info on swfObject this file contains the code necessary to avoid the ActiveX problem with embedded SWFs in Internet Explorer, and generates embed code used by other browsers. A reference to this file already exists in the head of each module page, so you do not need to include it again.
   

The rest of the necessary files must be created or edited:

1. A video clip, encoded to FLV format.


2. media/playlist.xml (a sample is included: you will need to edit this one or generate a new one)
   


3. media/captions.xml (a sample is included: you will need to create your own.)
   
   


4. pageXX.htm (your content page)
   some code must be added to your content page to position and configure the player.

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Click chapter links below to learn how to create the necessary files.

No sound on Flash player 9 on some PC's

We had a problem with some people not being able to hear the sound on Flash videos, even after adjusting all their volume controls carefully. It turns out that sometimes the correct settings don't get written to the registry when the flash player is installed.

Thanks to "512jones" in the Adobe forums, we have the following fix:

No bootable device --insert boot disk and press any key error on Intel iMac

I came back from a trip, turned on my iMac, only to see a black screen with a DOS-like prompt: "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key."

It did not seem likely that the hard drive had already died, but I thought perhaps it was getting confused because I had a lot of USB and firewire devices plugged in. I pulled all the plugs and cables and restarted. Same error! I then tried restarting with the Leopard install CD in the slot, but got the same message.

It turned out that when I had re-imaged my Acer computer last week, using the restore DVD, I had changed the "Startup Disk" settings to the DVD drive. Seems like it USED to be the case that if you switched the startup disk to the CD/DVD drive, then started up again with no disk in the drive, it would revert to the main hard drive, but apparently this is no longer the case. Instead you get the ugly error message. Not even a sad mac face or an empty folder icon.

I further complicated the issue by having pulled the USB cable for the keyboard when I pulled all the others, and could not figure out why holding down the Option key did nothing! However this was soon sorted out, and holding down the Option key did allow selection of the main system drive. As soon as the computer rebooted, it was possible to select System Preferences: Startup Disk: Mac HD, and all was well again.

Synch video with slides in Adobe Presenter

In my search for the best way to synch video with slides, I've tried a number of different software packages. At this time, I've settled on the Rich Media Project's flash extensions as the most reliable way to create synched presentations, but I'm always looking for a better way.

When I came across Adobe Presenter, it seemed like another promising tool for this purpose, and possibly easier for clients to use than anything else so far.

Unfortunately it does not yet seem to be the case, at least not yet. When I tried to sync a video of a lecture with a powerpoint using Presenter, it proved to be a hopelessly frustrating and tedious task.

I want the video to appear in the sidebar, not just on a single slide, and it should continue throughout the presentation, across all the slides. There is no instruction for this type of video use in the various help files, but as far as I could tell, the "official" way to do this was to import the video on every single slide, then use the in/out points in the video preview to trim the duration of the video on each slide. A very tedious process and one that would probably magnify the size of the finished file by about 3000% because of the repeated imports. The death-blow to this approach is that the trim preview works quite poorly at this time, jumping back to the starting point whenever the current time pointer is moved. It is too buggy to be of much use.

Thanks to leo_leoon the Adobe Connect forum there may be a better way, although it still requires finding the time points manually for each slide.

"There is an indirect way to do this :

1. Import the video you want to import on slide from where you want video to start playing and publish the presentation

See /data / viewer.xml . Copy the video tag within slide tag and paste it to slides where you want the video and modify start and stop time accordingly

This way you will be using single video and there you can modify time when to play and on which slide ."

The milk contamination scandal in China

In thinking about the current Chinese milk scandle, the reference that comes to mind is Edward G. Robinson's movie, "Brother Orchid," about a gangster who hides out in a monastery, and while there, improves their dairy's milk production by adding buckets of water to the milk.

The difference is that Little Johnny Sarto never added anything poisonous to the milk to hide what he had done. Unfortunately, in the modern-day version of this story, that's exactly what was done. Perhaps they got the idea from the melamine-laced gluten scandal that killed a lot of pets. It's hard to believe they didn't think it would ever come out.

So why add melamine to watered-down milk? According to ScienceBase, Melamine is an organic compound, with a high nitrogen content, used in fire retardants because its nitrogen is released as nitrogen gas when it is burned.

Acute exposure to melamine can cause cancer or reproductive damage. But even low-dose but chronic exposure to melamine can lead to bladder or kidney stones, bladder cancer and kidney failure.

According to this article in the Christian Science Monitor, the scandal points out a problem in Chinese business ethics or the business culture, probably akin to things that used to go on in the U.S., and one could say, probably still are (the reluctance of the government to ensure that the beef industry has instituted safe practices against Mad Cow disease for example).