SlideShowPro for Flash includes an integrated media player that appears when a video is loaded, or an album contains background audio. If a video is loaded in an album containing audio, audio playback will shut off and the media player will change to its video playback interface. The player will then revert back to its audio interface, and restart audio, when reaching an image thereafter.
When video or audio is detected, the media player will slide up from the bottom and remain visible for five seconds. The player will then move itself out of the way, but can be brought back anytime by moving the mouse pointer near where the player used to be.
Visibility / position options include MEDIA PLAYER/Position (which allows you to place the media player at the top) and MEDIA PLAYER/Appearance (which allows to you not auto-hide the player, as well as remove it from view altogether).
By default, the media player's width is equal to the total width of your SlideShowPro for Flash instance minus 20%. To make it wider or narrower, alter MEDIA PLAYER/Scale to any value from 0-100 in AS2, 0-1 in AS3. The media player's height is automatically calculated using the height of the play/pause button, as well as the point size of the duration text field at the far right.
Videos playback in SlideShowPro for Flash differently than imagery. Most notably, videos do not adhere to the TRANSITION/Pause parameter. SlideShowPro for Flash instead uses the duration of the video itself to decide how long the content should remain view. For that reason, auto-playback (if enabled when a video is loaded) is shut off whenever a video loads.
What happens when a video completes is dependent on how PLAYBACK/Display Mode is initially set. If set to "Auto," SlideShowPro for Flash will restart auto-playback and load the next piece of slideshow content in queue. If set to "Manual," your video will simply stop.
By default, video's automatically start when enough data has been buffered to begin playback. If however you'd prefer to not auto-start, you can turn this off through VIDEO/Auto Start. With this set to "Off," SlideShowPro for Flash will attempt to load a preview graphic associated with the video (through the XML), and display a play button in the center of the video. Clicking the button starts the video and removes the preview. The play button then reappears when reaching the end of a video (if stopped), and restarts the video when clicked.
By default, SlideShowPro for Flash will stop playback of your album's audio when it reaches the end of the MP3 file. If you would like to change this behavior (so the audio loops back to the beginning every time it finishes), change the AUDIO/Loop property in the Component Inspector to "On."
The AUDIO/Pause parameter controls whether your audio stops when a user clicks the display mode playback button in the navigation. It is set to "On" by default, which means the audio will stop when slideshow playback stops. Set this to "Off" if you'd rather it continue.
By default, audio automatically loads and begins playback assigned to an album. If you'd prefer to not not auto-start the audio, and would rather let your user's turn it on if they want it, set AUDIO/Auto Start to "Off". The audio caption (see below) will display a message informing users that audio is available for the album. You may modify this text through the textStrings parameter.
When audio is loaded, SlideShowPro for Flash reads the ID3 metadata inside your MP3 file and displays the song title and artist attribution in a text field to the right of the playback button. If you'd rather not display ID3 data, simply add an audio caption for your MP3 in the XML (or through Director's "Audio" tab in Edit Album). This will override the ID3 data. For instructions on adding audio, see Content loading and creation.