Hi!
I was asked if it is possible to include in any way video images into a tour. Actually I have images in avi, but there is no problem in transforming them in any other format. Does anybody know if it is possible or is there a way to do this.
Thanks for your help or advice.

Regards, Martin

Martin,

ATM there isn't a way to do this directly with Tourweaver but it would be quite easy to fake it in using HTML and screen shots of the original skin and viewer window. Possibly the easiest most convincing way would be to use an iframe.

Regards, Smooth

Hi, Smooth!

I knew that you would find a way to do it, or at least a "go around" (??) method. The procedure you suggest, is it easy to perform with a minimum (or almost zero) of scripting knowledge??

Thanks, Martin

The basic concept would be to do something like this.

http://smooth360.com/temp/video/

You would make a html link (using the _self option) in the "real tour" skin to another page that has a screen capture (or better) of your tour skin and within the viewer area you would have the video shown via an iFrame (inline frame) meaning you could replace of have multiple videos called into the same iFrame. Simply make another button to link back to the "real" virtual tour.

Really, now that Tourweaver can output in flash it would be a relative easy task to add a "streaming video" option to the preexisting viewer. Something I guess Easypano plan for a future release.

Obviously you would would make your video "fit" the viewer window correctly (something YouTube can't do) and optimise all skin objects and video for fast download. It would be easy enough to make all the thumbnails and buttons work via hyperlinks (or even API) so that when clicked it would return to the "real tour". Using API function could even be possible to have the "correct" scene load that was clicked.

Replacing the "map" area on the dummy video skin page with say a list of hyperlinks to available movies etc would add more interest and it would also make sense to the viewers.

Regards, Smooth

Hi, Smooth!

Thanks. It could be even a pop up image. It has not to have necessarily be included or pasted into the original sceneviewer or skin. I image something like a button in the TW3 flash tour that links to a pop up window showing the movie. It could be another url.

Regards, Martin

Quote: Originally posted by mskp on January-18-2008

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Hi, Smooth!

Thanks. It could be even a pop up image. It has not to have necessarily be included or pasted into the original sceneviewer or skin. I image something like a button in the TW3 flash tour that links to a pop up window showing the movie. It could be another url.

Regards, Martin

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Martin,

What you have suggested is already been possible since version 1.0 (though not Flash) Just simple hyperlink to page with video.

Regards, Smooth

Quote: Originally posted by disjo on January-18-2008

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@smooth:

API doesn't work for Flash-tours, only for Java.

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OK, so use Java.

I would think API could be set up for Flash without too much trouble. Action Script 3 would need to be used. Really surprising it is not already in place. But so is adding video to a tour. I guess we have to have something for the future!

Regards, Smooth

Hi, have find a way. That was it what I was searching for. A button and a pop-up image with the video. No play or pause button at the moment. Video still to huge (3 mb) but just a test. Have to find out a way/soft to compress it.

http://www.msk360.com.ar/images/pruebas/videotest/TourWeaver_projecto%20video.html

Regards, Martin