Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 - Manual (Page 307)

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Insert Shockwave movies
You can use Dreamweaver to insert Shockwave movies into your documents. Adobe® Shockwave®, a standard for
interactive multimedia on the web, is a compressed format that allows media files created in Adobe® Director® to be
downloaded quickly and played by most popular browsers.
1 In the Document window, place the insertion point where you want to insert a Shockwave movie and do one of the
following:
• In the Common category of the Insert panel, click the Media button and select the Shockwave icon from the
popup menu.
• Select Insert > Media > Shockwave.
2 In the dialog box that appears, select a movie file.
3 In the Property inspector, enter the width and height of the movie in the W and H text boxes.
Add video (non-FLV)
You can add video to your web page in different ways and using different formats. Video can be downloaded to the user
or it can be streamed so that it plays while it is downloading.
1 Place the clip in your site folder.
These clips are often in the AVI or MPEG file format.
2 Link to the clip or embed it in your page.
To link to the clip, enter text for the link such as “Download Clip”, select the text, and click the folder icon in the
Property inspector. Browse to the video file and select it.
Note: The user must download a helper application (a plug-in) to view common streaming formats like Real Media,
QuickTime, and Windows Media.
Insert plug-in content
You can create content such as a QuickTime movie for a browser plug-in, and then use Dreamweaver to insert that
content into an HTML document. Typical plug-ins include RealPlayer and QuickTime, while some content files include
mp3s and QuickTime movies.
You can preview movies and animations that rely on browser plug-ins directly in the Design view of the Document
window. You can play all plug-in elements at one time to see how the page will look to the user, or you can play each
one individually to ensure that you have embedded the correct media element.
Note: You cannot preview movies or animations that rely on ActiveX controls.
After inserting content for a plug-in, use the Property inspector to set parameters for that content. To view the following
properties in the Property inspector, select a plug-in object.
The Property inspector initially displays the most commonly used properties. Click the expander arrow in the lower-
right corner to see all properties.
Insert plug-in content and set its properties
1 In the Design view of the Document window, place the insertion point where you want to insert the content, then
do one of the following:
• In the Common category of the Insert panel, click the Media button and select the Plugin icon from the
menu.