directToStage property with my QT
movies?DirectToStage quicktime bypasses Director's offscreen buffering and
draws the quicktime movie's graphics tracks directly into the stage window. This
makes for
somewhat better performance, but prevents Director from applying any of its own
graphic effects. Ink effects and colorization are obviously out, but so is
front-to-back ordering of sprites. Like sprites with the trails effect,
directToStage quicktime is effectively drawn on top of everything
already present.
Using directToStage is therefore a matter of what results you want.
On the one hand better playback, on the other, no Director manipulation. The
choice is yours.
At least, unless you are using Windows, or are planning to port your Macintosh
movie. Director for Windows can only play Quicktime movies
directToStage (whether this is a limitation of DfW or QTW I
don't know), so the choice doesn't exist. Even if you are working on the
Mac, therefore, if you are planning to port use directToStage
for consistency.