An object type that contains movie data.
# Metadata
Platforms: desktop OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security:
# Syntax
videoClip
# Examples
play videoClip "Spartacus"
delete videoClip ID 2485
# Description
Use the videoClip object type to display a movie that is stored in the stack, rather than in another file.
Unlike a player, a video clip contains the movie that it displays. This increases the memory required by your stack, because the movie data is loaded into memory whenever the stack file is open. However, it prevents the movie from being accidentally separated from the stack file and lost.
Video clips can be in AVI, or MPEG format.
A video clip is contained in a stack. Video clips cannot contain other objects. (A video clip is not a control, since it has no user interface and cannot be owned by a card.)
To play a videoClip, use the syntax
play videoClip filename_of_videoclip
To pause a videoClip, use the syntax
play pause videoClip filename_of_videoclip
To stop a videoClip, use the syntax
play stop videoClip filename_of_videoclip
# Tags
# See
- **keyword:** templateVideoClip - **property:** videoClipPlayer - **object:** stack, player - **glossary:** object type