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Hi all,

I had another question for the ROSS forum. Recently we've discovered the option to DataLinq video materials and files to quads in scenes. However, in testing, it seems to work initially only to stop functioning after the second or third string change. Any information on this would be most appreciated.

What version and build are you running and what type of data source are you connecting to?

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V5.7, Build 3088. We are trying to connect to AVI files converted with the ROSS codec out of Video Coder. It might be pertinent to note these assets are with and without an alpha channel.

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I've been working with Hunter outside the forum but I thought I'd update here so everyone could see.

Hunter was trying to use Datalinq Keys in the Materials Datalinq. But this doesn't work because Datalinq Keys are scene properties and materials are global properties. So the XPression engine isn't able to apply a Scene property (ex. Datalinq Keys) to a Material.

Another way of doing this is to Datalinq the Objects face instead of it's Material. This uses a Viotile Material which only exists in the Scene. However, Hunter also wanted to control a video Materials playback in the scene director AND also Datalinq it using Datalinq keys.

So you do it like this:

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