Real SMIL code question.

Don't know if this is the list to submit code questions, but thought I'd 
give it a shot.

The code below works ok, across most OS's and players. But ONLY if I 
comment out, and do not use the "sequence" process.
Using <seq> yields a variety of anomolies: regions that don't go away, 
frozen video, etc.
We create a lot of SMIL processes, and the only ones giving us problems 
are the ones with a sequence of "par" elements.
The rp files are standard. Everything is streaming from a Real Server. 
Wondered if anything might jump out at you SMIL coders.
TIA.
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<smil xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language">
      <head>
<layout>
<root-layout width="756" height="380" background-color="black" />

<region id="bkgnd" left="0" top="0" width="756" height="380" z-index="1" />
<region id="video" left="512" top="2" width="240" height="180" 
z-index="2" />
<region id="slides" left="2" top="2" width="504" height="378" z-index="2" />
<region id="dvd" left="98" top="68" width="320" height="240" z-index="2" />

</layout>
</head>

<body>
<!-- <seq> -->

<par>
<img src="bkgnd.GIF" region="bkgnd" fill="freeze" />
<video src="mn072706_ehrlich1_190kbs.rm" region="video" />
<img region="slides" src="mn072706_ehrlich1.rp" fill="freeze" />
</par>

<par>
<img src="DVDbigbkgnd.PNG" region="bkgnd" fill="freeze" />
<video src="mn072706_DVDopen_190kbs.rm" dur="00:55" region="dvd" />
</par>

<par>
<img src="bkgnd.GIF" region="bkgnd" fill="freeze" />
<video src="mn072706_ehrlich2_190kbs.rm" region="video" />
<img region="slides" src="mn072706_ehrlich2.rp" fill="freeze" />
</par>

<par>
<img src="DVDbigbkgnd.PNG" region="bkgnd" fill="freeze" />
<video src="mn072706_DVDbreastpump_190kbs.rm" dur="00:33" region="dvd" />
</par>

<par>
<img src="bkgnd.GIF" region="bkgnd" fill="freeze" />
<video src="mn072706_ehrlich3_190kbs.rm" region="video" />
<img region="slides" src="mn072706_ehrlich3.rp" fill="freeze" />
</par>

<!-- </seq> -->
</body>
</smil>


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Received on Tuesday, 8 August 2006 17:11:32 UTC