I'm sure that coding to upload a .wmv (or other video clip) would require far fewer resources than those required to PLAY the corresponding media. Although the standard function libraries of virtually all coding toolsets include pre-baked utilities to play these movies, it is likely that HiTech's video environment is already customized (to optimize performance of the simulation), in a way that would complicate use of these standardized toolsets. HITech will know what to do if he decides to let us play video clips, but he may need to get his code to jump through some hoops to preserve state, invoke a more "standard" video environment, play the clip, then retrieve state, re-enter the optimized sim video environment, and resume simulation. (The same could be required of the sound environment.)
This could turn out to be one of those requests that seems very attractive on the surface, but whose implementation might be costly enough to delay other priorities. In the final analysis, I trust HiTech's judgment in this. I just wanted to get a discussion going on the merits of the function should HiTech be willing to consider it.
