Thanks for responding, Uncle Skeleton,
(1) although I ticked "automatically play movies when opened" in the 'player preferences'of the QuickTime Player, the movies (*.mov) won't start on their own.
(2) I'll check out Wired Sprites (just managed a brief look so far) but I don't have Photoshop, which they are using in their tutorial...
(3) No, I don't have LiveStage Pro (if that's indeed what you were asking).
Thanks again & best regards, Rusty