[support] Preprocessing CCK

Greetings,

Theming video information (using embedded media & video fields) at the level of the Node template has been pretty reasonable, despite different video formats, because CCK puts handy #view variables in $node.

However, I'm trying to use a Page preprocessor to pull some CCK video information at the page level using node_load, and it appears these #view variables have not been created at that point. This has lead me to start writing code to identify and interpret different video types, which (after just one video service type) has lead me to believe there must be a better way.

Is there a good way to access or create the #view variables within Page preprocessing, or am I simply off-base in this approach?

Thanks, Brian