Re: Playing movies in LC_ Docs??

2020-08-20 Thread William Prothero via use-livecode
Thank you, Paul! William A. Prothero https://earthlearningsolutions.org > On Aug 20, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > wrote: > > Yes, there is a lot of information that circulates on the forums or lists or > in people's head that probably should be in the LC documentation > >

Re: Playing movies in LC_ Docs??

2020-08-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
Yes, there is a lot of information that circulates on the forums or lists or in people's head that probably should be in the LC documentation In the LC9.x.x series, the Player supports any audio or video formats supported by Apple Video Foundation (AVF) on macOS - google the apple developer do

Re: Playing movies

2016-03-08 Thread paolo mazza
Hi All, I agree on this. Not being able to play movies in livecode is a severe shortcoming. I have been asking for a new video player for years. Then, to insert videos in my apps, I have been using RevBrowser to manage web pages with a flash video player . Too bad for a multimedia developer tool

Re: Playing movies

2016-03-06 Thread Earthednet-wp
Tom, Thanks. The movie is part of a slide show type presentation, so just playing it in a browser window might be best. I have done this in the past using the cref browser, but it adds a lot to the app size. Not being able to play movies in livecode, is a severe shortcoming, and I hope the play

Re: Playing movies

2016-03-06 Thread tbodine
Hi, Bill. Seems the whole LC community is in a state of frustration regarding this. But one minimal method I find works to play an online movie is to embed a movie url in a LC field with the linkStyle set to "link". Then add to your stack a script... on linkClicked pLink launch url pLink end

Re: Playing movies

2016-03-06 Thread William Prothero
By the way, I note that the dictioary mentions Quicktime VR. I thought that was completely gone. I have some Quicktime VR movies that could be nice to include in my current work, but no use putting them in if it’sat EOL or defunct. Best, Bill > On Mar 6, 2016, at 12:42 PM, William Prothero wrot