AW: player object problem on Win7

2011-08-15 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB
1 13:42 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: player object problem on Win7 > > Well, QuickTime was the problem. Installed it and now my stack/standalone > works. > > > This is why many of us have been requesting for years that the RunRev folks > license a media play

Re: player object problem on Win7

2011-08-15 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 08/15/2011 02:41 PM, Nicolas Cueto wrote: Well, QuickTime was the problem. Installed it and now my stack/standalone works. This is why many of us have been requesting for years that the RunRev folks license a media player technology that could be included in the engine, rather than relyi

Re: player object problem on Win7

2011-08-15 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Well, QuickTime was the problem. Installed it and now my stack/standalone works. > This is why many of us have been requesting for years that the RunRev folks >license a media player technology that could be included in the engine, rather >than relying on QuickTime. Count me in on that request.

Re: player object problem on Win7

2011-08-14 Thread Scott Rossi
AFAIK, Neither LiveCode nor Windows has ever included a QuickTime installer. In answer to your question, yes, to get the most functionality from a player, the user must have QuickTime installed. Otherwise, playback features are quite limited. This is why many of us have been requesting for yea

Re: player object problem on Win7

2011-08-14 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Sorry to be replying to my own question. A Win7 installation does not include QuickTime. And I've confirmed QT is not installed on my machine. If this lack of QT is the source of the problem, does this mean Win7 users of my LiveCode stacks must have QuickTime already installed? If so, argh! I h

player object problem on Win7

2011-08-14 Thread Nicolas Cueto
Hi. A stack and its standalone version work fine in WinXP but not in Win7. The problem relates to the player object. It's filename gets set to an url on my webserver, and the url is a reference to an MP4 video. When the Win7 version sets the player object to the filename, both the stack in the ID