Hi Martin, > Am 31.03.2022 um 15:28 schrieb Martin Koob <mk...@rogers.com>: > > Hi Klaus > > I have been meaning to test this but have to get my Windows machine up and > running. I have been using my Mac exclusively for a while. > I suspect I will get the same result as Paul but I may get a chance to try > it before this week Saturday. > I would be interested in how LC 10 works though. > In LC 9 the player is using AVFoundation on Mac or DirectShow on Windows. > In LC 10 the player will use Windows Player Media Foundation. > > https://livecode.com/livecode-10-sneak-peek/ > Windows Player Media Foundation > > The current player on Windows uses DirectShow – which only natively supports > the WMV file format. Newer video formats (such as MP4) require third-party > codecs to be installed. The move to Media Foundation will mean these are > natively supported. MediaFoundation libraries support all the modern codecs > such as mp4 natively – so mp4s will play in player objects without any > thirdparty components needing to be installed in the OS. > > Additionally, mirrored video playback will work correctly as well as > non-standard playback rates. > This brings parity between Windows, macOS, Android and iOS video playback > features in terms of supported video formats. > From what I remember the first DP of LC 10 did not include the new Windows > Player Media foundation. > I don’t know if it has been added to recent DPs. Once it is I plan to put > it through its paces. > Hopefully that will resolve the issue with variable rate playback and result > in parity for windows and the other platforms.
yes, thanks, I already asked Heather and they cannot give a date yet, but it will definitively in the LC 10.x cycle. > Martin Best Klaus -- Klaus Major https://www.major-k.de https://www.major-k.de/bass kl...@major-k.de _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
