OK thanks. Many of our users are college undergrads, some of which appear to have never installed an application on their own computer. Now I have to get them to do a second installation as well.
By any chance, can I get my LC application to initiate the LAV filters install? > On Jul 7, 2024, at 8:10 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Windows 11 will have the issue. Livecode on Windows 10 or 11 uses DirectShow. > Try the LAV Filters to get the formats you want. .mp4 is fine, I am not sure > about .mp5 support. See the LAV Filters read me and documentation. > > > On 7/7/2024 7:56 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: >> Thanks, Paul. >> >> So, Windows 11 shouldn’t have this issue? >> >> >> >>> On Jul 7, 2024, at 1:58 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Livecode on Windows (9.x.x and 10.x.x) still uses DirectShow for the video >>> (vs the Microsoft Media Foundation (MMF), the current standard. DirectShow >>> was always limited in the number of codec for various audio and video >>> formats it supported natively. I stringly recommend for macOS Windows >>> parity on video formats to install the free library of additional >>> DirectShow supported codec that are a part of the LAV Filters package. See >>> https://github.com/Nevcairiel/LAVFilters/releases >>> >>> Just install the current version of LAV Filters and restart and you get a >>> whole set of additional audio and video formats supported for Livecode for >>> Windows. >>> >>> >>> On 7/7/2024 1:38 PM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode wrote: >>>> Hi, the browser widget doesn’t support .mp4 (or .mp5, both part of the >>>> HTML5 standard) in Windows. >>>> >>>> This is disappointing, especially as LC 10 becomes web based. In the music >>>> application I’ve been developing, we are now going into new, >>>> transformational frontiers in education with web-based video (such as >>>> YouTube) interacting with normal Livecode—but this works on macOS ONLY. I >>>> tested YouTube videos in the widget on Windows 10, and the YT player >>>> reports that the videos are unsupported. >>>> >>>> I understand that there is licensing involved. MPEG LA, now VIA Licensing >>>> Alliance, has a fee structure. For hardware decoders, for example: >>>> >>>> For the first 1 to 50,000 decoders No Royalty* >>>> For decoders 50,001 and more $ 0.25** >>>> >>>> https://www.via-la.com/licensing-2/mpeg-4-visual/mpeg-4-visual-license-fees/ >>>> >>>> <https://www.via-la.com/licensing-2/mpeg-4-visual/mpeg-4-visual-license-fees/> >>>> >>>> Is this an obstacle for LiveCode as software, and dependent on the >>>> underlying hardware? >>>> >>>> My understanding from past LC forum posts is, to allow the widget to play >>>> the videos a flag is turned on and the widget recompiled. >>>> >>>> I’m happy to pay for the licensing myself if I got to 50K customers! >>>> >>>> Peter Bogdanoff >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
