There were some cool externals that someone posted recently to play using Windows Media Player and another that uses VLC to play media files. I haven't used it but it sounds nice. Search for XMediaPlayer on the list. I believe it was made by Klaus.
Regards, Andrew On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> wrote: > Unfortunately the usefulness of LiveCode's use of the native Win player is > dependent on the needs of the application. > > For example, unless there's been a recent change, LC can play movies fine > using the native Win media engine, but only if you play from the beginning > of the video; if you need control over the startTime you're out luck unless > you use QT. > > I've been hoping for a change to the obsolete MCI interface LC uses for > native Win video for many years, but I'm not aware of a change to that thus > far. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys > > > > > Phil Davis wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> I believe on Windows you can just set the dontUseQT to true and set the >> filename of a movie object to your favorite movie, and it should play. >> You don't need QT on Windows unless you're trying to play QT movies. >> >> Phil Davis >> >> >> On 11/20/12 12:08 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone out there have a solution for playing WMA/WMV file in >>> LiveCode under Windows? >>> >>> Under OSX, you can use the Flip4Mac add-on to Quicktime and LiveCode's >>> quicktime based player will play Windows WMA/WMV file in Livecode under >>> OSX. Perversely, Flip4Mac is not available for Windows and Quicktime for >>> Windows does not play Windows WMA/WMV files and since LC uses Quicktime, >>> no joy for those formats under Windows. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Regards, Andrew Kluthe and...@ctech.me _______________________________________________ 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
