I am trying to simply prompt for a movie file and set the filename of a player to that filespec. Essentially:
answer file "Pick a movie:" set the fileName of player 1 to shortFilePath(it) If I have a movie file, say video.mov in a folder with Unicode characters, say "Κάποια έρευνα" (Greek), the answer file command in LC6.7.4 returns a string (i.e. C:/Users/Paul/Desktop/HR400-LC674/Media Testing/??p??a ??e??a/video.mp4) that is not recognized by the player object for accessing that file. The same movie file is recognized on OSX or Win if it is in a file path with no Unicode characters in it. Under LC 7.0.4, answer file returns a legible filespec (i.e. C:/Users/Paul/Desktop/HR400-LC674/Media Testing/Κάποια έρευνα/video.mp4), and the player recognizes the movie under Windows (using Quicktime - this is because of the use of the shortFilePath function, without shortFilePath, QT does not recognize a filespec with Unicode in it) and under OSX 10.8+ using the AVFoundation. However, it fails under OSX 10.7 and 10.6 (using QT instead of AVF) Given that every OS today support robust folder and file names, my question is: Is there any work around for this in LC6.7.4 (or 6.7.5)? I can not migrate to LC7 just now - we have too much code tied to the old way Unicode works that need to be updated and perhaps a zillion places where 'char' is used on binary data that need to be updated to byte. However, if I could go to LC7, it appear that you still can not play movies with Unicode in the file path under OSX10.6 or 10.7 (i.e QT under OSX) or is there a workaround for that? If there is anyone who has cracked this nut, help would be much appreciated. _______________________________________________ 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