Hi Paul,
Before playing a movie, you could use AppleScript or shell to store a
copy of the file in the temp folder with a name encoded in
MacRoman-compatible characters. (Use UTF8 for the file path in
AppleScript). You may need to save the AppleScript as a .scpt file on
disk and execute with the AppleScript command
run script <filepath> as alias
The UTF8 encoded script in <filepath> would be
tell application "Finder"
set tempFolder to path top temporary items as alias
set newFile to duplicate alias "original filepath" to tempFolder
set name of newFile to "MacRoman compatible.mov"
end tell
This allows you to execute a MacRoman encoded command in LiveCode to run
a UTF8 encoded AppleScript on disk. Now you can set the filename of a
player to a MacRoman encoded file path.
Let me know if it works (or doesn't).
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On 5/7/2015 01:08, Paul Dupuis wrote:
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.
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