Panos: Is there anything special I need to do, if I want to stop a player, then assign it a different sound file? It seems to want only to play the file that it is initially set at. I play different sound files as I step through a presentation. Best, Bill
> On Apr 22, 2016, at 3:32 PM, William Prothero <waproth...@gmail.com> wrote: > > BTW, the dictionary entry for Player refers to Quicktime movie and needs > updating. > Best,. > Bill > >> On Apr 22, 2016, at 2:18 PM, panagiotis merakos <merak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Bill, >> >> You can use the player object. On OSX (from 10.8 onwards), it uses the >> AVFoundation framework. The AVFoundation supports the following file >> formats: >> >> Audio: >> .aifc and .cdda >> .aif and .aiff >> .caf >> .m4a (=Apple m4a audio file format) >> .wav, .wave, and .bwf >> .amr >> .ac3 >> .mp3 >> .au and .snd >> >> >> Video >> .m4v (=iTunes video file format) >> .mp4 >> .mov and .qt (=QuickTime movies) >> >> >> On Windows, the player should be able to play any formats supported by MCI >> Player, which are more or less the usual multimedia formats supported on >> Windows: .mp3, .midi, .wav, .wma, .wmv etc >> >> We are planning to rework the Windows player soon, so this list is likely >> to expand. >> >> Best, >> Panos >> -- >> >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 11:34 PM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Folks: >>> I know this has been discussed ad-infinitum here. But, I can’t find the >>> references I need and the dictionary is no help. So….. >>> >>> Playing sounds. I want to play sound files and don’t want to have to use >>> Quicktime, since Apple is not supporting it anymore and I want to play the >>> files on Windows too. >>> >>> So.,. What are my choices and what sound file format should I use? >>> >>> Could you point me to a reference relevant to LC8? >>> >>> Thanks for your patience, >>> Bill >>> >>> >>> William Prothero, Ph.D. >>> University of California, Santa Barbara, Emeritus >>> proth...@earthednet.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
