I see that Ian Macphail says: "We decided to overhaul the Windows player object, replacing the existing Quicktime based implementation with one based on DirectShow, which is fully supported on all current Windows versions.” https://livecode.com/removing-quicktime-dependency-from-livecodes-player-object/
And the Microsoft page describing DirectShow’s supported formats (a rather limited list)-- .m4a is not one of them: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms787745(VS.85).aspx I’m very interested in this subject, especially when LC gets callbacks working. Peter Bogdanoff UCLA On Aug 13, 2016, at 11:51 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > On 8/9/2016 4:58 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> On 8/9/2016 4:26 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >>> We need to play .m4a files on Windows 7 and up. Double-clicking one of >>> those files plays back successfully on a Win 7 machine. Loading a player >>> control with the URL to the file in LC on the same machine does not (LC >>> 7.1.4). >>> >>> Is this fixable? Is there something users can install to make it work? >>> Or do we need a more recent version of LC? >>> >> >> Poking around, it looks like I have to build in LC 8.1. If that's >> correct, then it's risky, it isn't stable yet. Is there any other way? >> > > I've done some tests on both Windows 10 and Vista using LC 8.1 but m4a files > still do not play when setting the filename of a player. They do play using > WMP. This is becoming an urgent issue for my client and I need to get it > working quickly. Does anyone know what we need to install, or how to get this > working? > > Is anyone else able to play .m4a files on Windows using the new player object? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
