Take a look also at the soundtrack of the movie. Make sure that you have AutoOpen := False; Set Shareable to FALSE.
Ross Levis wrote: > Thanks for that. Installed the program, loaded the AVI and it says "No > Codec Needed" and "it's already built into the O/S", and "it should play > fine". > > Where to next? > > Thanks, > Ross. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of CubicDesign > Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2008 1:19 p.m. > To: Borland's Delphi Discussion List > Subject: Re: TMediaPlayer & Cool.avi no go > > Do you have the codec installed for that avi file? > There is no such thing as AVI videos. Avi is just a container. > Important is the codec not the container. > Play your avi file with a different player like VLC or BSPlayer. > Does it work? > > Also do a Google search for a tool called GSpot. It will tell you what > coded you need to have installed in order to play that video file. > > > > Ross Levis wrote: > >> I'm trying to get the TMediaPlayer component to play AVI files. I have no >> problems with WMV and MPEG videos but AVI doesn't want to work. >> >> For example, Delphi 7 comes with a very short video named cool.avi in the >> Program Files\Borland\Delphi7\Demos\CoolStuf folder. This plays in >> > Windows > >> Media Player but in TMediaPlayer it says "The MCI device you are using >> > does > >> not support the specified command" when attempting to open it. >> >> The DeviceType property is set to dtAutoSelect but I've tried dtAVIVideo >> with no success. >> >> I know there are other better video components out there but I don't have >> time to invest in them. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Ross. >> > listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
