>Correct. The playLoudness goes through MCI on Windows, which QT
>doesn't pay any attention to. I think the ultimate solution to this
>is probably to allow setting the volume directly on the player, but
>this isn't supported in 2.3.
One for the feature list for the next version perhaps?
>The only 100% reliable solution I can think of is to separate the
>audio and video tracks and play them with separate commands. Of
>course you can't sync the two exactly this way, but it'd be OK for
>background sound/music.
Unfortunately, the audio needs to synch with the video in this case.
>Another option would be to show the
>controller on Windows if QT is installed (use the qtVersion() function
>to determine this), and bring up the system audio control panel on
>Windows if it's not.
That's a good idea. I'll have to see if I can make my VfW controls
look and behave as similar as possible the the QT controller so the
screen appearance and look-and-feel are as similar as possible.
>Of course your life would be a lot easier if you
>could just require that QT be installed...
I know, I know!
The people I'm developing the CBTs for have a number of existing
corporate clients who are keen to use CBT for all staff, i.e. 100s or
1,000s of workstations. Many of these corporates don't want to
install QT simply to support CBT, which is why I have to fit in with
whatever the corporate IT strategy is even if it is STUPID!
Selling CBT as a package to individuals is easier in the sense that
they can make their own judgement about what needs to be installed.
This is very different to corporates, where the person who decides
whether to buy large numbers of CBT has no option but to fit in with
corporate policy on workstation configuration. In some cases this
will allow or already support QT, whilst in others it will
effectively ban QT (or any other non-true-religion-Microsoft ware!).
Thanks again for the rapid clarification of the situation.
Cheers
Peter
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