Re: Digital Video Question
A word of caution. DivX can be extremely CPU intensive. This list from discreet might help, though I think it hasn't been updated for sometime now. http://www.discreet.com/support/codec/ _ Regards, Mayuresh - Original Message - From: "Chris Aernoudt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 10:04 PM Subject: RE: Digital Video Question > > Avi is not really a specific format, it depends 100% on the codec you > use... > If you want to play safe, you can use cinepak or one of the older indeo > formats (but they suck in this day and age) > I'm not sure if indeo 5.x works standard on 98... it does if they have a > +- recent version of mediaplayer... > > If you're willing to make'em install stuff, go with divx, gives you the > best quality and the smallest files - plus the setup is tiny. > > HTH, > Chris > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Steven > Sent: donderdag 9 januari 2003 17:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Digital Video Question > > Hi there > > Simply question hopefully! I want to include a video intro in a director > projector I am creating. The playback spec is PC only however must > include > win 98 as a minimum. What is the best format to create or convert the > digital video to in order that the user does not need any additional > plugins > such as Quicktime. Would an AVI work fine or does it require Video For > Windows still as it used to do years ago when I last used an AVI in a > project. If AVI is the way to go, should I be aware of any codec issues? > > The other alternative I thought of was to create separate bitmaps for > each > frame however there are 250 frames and they are all 800 by 400 pixels in > size. As the projector will be running from a CD-ROM I would imagine it > would not run fast enough without stuttering. > > Any wise words or tips much appreciated! > > Thanks in advance > > Paul [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Cross-post: Mac preferences help
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Phil Gross wrote: > > In the Director docs, and under Windows, the Preferences are under the Edit menu. >The NFR copy of DirMX Macromedia sent me for Mac has the Preferences under the >Director menu. That is correct; on Mac os X all preferences are under the application's menu. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Cross-post: Mac preferences help
I'm trying to document some basic elements of Director, and could use some help if anyone has a different version of DirMX than I have. In the Director docs, and under Windows, the Preferences are under the Edit menu. The NFR copy of DirMX Macromedia sent me for Mac has the Preferences under the Director menu. I'd be forever grateful if someone could verify this on a download version or, better yet, a commercial CD, for the Mac. Bonus points, has anyone received their purchased CDs for DirMX? Many thanks, -Phil [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: queue()-ing sounds
At 4:53 PM +1100 1/9/03, you wrote: Hi, I am authoring on a Mac but I remember from a couple of years ago that PCs used to have a latency issue when playing sounds (i.e.. there was a delay between the command and the sound when using puppetSound). I understand that using the queue() command eliminates this delay because it preloads a part of the sound. However I was wondering if this still holds when the play() command is used in the line directly after the queue() command. e.g.. sound(1).queue( member(soundCastMember) ) sound(1).play() I have quite a number of sound effects (I guess eventually a dozen or two or three or four). So far their individual duration is between 0.3 sec and 1.5 sec. Which sound plays will depend on what the user has just done, so I don't think queuing a whole lot of sounds, and therefore pleloading them, would work because I never know what sound will be needed next. (Also, partly because it is a web project, just preLoading all the sounds with something like preLoadMember is probably not a good idea because of loading delays at the beginning of the movie) Unfortunately I don't have a PC to test this on and the Mac does not seem to have this latency issue. To sum up, my questions are: 1) Will using queue() followed by play() as in the example above solve the latency issue or does there need to be some time between the two commands to allow for the bit of preload. If one calls play immediately, there's really very little difference from the single line sound().play(member(soundCastMember)) - the real advantage of queue comes when you do sound().queue(memberA) sound().queue(memberB) sound().queue(memberC) sound().play() or sound().setPlaylist([[#member: memberA], [#member: memberB], [#member: memberC]]) sound().play() 2) And is latency still an issue on PCs? The latency issue was largely resolved by two things: 1. MACR's creation of the directSound Xtra (included with the Windows product). 2. MS now includes directSound as standard within their contemporary operating systems. So 1. Remember to include the DirectSound Xtra in your Window projector and Director will default to use it if it's available. Also include Macromix.x32 to fall back on if it's not (this is the one with the latency). 2. Finally, add this line in your prepareMovie handler to handle the case of directSound not being available (is the WinOS = NT): if the soundDevice = "Macromix" then the soundDevice = "QT3Mix" -- if directSound is unavailable, the soundDevice will drop to Macromix, and in this case you can substitue the QT3Mix soundDevice if QuickTime is present. It's better than Macromix, but not as good as directSOund, since it's dependent on QuickTime. 3. Be sure to include the QTAsset.x32 Xtra, which contains the QTMix soundDevice within it. This will get you low latency unless you're on an NT system that doesn't have QT installed. 3) As a follow on: Does puppetSound need to load the whole sound before it can play (whereas queue() just preLoads the first 1.5 sec by default? - though most of my sounds are no longer than this anyway.) not really - puppetSound is now just an alias -> the code just calls sound.play() hth -Buzz Cheers, John [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: bluring images
hi this might help http://www.lingoworkshop.com/code/imaging_animfx.asp [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: The long date
At 3:39 PM -0600 1/9/03, you wrote: On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Anyway, are these results below totally standard throughout international systems, no matter if you're in the USA or Great Britain, where it's DD/MM/ vs. MM/DD/? Yes, the systemDate and date objects are one hundred percent standard. IIRC this was intro'd with Dir8, probably precisely because it is so very very useful. Actually, it was d7, & yes, because it is nmuch more useable. hth -Buzz You can get to all the date items thus: put now.day put now.month put now.year Mix 'n' match. Enjoy! -- WthmO [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: The long date
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 03:12 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Anyway, are these results below totally standard throughout international systems, no matter if you're in the USA or Great Britain, where it's DD/MM/ vs. MM/DD/? Yes, the systemDate and date objects are one hundred percent standard. IIRC this was intro'd with Dir8, probably precisely because it is so very very useful. You can get to all the date items thus: put now.day put now.month put now.year Mix 'n' match. Enjoy! -- WthmO [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: The long date
Hi Howdy-Tzi... Thanks for replying to yet another one of my interesting posts. Anyway, are these results below totally standard throughout international systems, no matter if you're in the USA or Great Britain, where it's DD/MM/ vs. MM/DD/? now = the systemDate put now -- date( 2003, 1, 9 ) put now.year -- 2003 Regards, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: The long date
On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 09:37 AM, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: I know I may be opening a can of worms here, but why is it that the long date in the following code works in authoring mode but not in projector mode? As Dave suggested, uses systemDate. If you put the systemDate.seconds you even get the time (in seconds) since midnight for that day. Look into using date() objects in the Lingo docs too. A hell of a lot better than long/short date if you need to actually perform calculations. Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill http://shop.osborne.com/cgi-bin/osborne/0072195622.html [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: The long date
Use the systemDate, which produces a date object which will work in all situations... Dave [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: bluring images
It's definitely possible but you need to laern imaging lingo. That's not too much to ask, it's simple and useful. Check out the ducumentation for blurimage xtra. They talk a little about how blur is obtained: http://www.smoothware.com/blurimage.html -A. hi, folks i have to make a script that blurs an image according to a custom slider. it´s for simulating the way lenses work on telescopes, putting things out and on focus. could it be done with imaging lingo? if so, could you please just point me the right direction? what kind of image property could achieve such thing? i must say that i´m not really familiar with imaging lingo. thanks a lot in advance, q [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
baSystemTime...was The long date
Thanks, Brad, for the Buddy API tip. It was right in front of me all this time. Anyone on the list know if baSystemTime works reliably the same no matter what country you are in, and, in Windows at least, no matter how the computer's date is formatted? Like MM/DD/ or /DD/MM, etc? >buddyapi baSystemTime(%Y) will always give >you what you need but I don't know if it's cross platform or not. >BuddyApi-> www.mods.com.au [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: The long date
At 12:09 09.01.2003 -0500, you wrote: Hi Brad... Thanks for responding. As half of what I'm doing is going to be distributed to Europe, and they format the date differently from the US (my system), will temporarily changing the itemDelimiter do anything to screw up either-side-of-the-Atlantic systems regarding date? For instance, put the short date (US) returns -- "1/9/2003" But is there a chance that this could be something like -- "2003/9/1" somewhere else, or maybe something different? IIRC 2003.01.09 would be the ISO normed date format, the date is written like this in China. On a German system the date format is like this: put (the short date) -- "09.01.2003" Maybe I should make a linear list out of the items in the short date and search for the one that has a length of 4? Would it always be 4, i.e. could some far off place like Lesotho, Belarus or the Canary Islands return 03 instead of 2003? Why would you want to do labourous and difficult calculations like this? lingo has that comfortable date() data type, just do put the systemdate -- date( 2003, 1, 9 ) or put (the systemdate).year -- 2003 put (the systemdate).month -- 1 put (the systemdate).day -- 9 regards daniel plaenitz [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
bluring images
hi, folks i have to make a script that blurs an image according to a custom slider. it´s for simulating the way lenses work on telescopes, putting things out and on focus. could it be done with imaging lingo? if so, could you please just point me the right direction? what kind of image property could achieve such thing? i must say that i´m not really familiar with imaging lingo. thanks a lot in advance, q [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: The long date
Michael wote: > Thanks for responding. > > As half of what I'm doing is going to be distributed to Europe, and they > format the date differently from the US (my system), will temporarily > changing the itemDelimiter do anything to screw up > either-side-of-the-Atlantic systems regarding date? Hi Michael and your welcome, nice to be the one offering advice for a change ;) Couldn't say about Euro time formats ( I'm in Oz which follows the US/English ) Looping through the date for a 4 char item should work as the short date is always formatted the same way AFAIK - could be wrong though. An alternative may be to use the date object or buddyapi baSystemTime(%Y) will always give you what you need but I don't know if it's cross platform or not. BuddyApi-> www.mods.com.au Hope some of this helps Brad [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Digital Video Question
More tips for mpg. Form testing on fairly ancient machines use mpg at 352 x 288 as this is the standard windows mpg1 format, every other size was prone to tearing/artifacts under test data rate about 1800 ish (cant remember the units but your compressor will be similar I expect) whatever size your video is eg 640x480 or whatever, compress to 352x288 then scale that back to 640x480 and you get NO change in aspec ratio (you can only use this trick with director :-) ) Makes it very easy when your video arrives as 400x400 HTH Dave - Original Message - From: "Brad Hile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:45 PM Subject: RE: Digital Video Question > Paul Steven wrote: > > Simply question hopefully! I want to include a video intro in a director > > projector I am creating. The playback spec is PC only however must include > > win 98 as a minimum. What is the best format to create or convert the > > digital video to in order that the user does not need any > > additional plugins > > such as Quicktime. Would an AVI work fine or does it require Video For > > Windows still as it used to do years ago when I last used an AVI in a > > project. If AVI is the way to go, should I be aware of any codec issues? > > > > The other alternative I thought of was to create separate bitmaps for each > > frame however there are 250 frames and they are all 800 by 400 pixels in > > size. As the projector will be running from a CD-ROM I would imagine it > > would not run fast enough without stuttering. > > I've had no problem with mpg format using the DirectMediaXtra > (www.xtras.tabuleiro.com) in a similiar scenario to the one you describe. > Bloody nice xtra too that I have used time and again. > Tips: > Ensure your using an older windows codec > Keep the data rate down (if their running 98 they may be using older > machines/cd drives, but you know your target better than me) > Don't go with bitmaps .. > Encode your video at a smaller size and stretch the video sprite to the > desired size > Don't use the DirectMediaXtra fullscreen option unless you want to lock out > user interaction > > > That's about it really > HTH > Brad > > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > __ __ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan > service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working > around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com > __ __ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: The long date
Hi Brad... Thanks for responding. As half of what I'm doing is going to be distributed to Europe, and they format the date differently from the US (my system), will temporarily changing the itemDelimiter do anything to screw up either-side-of-the-Atlantic systems regarding date? For instance, put the short date (US) returns -- "1/9/2003" But is there a chance that this could be something like -- "2003/9/1" somewhere else, or maybe something different? Maybe I should make a linear list out of the items in the short date and search for the one that has a length of 4? Would it always be 4, i.e. could some far off place like Lesotho, Belarus or the Canary Islands return 03 instead of 2003? Thanks for any feedback. - Michael M. >> I know I may be opening a can of worms here, but why is it that the >> long date in the following code works in authoring mode but not in >> projector mode? >> >> on beginSprite(me) >> pSp = sprite(me.spriteNum) >> r = (the long date).item[3] >> rr = "(c)" & r && "Factory Mutual Insurance Company. All rights >> reserved." >> pSp.member.text = rr >> end >> >> In #author, it's 2003. >> In #projector, it's nothing. >> >> Any thoughts are appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Michael M. >> > >Hmm doesn't work in mine! >I suspect you may have picked up SPACE as the itemdelimter >somewhere but even then it's item[4] > >But this will do what you need: >OLDitemdelimiter=the itemdelimiter >the itemdelimiter="/" >put (the short date).item[3] >the itemdelimiter=OLDitemdelimiter [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: Digital Video Question
An AVI will work fine on Windows with no additional installations or Xtras to buy. Cinepak is the universal codec to use if you do choose to go with AVI, but be forewarned, the quality is pretty poor compared with newer formats & codecs. The one thing on your side is that Cinepak plays back pretty smoothly, even on older machines, so the only consideration regarding your desired 800x400 size is that it will be a large file. If you need more playback smoothness and smaller filesize, you could compress it at 400x200 and stretch it (or even 600x300), as was previously suggested. Charlie Fiskeaux II Media Designer The Creative Group www.cre8tivegroup.com 859/858-9054x29 - Original Message - From: "Paul Steven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:02 AM Subject: Digital Video Question Hi there Simply question hopefully! I want to include a video intro in a director projector I am creating. The playback spec is PC only however must include win 98 as a minimum. What is the best format to create or convert the digital video to in order that the user does not need any additional plugins such as Quicktime. Would an AVI work fine or does it require Video For Windows still as it used to do years ago when I last used an AVI in a project. If AVI is the way to go, should I be aware of any codec issues? The other alternative I thought of was to create separate bitmaps for each frame however there are 250 frames and they are all 800 by 400 pixels in size. As the projector will be running from a CD-ROM I would imagine it would not run fast enough without stuttering. Any wise words or tips much appreciated! Thanks in advance Paul [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: Digital Video Question
Paul Steven wrote: > Simply question hopefully! I want to include a video intro in a director > projector I am creating. The playback spec is PC only however must include > win 98 as a minimum. What is the best format to create or convert the > digital video to in order that the user does not need any > additional plugins > such as Quicktime. Would an AVI work fine or does it require Video For > Windows still as it used to do years ago when I last used an AVI in a > project. If AVI is the way to go, should I be aware of any codec issues? > > The other alternative I thought of was to create separate bitmaps for each > frame however there are 250 frames and they are all 800 by 400 pixels in > size. As the projector will be running from a CD-ROM I would imagine it > would not run fast enough without stuttering. I've had no problem with mpg format using the DirectMediaXtra (www.xtras.tabuleiro.com) in a similiar scenario to the one you describe. Bloody nice xtra too that I have used time and again. Tips: Ensure your using an older windows codec Keep the data rate down (if their running 98 they may be using older machines/cd drives, but you know your target better than me) Don't go with bitmaps .. Encode your video at a smaller size and stretch the video sprite to the desired size Don't use the DirectMediaXtra fullscreen option unless you want to lock out user interaction That's about it really HTH Brad [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: Digital Video Question
Avi is not really a specific format, it depends 100% on the codec you use... If you want to play safe, you can use cinepak or one of the older indeo formats (but they suck in this day and age) I'm not sure if indeo 5.x works standard on 98... it does if they have a +- recent version of mediaplayer... If you're willing to make'em install stuff, go with divx, gives you the best quality and the smallest files - plus the setup is tiny. HTH, Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: donderdag 9 januari 2003 17:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Digital Video Question Hi there Simply question hopefully! I want to include a video intro in a director projector I am creating. The playback spec is PC only however must include win 98 as a minimum. What is the best format to create or convert the digital video to in order that the user does not need any additional plugins such as Quicktime. Would an AVI work fine or does it require Video For Windows still as it used to do years ago when I last used an AVI in a project. If AVI is the way to go, should I be aware of any codec issues? The other alternative I thought of was to create separate bitmaps for each frame however there are 250 frames and they are all 800 by 400 pixels in size. As the projector will be running from a CD-ROM I would imagine it would not run fast enough without stuttering. Any wise words or tips much appreciated! Thanks in advance Paul [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: The long date
Mike wrote: > Hi list... > > I know I may be opening a can of worms here, but why is it that the long > date in the following code works in authoring mode but not in projector > mode? > > on beginSprite(me) > pSp = sprite(me.spriteNum) > r = (the long date).item[3] > rr = "(c)" & r && "Factory Mutual Insurance Company. All rights > reserved." > pSp.member.text = rr > end > > In #author, it's 2003. > In #projector, it's nothing. > > Any thoughts are appreciated. > > Regards, > Michael M. > Hmm doesn't work in mine! I suspect you may have picked up SPACE as the itemdelimter somewhere but even then it's item[4] But this will do what you need: OLDitemdelimiter=the itemdelimiter the itemdelimiter="/" put (the short date).item[3] the itemdelimiter=OLDitemdelimiter Brad [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Digital Video Question
Hi there Simply question hopefully! I want to include a video intro in a director projector I am creating. The playback spec is PC only however must include win 98 as a minimum. What is the best format to create or convert the digital video to in order that the user does not need any additional plugins such as Quicktime. Would an AVI work fine or does it require Video For Windows still as it used to do years ago when I last used an AVI in a project. If AVI is the way to go, should I be aware of any codec issues? The other alternative I thought of was to create separate bitmaps for each frame however there are 250 frames and they are all 800 by 400 pixels in size. As the projector will be running from a CD-ROM I would imagine it would not run fast enough without stuttering. Any wise words or tips much appreciated! Thanks in advance Paul [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
The long date
Hi list... I know I may be opening a can of worms here, but why is it that the long date in the following code works in authoring mode but not in projector mode? on beginSprite(me) pSp = sprite(me.spriteNum) r = (the long date).item[3] rr = "(c)" & r && "Factory Mutual Insurance Company. All rights reserved." pSp.member.text = rr end In #author, it's 2003. In #projector, it's nothing. Any thoughts are appreciated. Regards, Michael M. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
