AW: Lingo to control two computers simultaneously???
> The Multi-user xtra is the way this is generally done. I agree to that. I have done this before with 6 computers running a presentation similar to yours simultaneously on 6 screens. I also think that there is no better way to do it. I just want to "warn" you: The accuracy of this kind of synchronization is fair but not perfect. Good enough for most applications but in our case, it presented a major problem. We had split lingo animations, projected in softedge (screens partly overlapping) and what we were looking for was an accuracy of about one video frame (1/30 sec.). Before you try that yourself: THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE. Not repeatedly that is. Most transitions were of about 1 to 3 frames accurate, but some delays were up to 5 frames. (1/5 sec). Which was noticeable in our application. We tried the UDP protocol instead TCP/IP, we tried a different approach with the serial interface using the excellent serial Xtra from DirectXtras, but it still was impossible to synchronize the machines better than that. I even think that the delays are Director's fault, not or not only caused by the MUI communication. Director is simply not made for this. If you find a way, TELL ME, until then I advise you to use the Multi User Protocol, but see to it that your animations are not too demanding in terms of synchronization. Good luck! Michael [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: Scaling swf member?
Scaling swf member? MX04 on WinXP. I’m trying to do a little random animation bit with vector graphics (swf) content. That is, there are six basic vector graphics members that get swapped, rotated and scaled randomly in a single sprite. I created the six members in AI and exported them to single frame (static) swf files, then imported the six swf files into Director as static Flash members. I used AI because each vector graphics “image” was more than could be accomplished in the vector shape editor panel. No problem with the swapping and rotating, but the scaling results in a cropped “image” (scaling ranges from 0 to 200 percent). I’ve tried various combinations of “scaleMode” with alternately “scale” and “viewScale” set to the desired floating point scale percentage without success. Must I keep guessing at the magic formula :) or will one of you clue me in? Thank you, Lee C [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: Lingo to control two computers simultaneously???
On Aug 17, 2004, at 9:24 PM, Mike Cash wrote: My question is, is there a way to do this via Lingo instead (i.e. one presentation switch controlling one computer and Lingo feeding a command to the second computer via Ethernet/USB or something)? The Multi-user xtra is the way this is generally done. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [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: Lingo to control two computers simultaneously???
All, I have a HUGE project that requires two computers to be controlled at the exact same time (specs below). In short, each computer will run a separate presentation. When the presenter is ready to continue he/she hits the button (presentation switch/mouse/some kind of I/O device) and both computers must change at the same time. The total presentation will consist of 6 hrs. of mpeg2 and multiple film loops (per computer). I've already worked out the mpeg2 playback and the non-stop motion backgrounds (filmloops), the biggest problem I'm running into is how to control both computers at the same time. Initial thought was one USB (switch i.e. mouse) fed into each computer. I was informed that USB wouldn't work that way and there are no USB splitters that are made to be used that way. What I'm stuck on now is an Infrared Presentation Switch...two of the same model using a receiver at each computer and only one of the switches. My question is, is there a way to do this via Lingo instead (i.e. one presentation switch controlling one computer and Lingo feeding a command to the second computer via Ethernet/USB or something)? Specs: Computers: 3.0 Ghz Processor / 2Gb ram / WinXP Pro Software: DirMX Any and all ideas are extremely welcome. TIA Mike [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!]
Shockwave Player Public Beta 10.0.2 Available
Developers, Today Macromedia posted a public-beta of the latest version of the Shockwave Player, which is versioned as 10.0.2. This update release contains a few changes that will be of distinct interest to both developers and Shockwave end users. Bug Fixes The public-beta release of the Shockwave Player contains a number of key bug fixes to the currently shipping 10.0.1 version. Reduced Installation Dialogs The public-beta release also improves the installation experience by eliminating two dialogs during player installation on Windows. The two dialogs removed are the initial welcome and final completion dialogs. Changes to the Default Set of Xtras The default set of Xtras installed with the Shockwave Player has been reduced to a minimum, and has resulted in an installer that is approximately 2MB smaller than the currently shipping web installer. The auto-downloading functionality has also been updated to ensure proper playback of existing content. Please report any issues found with existing sites and content through the feedback email form found on the beta download page. Updated Version of the Yahoo! Toolbar The Yahoo! Toolbar installed with Shockwave has been updated, but the user experience during installation remains the same. We will be preparing more complete documentation about these changes in the coming days that includes documenting what bugs are fixed in the public-beta release as well as how the changes to the default set of Xtras will or will not impact Shockwave content developers. For now I have included below a summary of the Xtra changes and what you need to do as a result of these changes. This information will be written-up in more detail and posted as a Tech Note in the Director Support Center (http://www.macromedia.com/support/director) in the next few days. Finally, we would like to mention that when we release this updated version of the Shockwave Player in its final form, we will also be releasing an updater for Director authoring so that both the player and authoring environment will be equivalent build versions. We do not have a specific release date to share at this time. Please stay tuned for official announcements in the coming weeks that will indicate when you can expect the final update release to be made available. Please test the new player today: http://www.macromedia.com/software/shockwaveplayer/beta Thanks, Emmy Huang Product Manager, Shockwave Player Macromedia : Changes to the Default Set of Xtras in Shockwave Player Beta 10.0.2 : The public-beta release of the Shockwave Player version 10.0.2 includes significant changes to the default set of Xtras included in the installer as well as changes to the way in which the core player handles the auto-download and installation of needed Xtras at run-time. While these changes are a break from previous versions of the Shockwave installer, steps have been taken to ensure that previously authored content continues to play as expected. The default set of Xtras has now been reduced to a core set of Xtras needed in order for the player to minimally operate. The Xtras included in the new "slim" Shockwave Player installer by default are CBrowser, InetURL, NetFile and NetLingo. No other Xtras are included in the "slim" installer by default. As a result, the total installer size has dropped by approximately 2Mb. Simply removing Xtras from the default set would likely result in a lot of broken content, in addition we had some thoughts (ours plus those of developers) as to how Xtras downloading might be improved, therefore we made some changes to the way the core player handles Xtra downloading. In player releases prior to 10.0.2, an Xtra would only auto-download and install if it was in the movie's Xtra list _and_ it was specifically marked as "Download if Needed". Both were required as the movie was "branded" with the Xtra's download URL at the time the developer checked the "Download if Needed" option. If you didn't check that box then the URL wasn't branded into the movie and auto-downloading would not occur. In the new beta player, version 10.0.2, the package download URL's for Macromedia Xtras are now located within the player itself. Therefore, if a movie loads and requires an Xtra found in its Xtra list, the player will auto-download and install the Xtra even if the Xtra in question wasn't marked for auto-download by the developer. This change has in essence made auto-downloading and installing of Macromedia Xtras on by default for all Xtras found in a given movie's Xtra list. We feel that this change to the player's default Xtra set, combined with the change to the way in which Xtras auto-downloading occurs will result in an improved user experience during player installation and usage, without breaking existing content. All that comes with the previously mentioned special caveat: Xtras must be in the movie's Xtra list or they won't be auto-downloaded. For media Xtras this is typically not a problem as the
Re: AW: AW: propsave Xtra and images
On Aug 17, 2004, at 5:36 PM, Michael von Aichberger wrote: Kind of complicated, or did I miss something? In case this is the way to go with propsave, can anyone confirm, that vlist can save lists with pure image objects in it? I can't confirm that. With both PropSave and vList, I've always used member.media for storage, and then just put the media into a cast member and grabbed the image for use with copypixels(). Didn't really seem as complicated as when you write it all out like that. ;-) -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [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!]
AW: AW: propsave Xtra and images
Well, I have seen the pimu.com page and seen that the picture type is supported. What I didn't know until now is that #picture and #image are different things. The problem now seems to be that plain image objects which do not reside in a bitmap cast member cannot be saved with propsave. In my case I have plenty of image objects together with other data in a very large list. With propsave I thought it would be very convenient to save the whole list to a file and retrieve it from there. Now it seems that before storing my images in the list I have to convert then to the #picture type by creating a bitmap castmember, assigning the image to it, retrieving its #picture type, placing it in the list, then saving this list with propsave. BUT: Whenever I want to use an image from the list, I cannot do so directly, as imaging lingo seems not to work with "pictures". So before copypixeling something, I will again have to create a bitmap cast member, assign the #picture from the list, and then get the #image of it for further treatment. Kind of complicated, or did I miss something? In case this is the way to go with propsave, can anyone confirm, that vlist can save lists with pure image objects in it? Thanks again for your help Michael [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: AW: propsave Xtra and images
#image is not supported with propsave. #picture is. There's a difference. http://pimz.com/?id=xtras§ion=propsave On 8/17/04 4:47 PM, "Mathew Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > vList does this pretty well, can be encrypted too... check em out at > updatestage.com > > hth, > ~Mathew > > Michael von Aichberger wrote: > >>> You could use the ProgressCopy Xtra from www.updatestage.com >> >> >> ProgressCopy is not exactky what I am looking for. propsave would be >> perfect, if it worked. There must be some people out there who have >> successfully saved lists containing images among other media types. >> >> I would be very grateful if some of them let me know how they made it! >> >> Thanks anyway >> Michael >> >> [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!] [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: propsave Xtra and images
On Aug 17, 2004, at 3:03 PM, Michael von Aichberger wrote: The propsave Xtra that I think many of you have already used, should be able to save all sorts of Director media types, including images. Well, I have tried to save images, but I didn't work. The media type of the restored image was "#unknown". I tried it both within a list and without (the image alone), nothing worked. Could someone point me in the right direction? Putting member.media into a propsave list most definitely works for images. I've done it many many times. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [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: AW: propsave Xtra and images
Hey Michael, I've never tried #image so I can't comment on that. Have you tried #media or #picture? From PIMZ webpage: - Which datatypes are supported? #void #integer #symbol #string #picture #float #list #point #rect #propList #member #castLib #sprite #soundSprite #color #date #media* * See "What does it NOT do paragraph" for additional info.>> You could use the ProgressCopy Xtra from www.updatestage.com --- I don't see image in there. hth, Rob ProgressCopy is not exactky what I am looking for. propsave would be perfect, if it worked. There must be some people out there who have successfully saved lists containing images among other media types. I would be very grateful if some of them let me know how they made it! Thanks anyway Michael [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: AW: propsave Xtra and images
vList does this pretty well, can be encrypted too... check em out at updatestage.com hth, ~Mathew Michael von Aichberger wrote: You could use the ProgressCopy Xtra from www.updatestage.com ProgressCopy is not exactky what I am looking for. propsave would be perfect, if it worked. There must be some people out there who have successfully saved lists containing images among other media types. I would be very grateful if some of them let me know how they made it! Thanks anyway Michael [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!]
AW: propsave Xtra and images
> You could use the ProgressCopy Xtra from www.updatestage.com ProgressCopy is not exactky what I am looking for. propsave would be perfect, if it worked. There must be some people out there who have successfully saved lists containing images among other media types. I would be very grateful if some of them let me know how they made it! Thanks anyway Michael [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: propsave Xtra and images
You could use the ProgressCopy Xtra from www.updatestage.com, only works in macos9 and windows all platafforms, works excellent. Charles On Aug 17, 2004, at 2:03 PM, Michael von Aichberger wrote: Hi list! The propsave Xtra that I think many of you have already used, should be able to save all sorts of Director media types, including images. Well, I have tried to save images, but I didn't work. The media type of the restored image was "#unknown". I tried it both within a list and without (the image alone), nothing worked. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Michael [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!]
propsave Xtra and images
Hi list! The propsave Xtra that I think many of you have already used, should be able to save all sorts of Director media types, including images. Well, I have tried to save images, but I didn't work. The media type of the restored image was "#unknown". I tried it both within a list and without (the image alone), nothing worked. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks! Michael [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: Video Masking
Making the files invisible is an easy, but not foolproof way of doing it. If your client is concerned about the general user, not the power user, this could be enough to satisfy. On Aug 17, 2004, at 04:27, Anand Ravi wrote: Am working on this project where I am displaying a number of wmv (video files). My client want to somehow protect people from copying these files off the CD/DVD. I am unable to find any tra that can take up an encrypted stream (key based) and play the file! As an alternative I thought it may be possible to add a copyright layer when producing the video and trying to mask the layer in the wmv at run-time. macmec ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message was sent from an Apple PowerBook G4. Epitome of creativity. [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!]
navigating Screens
Greetings, With FMX04 Professional, you can now create swf presentations using -Screens-. When these swfs are imported into Director, there does not seem to be any way to navigate thru these using code - no labels, no frame numbers. Anybody working thru this? thanks for your time [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: Video Masking
Hi Anand, Sounds a bit like the story of the poacher and the forester. But I wish you good luck on protecting your customer's video. Stany De Roos [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: Video Masking
QuickTime uses keys. You can also convert to flash video and import into your Director movie so its not available on the CD to copy off. -Chuck -- Chuck Neal CEO, MediaMacros, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mediamacros.com -- Check out the Developers Mall Your one stop shop for all your Director Xtra Needs http://www.mediamacros.net/customer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anand Ravi Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Video Masking Hi All, Am working on this project where I am displaying a number of wmv (video files). My client want to somehow protect people from copying these files off the CD/DVD. I am unable to find any tra that can take up an encrypted stream (key based) and play the file! As an alternative I thought it may be possible to add a copyright layer when producing the video and trying to mask the layer in the wmv at run-time. Any thoughts on this will be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Anand Ravi [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: Video Masking
The only option I am aware of involves quicktime and the soerensen 3 compressor which can embed a 'media key' in the video, and without that key the video cannot be played back. So this wouldn't stop them from copying the video but it would stop them from viewing it outside your application. J. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Anand Ravi Verzonden: dinsdag 17 augustus 2004 12:27 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Video Masking Hi All, Am working on this project where I am displaying a number of wmv (video files). My client want to somehow protect people from copying these files off the CD/DVD. I am unable to find any tra that can take up an encrypted stream (key based) and play the file! As an alternative I thought it may be possible to add a copyright layer when producing the video and trying to mask the layer in the wmv at run-time. Any thoughts on this will be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Anand Ravi [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!]
LingoDoc
Hi guys, Thought this might be handy for those (like me) who regularly work with external script files and possibly CVS. http://www.wildwinter.net/index.php?page=director.lingodoc Any probs, let me know. Cheers, Ian [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!]
Video Masking
Hi All, Am working on this project where I am displaying a number of wmv (video files). My client want to somehow protect people from copying these files off the CD/DVD. I am unable to find any tra that can take up an encrypted stream (key based) and play the file! As an alternative I thought it may be possible to add a copyright layer when producing the video and trying to mask the layer in the wmv at run-time. Any thoughts on this will be highly appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Anand Ravi [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!]
