Re: Downloading with portal stack
>on 9/17/01 11:43 PM, signe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hello to all, >> I have lately tried to port all my stacks to be downloaded to MC2.4, >[snip] >> when the size of a stack is more than approx. 150 kB the >> downloading time starts to be unbearingly long on MacOS 8.5.1: In MC2.3 the >> downloading only takes a few seconds. >> The scripts I use are the ones taken from Sivakatirswami's portal >> stack. Where do I start finding out about the reasons for the slow >> download times? Send me the script you use and a url with a stack that downloads slow, maybe I can help. >If this helps: > >The "scripts" used simple http get URL" calls > get URL "http://www.whatever"; >that were hacked out of Scott's original "downLoadNGo" handlers. > >so, I believe that what we are looking at is difference between the original > >get URL > >of 2.3 and whatever is now doing the same job in 2.4 > >I hope FTP functions have also not slowed down by the same measure...anyone >know? I can't afford to "upgrade" from 2.3 to Rev 1.1, if this speed issue >is not solved... > >Hinduism Today > >Sivakatirswami Andu Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: Downloading with portal stack
on 9/17/01 11:43 PM, signe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello to all, > I have lately tried to port all my stacks to be downloaded to MC2.4, [snip] > when the size of a stack is more than approx. 150 kB the > downloading time starts to be unbearingly long on MacOS 8.5.1: In MC2.3 the > downloading only takes a few seconds. > The scripts I use are the ones taken from Sivakatirswami's portal > stack. Where do I start finding out about the reasons for the slow > download times? If this helps: The "scripts" used simple http get URL" calls get URL "http://www.whatever"; that were hacked out of Scott's original "downLoadNGo" handlers. so, I believe that what we are looking at is difference between the original get URL of 2.3 and whatever is now doing the same job in 2.4 I hope FTP functions have also not slowed down by the same measure...anyone know? I can't afford to "upgrade" from 2.3 to Rev 1.1, if this speed issue is not solved... Hinduism Today Sivakatirswami Editor's Assistant/Production Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HinduismToday.com, www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.Gurudeva.org, www.hindu.org Statement on America Under Attack And August 2000 Address made at the United Nations on Stopping the War in the Home: http://www.saivasiddhanta.org/hawaii/church/policy/attack_on_america_9112001 .html Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: windows me developers?
>Plus on the subject of Windoze ME.. Have you had any problems with >using quicktime movies in player objects & did you find a way around >it? > >I have a project which shows a qt 4 movie with sorenson compressed >video & mp3 compressed audio that just won't work with metacard on >ME.. works fine on 98, 2000 & Mac, it even works in the normal qt >player but not from a normal CDROM based metacard app. I had a similar problem with one of my clients using both Windows ME and 2000. Graphics card device drivers are notoriously bad and variable. On two Win 98SE laptops (one with an ATI RAGE Mobility-P AGP graphics chipset and the other with an ATI RAGE LT Pro PCI chipset), I can leave acceleration on full and QT set to it's full speed default as well. On a Windows NT 4 SP5 system, likewise, there were no problems. On another Win 98SE laptop, I had to switch both the graphics card and QT to lowest speed, most compatible mode to get it to work. The key difference in all cases is the model of graphics card and version of device driver software for that card. There are similar horror stories relating to printers and their device drivers! If you select the "Video Settings" in the QuickTime control panel and switch to "Safe Mode (GDI Only)", this might well sort out the problem. If this doesn't work, you could try Advanced settings for your display properties. This varies considerably between the different graphics cards, but almost always has a "Performance" tab. Here you can try different levels of acceleration, though it might need "None" to work fully. Cheers Peter -- Peter Reid Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)870 052 7576 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.reidit.co.uk Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: more quicktime problems
Jeffrey H. Reynolds, Ph.D. writes: >Im having problems with the quicktime player in 2.3. Ive got some higher >bandwidth movies that are 30fps, sorenson compressed and therefore need >to play the movies in a player with always buffer false to get the full >framerate played (thanks Geoff, thought i had tried that). > I don't think I am about to use the technical jargon but I'll give it to you the way it works for me. The player needs to be a single object and not part of a group. I had a lot of problems when I grouped the player with any other button, scroll bar, etc. When the movie player sits there all by its lonesome, it will not flash when stopping it or clicking on any other button or group. Hope this helps ... Jack Rarick Braintree Athletic Systems Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: more quicktime problems
At 11:06 AM -0700 9/18/01, Jeff Reynolds wrote: >any ideas for trying to prevent the flashing while the movie is paused >w/o setting its alwaysbuffer to true? I haven't tried this, but is it possible to set the alwaysBuffer to true when pausing the movie, and false when playing the movie? gc Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
more quicktime problems
Hi all, Im having problems with the quicktime player in 2.3. Ive got some higher bandwidth movies that are 30fps, sorenson compressed and therefore need to play the movies in a player with always buffer false to get the full framerate played (thanks Geoff, thought i had tried that). problem is that when i try to do anything else on the screen when a movie is paused it causes a flashing of the movie. Even hiding or showing any object on the screen (whether or not the screen is locked or unlocked) causes the paused movie to flash on and off. setting the alwaysbuffer to true stops this, but then causes the frame rate to go way down. ive tried pausing the movie, then setting the alwaysbuffer to true then doing stuff then resetting the movie autobuffer to false before playing again, but this really doenst work. none of the images are overlapping the player. these are referenced movies playing from the hard drive on a G4 450. tried playing the stack under 2.4 and get the same result and also with either qt4 or qt5. any ideas for trying to prevent the flashing while the movie is paused w/o setting its alwaysbuffer to true? thanks jeff Jeffrey H. Reynolds, Ph.D. Waveforms 5236 Locksley Ave. Oakland, CA 94618 510.653.8929 voice 510.653.8909 fax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
MacOS X BackgroundColor & Pattern
Yes I am referring to the grey lined background ! How can I enable it so that it shows on an empty card so I can position buttons etc. I would like to make Stacks which look exactly as other MacOS X Programs do. Can anyone please Help ! Regards Rolf >From: Mark Talluto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: MacOS X BackgroundColor & Pattern >Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:27:26 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v388) >Content-Type: text/plain; > format=flowed; > charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Rolf, > >If you are referring to the white with grey lined background, I have >seen it when your stack is a palette. The backgroundColor is empty or >none. I forget which. > >-Mark > > >On Monday, September 17, 2001, at 03:59 AM, Rolf Kocherhans wrote: > >> Hello all, >> how can I tell MetaCard 2.4 to use the MacOS X Background ? >> >> The documentation says to do this: >> >> The Win32 and MacOS engines will use the system default background >> color/pattern if the backColor and backPattern of all objects on the >> inheritance path (including the Home stack) are set to empty. >> >> But where exactly (Stack,Background,Card) do I have to script, with >> which syntax, to achieve >> my goal ? >> >> Can I do this with the Starter Kit as well ? >> >> Regards > > Rolf Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: Sockets
Thanks for the socket references. I've got some homework to do. Greg Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Re: Sockets
There is a sockets example on the Runtime website, have a look at the user contributions section on the page below. http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/index.html Cheers, Rod Rod McCall Runtime Revolution Ltd, Edinburgh UK www.runrev.com - Original Message - From: "Phil Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:21 AM Subject: Re: Sockets > Hi Greg, > > There's a lot of info out there about sockets. Some of it can even be > understood by non-network-engineer types! No MetaTalk examples, but > you'll get it anyway. > > Here's a nice definition: > http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Topics/20.htm > > You may gain more insight by comparing that one to some others: > http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213021,00.html > http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/socket.html > > > For additional 'net info, I personally think the freesoft.org > "Programmed Instruction Course" is a great intro to how the internet > works: > http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/Course/index.htm > > Hope this helps. > Phil > > > - Original Message - > From: "Gregory Lypny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 5:03 PM > Subject: Sockets > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Where can I find a primer on sockets, something like "Sockets for > > Dummies" with lots of MetaCard examples. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > Gregory Lypny > > Associate Professor > > John Molson School of Business > > Concordia University > > _ > > "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." > > - Anonymous > > > > > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ > Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm > Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
Downloading with portal stack
Hello to all, I have lately tried to port all my stacks to be downloaded to MC2.4, but when the size of a stack is more than approx. 150 kB the downloading time starts to be unbearingly long on MacOS 8.5.1: a stack of 372 kb takes about 15 secs, a stack of 820 kB takes 55 secs (if it downloads at all, sometimes I have to cancel and then click again). In MC2.3 the downloading only takes a few seconds. In the standalone portal stack, I use: start using "libUrl". I have used the Resource Mover to include the stack "libUrl" (only in the portal stack). Both portal stack and the stacks to be downloaded are saved as MC2.4 stacks. On Windows 2000 the downloading time in MC2.4 has also increased a lot, the stack of 820 kB takes a little less than 20 secs. The scripts I use are the ones taken from Sivakatirswami's portal stack. Where do I start finding out about the reasons for the slow download times? -- 1. amanuensis Signe Marie Sanne e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Romansk Institutttel: +47 55 58 21 27 Oysteins gt. 1 5007 Bergen http://www.hf.uib.no/hfolk/mlab/default.html Norway Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
vers 2.4 problems
I'm still having a few problems with version 2.4. 1. Control click in an active (locktext false) field on the Mac does not seem to send a mouseDown message, though mouseUp works just fine. In contrast, 2.3.1 did send this message, so this has required changing some old scripts around. 2. The new "record sound file..." is still not working well for me. The quality is bad and if I specify 'best' , 'better' or 'good' quality, it does not make a difference; they all sound the same: Bad. This is using the default format on the Mac. I have not experimented with other formats yet. But if I try to put the quality specification in quotes, or if I attempt to use a local or global variable for the quality specification, I get a "missing quality specification" error message, and cannot compile the script. I was very excited about this new record sound feature, but it just does not work for me nearly as well as the old external did. The old external works fine. mark mitchell japan Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard@lists.runrev.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
