Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
I have had to make a lot of ogg files lately, and I use Audio-Converter. It does have AU in its long list of formats: http://www.hewbo.com/free-audio-converter.html You can have it save the new file back into the folder the source file was located, which means I can do a Find on a set of folders on the server, looking for WAV or AIF, and drag the list of found files onto the audio converter window. They quickly get batched converted back into the many source folders. On Sep 14, 2012, at 7:32 AM, Ben Rubinstein benr...@cogapp.com wrote: Do you have any recommedations for software to use for conversion (especially batch conversion) and for encoding? ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Peter Haworth wrote: I'm beginning to think Matthias' idea of putting the environment data on the clipboard and asking the user to paste it into the email client of his/her choice may be the easiest and safest way to do this. Maybe I'm coming in late to this thread, but if the body of the email is less than 1k have you considered just sending it along as a param in the url?: on mouseUp put some...@somewhere.com into tAddress put Hello! into tSubject put This is the bodycrof the email. into tBody put mailto:; tAddress ? \ subject= tSubject \ body= tBody into tEmailURL launch url tEmailURL end mouseUp I use this to have customers send bug reports, and I can grab the OS version, my app's version, screenRect, and other useful info along with the relevant portion of the executionContexts all within the size limit on the URL passed to most email clients. So far the only really restrictive client I've come across in years is GMail, which apparently allows only ~512 chars; everything else our users have tested on allows at least 1k, which has been plenty to get the info I need from them. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
On 14/09/2012 13:39, Colin Holgate wrote: I have had to make a lot of ogg files lately, and I use Audio-Converter. It does have AU in its long list of formats: http://www.hewbo.com/free-audio-converter.html Thanks Colin, I'll take a look. Ben ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
On 09/14/2012 08:13 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Peter Haworth wrote: I'm beginning to think Matthias' idea of putting the environment data on the clipboard and asking the user to paste it into the email client of his/her choice may be the easiest and safest way to do this. Maybe I'm coming in late to this thread, but if the body of the email is less than 1k have you considered just sending it along as a param in the url?: on mouseUp put some...@somewhere.com into tAddress put Hello! into tSubject put This is the bodycrof the email. into tBody put mailto:; tAddress ? \ subject= tSubject \ body= tBody into tEmailURL launch url tEmailURL end mouseUp I use this to have customers send bug reports, and I can grab the OS version, my app's version, screenRect, and other useful info along with the relevant portion of the executionContexts all within the size limit on the URL passed to most email clients. So far the only really restrictive client I've come across in years is GMail, which apparently allows only ~512 chars; everything else our users have tested on allows at least 1k, which has been plenty to get the info I need from them. This script causes unexpected problems here. It launches KMail on my system despite my having Thunderbird properly set as the default system email client. What happens if no desktop client is being used? (I honestly don't know, I have never been one of those people who use web-based mail.) Can one be assured that that behavior will be consistent? A second problem on my system, running Linux, is that the body is not inserted into the message. This seems to be related to the number of parameters the system will pass to the email client. It accepts only two, apparently. So, recipient's address + (pick one: cc, subject OR body). revMail also behaves exactly this way here. Warren ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Warren Samples wrote: On 09/14/2012 08:13 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Maybe I'm coming in late to this thread, but if the body of the email is less than 1k have you considered just sending it along as a param in the url?: on mouseUp put someone at somewhere.com into tAddress put Hello! into tSubject put This is the bodycrof the email. into tBody put mailto:; tAddress ? \ subject= tSubject \ body= tBody into tEmailURL launch url tEmailURL end mouseUp ... This script causes unexpected problems here. It launches KMail on my system despite my having Thunderbird properly set as the default system email client. What happens if no desktop client is being used? (I honestly don't know, I have never been one of those people who use web-based mail.) Can one be assured that that behavior will be consistent? A second problem on my system, running Linux, is that the body is not inserted into the message. This seems to be related to the number of parameters the system will pass to the email client. It accepts only two, apparently. So, recipient's address + (pick one: cc, subject OR body). revMail also behaves exactly this way here. Those are all good points, but I suspect there would be even more issues trying to get consistent behavior with managing the OS mechanism for copy-and-paste into email clients on all those platforms. Probably the most reliable method would be to write a quick CGI to receive the data, and have the dialog stack post it there over HTTP. That seems to be how this sort of thing is handled most often. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: [OT] Looking For OS X Troubleshooting Suggestions
Scott, I'm with Bob, Steven, Paul and others. I manage a lot of Macs, and I have often seen behavior like this on hard drives that are failing. The good news is that if you have a good backup, you can basically restore it to a new HD and be up and running. Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Thanks Richard, I will give that a try. Thanks also to Warren for pointing out the potential problems. Probably a CGI script (as mentioned in a later email from Richard) would be the safest way to go but I'd be starting from ground zero on how to do that. Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: Peter Haworth wrote: I'm beginning to think Matthias' idea of putting the environment data on the clipboard and asking the user to paste it into the email client of his/her choice may be the easiest and safest way to do this. Maybe I'm coming in late to this thread, but if the body of the email is less than 1k have you considered just sending it along as a param in the url?: on mouseUp put some...@somewhere.com into tAddress put Hello! into tSubject put This is the bodycrof the email. into tBody put mailto:; tAddress ? \ subject= tSubject \ body= tBody into tEmailURL launch url tEmailURL end mouseUp I use this to have customers send bug reports, and I can grab the OS version, my app's version, screenRect, and other useful info along with the relevant portion of the executionContexts all within the size limit on the URL passed to most email clients. So far the only really restrictive client I've come across in years is GMail, which apparently allows only ~512 chars; everything else our users have tested on allows at least 1k, which has been plenty to get the info I need from them. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web __**__** ambassa...@fourthworld.comhttp://www.FourthWorld.com __**_ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecodehttp://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
No you are not the only one. But I have decided some time ago that the reason for this is that our original estimate of what it takes to accomplish a task is largely an illusion, due to our ability to imagine. What it actually took to accomplish any given task is what it is when we look back in retrospect. That is why experience is such a huge advantage in any line of work (says the aging man who's sick of these youngsters around here thinking they can do his job just as well). Bob On Sep 14, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Peter Haworth wrote: Thanks Richard, I will give that a try. Thanks also to Warren for pointing out the potential problems. Probably a CGI script (as mentioned in a later email from Richard) would be the safest way to go but I'd be starting from ground zero on how to do that. Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! Pete ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Peter Haworth wrote: Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! That question came up just last night at a programmer meetup. Everyone present agreed that it's just the nature of the task. Like Bob said, it's not a failure of any given tool or language, just a failure of the imagination to conceive of all of the possible issues with the many disparate subsystems any project will encounter on its way to completion. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
I wasn't blaming the tools by any means. I guess eventually, you build up a library of infrastructure tools (license checking, delivery mechanisms, bug reporting, etc) just as you do with code libraries so it becomes less of a headache. I'll freely admit I'm my own worst enemy in this because I invariably leave these things to the last minute in favour of concentrating on functionality and UI. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.comwrote: Peter Haworth wrote: Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! That question came up just last night at a programmer meetup. Everyone present agreed that it's just the nature of the task. Like Bob said, it's not a failure of any given tool or language, just a failure of the imagination to conceive of all of the possible issues with the many disparate subsystems any project will encounter on its way to completion. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/**FourthWorldSyshttp://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys __**_ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecodehttp://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
On Sep 14, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: I'll freely admit I'm my own worst enemy in this because I invariably leave these things to the last minute in favour of concentrating on functionality and UI. The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
If this is speech, not music, then one can also use 8 bit wav files at low sample rates like 11k or 5k. The high frequencies will diminish and 8 bit is somewhat crunchy sounding, but if one is preparing the samples one can always create them brighter with eq. and shape for the application. These file types will import and play in Livecode, I've tested this. Remember the Nyquist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequencyfrequency calculation -- basically (and with 'perfect' filters) your high end frequency limit will be half your sample rate. Also you folks should know that I have been successful in obtaining audio data from a livecode stack and exporting it to a file and I'll post my findings soon. sqb On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Ben Rubinstein benr...@cogapp.com wrote: So this definitely moves me a step forward - do you know of any other supported formats that offer either higher compression or better quality, that can be played as internal/imported LiveCode sounds? Many thanks, Ben Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
Great audio conversion utility for mac - and it's free as in beer http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:02 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: If this is speech, not music, then one can also use 8 bit wav files at low sample rates like 11k or 5k. The high frequencies will diminish and 8 bit is somewhat crunchy sounding, but if one is preparing the samples one can always create them brighter with eq. and shape for the application. These file types will import and play in Livecode, I've tested this. Remember the Nyquist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequencyfrequency calculation -- basically (and with 'perfect' filters) your high end frequency limit will be half your sample rate. Also you folks should know that I have been successful in obtaining audio data from a livecode stack and exporting it to a file and I'll post my findings soon. sqb On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Ben Rubinstein benr...@cogapp.comwrote: So this definitely moves me a step forward - do you know of any other supported formats that offer either higher compression or better quality, that can be played as internal/imported LiveCode sounds? Many thanks, Ben Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
I like that! On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Peter M. Brigham wrote: On Sep 14, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: I'll freely admit I'm my own worst enemy in this because I invariably leave these things to the last minute in favour of concentrating on functionality and UI. The first 90% of the task takes 90% of the time, and the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
Hi Stephen, Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: Great audio conversion utility for mac - and it's free as in beer http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Peter Haworth pete@... writes: Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! ...and that's what frameworks and object factories are for. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Mark Wieder wrote: Peter Haworth pete at ... writes: Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! ...and that's what frameworks and object factories are for. And what do you do when you stumble across a bug in the framework? ;) How long will it take to even isolate the bug well enough to identify that it's in the framework? Code is complex stuff... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
To be fair, he said it was as free as beer. And that usually costs something. The Audio-Converter I use only cost $0.99. On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Screen not updating with unlock screen
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Richard Gaskin ambassa...@fourthworld.com wrote: members of the Dev Program can read Mark Waddingham's thoughtful comments on this here, noting that going forward the update behavior will be made more consistent across platforms: http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10333 Hmm, I have the developer package, but I can't log in, and it denies that my email address is in its database. Was there somewhere else I needed to sign up for this? -- The Hawkins Law Firm Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 hawkinslawf...@gmail.com 3025 S. Maryland Parkway Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89109 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
That's true! I think the license was $15, which is cheap but not free as beer… unless you're at a sporting event in the USA. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: To be fair, he said it was as free as beer. And that usually costs something. The Audio-Converter I use only cost $0.99. On Sep 14, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Sending an email with a file attachment
Yes, but I'm thinking more of things like: - setting up a web site - making non-zip files downloadable - enabling some sort of demo/licensing scheme that's not subject to hacking within 5 minutes - setting up a method of reporting bugs - code signing Mac apps - making a .dmg file for Macs - making a .pkg file for Macs - making a .msi file for Windows - making a pdf user manual that has navigation bookmarks in it I've figured out asll those things now (just about!) but if I'd love to know if there's a framework that would have helped me with them all! Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.netwrote: Peter Haworth pete@... writes: Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! ...and that's what frameworks and object factories are for. -- Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Scrolling beyond 32k pixel limit?
I'm working on an iPad app that is essentially a photo book. I've created a big scrolling group of images that are 1024 x 768, and a mobile controller to manage the scrolling. A couple of chapters are longer than 30+ pages, and were not scrolling as expected. It took me a while to realize I was encountering a limit to the width of the content of a scrolling group. Reorganizing the chapters to be less than 30+ pages each is not an option at this point. Has anyone come up with a strategy for dealing with very large scrolling groups? I'm working on splitting the content into 2 groups, and a way to jump from one to the other. It would be nice if it was relatively seamless, but that's not essential. I expect I'll have to insert a sort of read more... button at the end of group 1, hide group 1, show group 2, reset the scroll of the mobile control to zero... and continue on scrolling. Then reverse the whole process to go from group 2 to group 1. Back in the Supercard days, I once worked on a Myst-like game. I used just 2 cards for most navigation, switching back and forth between them and changing the graphics on the hidden, non-active card dynamically in response to the next step. All the navigation choices/options were held in a flat-file database, so edits and maintenance was really convenient. I can vaguely imagine something like that with this scrolling issue... but haven't figured out how it would all happen smoothly and seamlessly Any insights? Thanks, - Charles -- Charles E. Buchwald http://buchwald.ca Vancouver / Mexico City / NYC Member of the 02 Global Network for Sustainable Design • Connect on LinkedIn • Follow me on Twitter ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
On 14/09/2012 12:20, Richmond wrote: Some of us have been agitating for Livecode to have ... inbuilt sound playback possibilities, as Quicktime Linux don't mix, and while one can playback sound on Linux from Livecode, one has to twiddle about with one's codebase per platform No argument here. In fact I tried to discuss paying RunRev to implement better multimedia support on Linux six years ago, for the same project that I'm returning to now - because we were deploying fifty (it's now nearer 100) units, I hoped the savings on the Windows license could have paid for some RunRev development, to the benefit of everyone. Unfortunately the timing wasn't right and it couldn't happen. Still hoping... Ben ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Scrolling beyond 32k pixel limit?
Charles, Why don't you organise the pages in cards and swipe those cards? There are visual effects that give the appearance of sliding pages from right to left or the reverse. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Economy-x-Talk is looking for an amateur painter/cartoonist/poet etc. Contact me http://qery.us/du The Economy-x-Talk office is closed from 29 August until 4 September 2012. On 14 sep 2012, at 22:19, Charles E Buchwald wrote: I'm working on an iPad app that is essentially a photo book. I've created a big scrolling group of images that are 1024 x 768, and a mobile controller to manage the scrolling. A couple of chapters are longer than 30+ pages, and were not scrolling as expected. It took me a while to realize I was encountering a limit to the width of the content of a scrolling group. Reorganizing the chapters to be less than 30+ pages each is not an option at this point. Has anyone come up with a strategy for dealing with very large scrolling groups? I'm working on splitting the content into 2 groups, and a way to jump from one to the other. It would be nice if it was relatively seamless, but that's not essential. I expect I'll have to insert a sort of read more... button at the end of group 1, hide group 1, show group 2, reset the scroll of the mobile control to zero... and continue on scrolling. Then reverse the whole process to go from group 2 to group 1. Back in the Supercard days, I once worked on a Myst-like game. I used just 2 cards for most navigation, switching back and forth between them and changing the graphics on the hidden, non-active card dynamically in response to the next step. All the navigation choices/options were held in a flat-file database, so edits and maintenance was really convenient. I can vaguely imagine something like that with this scrolling issue... but haven't figured out how it would all happen smoothly and seamlessly Any insights? Thanks, - Charles ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
well then buy the license! On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: Great audio conversion utility for mac - and it's free as in beer http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
I must have paid long ago, because I wasn't challenged. What is it? 20 bucks? geesh On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:24 PM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: well then buy the license! On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: Great audio conversion utility for mac - and it's free as in beer http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Scrolling beyond 32k pixel limit?
Hi Mark, I've tried one page per card. The trouble is that it is never as nice as the mobile scroller. The mobile scroller responds very, very fluidly, as you've probably seen. As your finger slides, the content slides right along with it. I haven't been able to figure out a way to use LC native stuff that responds like that. It doesn't seem impossible though... But perhaps I can use such a transition to switch from one scrolling group to another. The reader/user might notice something odd every 32 pages, but I suppose that's better than a Read more... button - Charles On 2012-09-14, at 4:03 PM, Mark Schonewille m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com wrote: Charles, Why don't you organise the pages in cards and swipe those cards? There are visual effects that give the appearance of sliding pages from right to left or the reverse. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 Economy-x-Talk is looking for an amateur painter/cartoonist/poet etc. Contact me http://qery.us/du The Economy-x-Talk office is closed from 29 August until 4 September 2012. On 14 sep 2012, at 22:19, Charles E Buchwald wrote: I'm working on an iPad app that is essentially a photo book. I've created a big scrolling group of images that are 1024 x 768, and a mobile controller to manage the scrolling. A couple of chapters are longer than 30+ pages, and were not scrolling as expected. It took me a while to realize I was encountering a limit to the width of the content of a scrolling group. Reorganizing the chapters to be less than 30+ pages each is not an option at this point. Has anyone come up with a strategy for dealing with very large scrolling groups? I'm working on splitting the content into 2 groups, and a way to jump from one to the other. It would be nice if it was relatively seamless, but that's not essential. I expect I'll have to insert a sort of read more... button at the end of group 1, hide group 1, show group 2, reset the scroll of the mobile control to zero... and continue on scrolling. Then reverse the whole process to go from group 2 to group 1. Back in the Supercard days, I once worked on a Myst-like game. I used just 2 cards for most navigation, switching back and forth between them and changing the graphics on the hidden, non-active card dynamically in response to the next step. All the navigation choices/options were held in a flat-file database, so edits and maintenance was really convenient. I can vaguely imagine something like that with this scrolling issue... but haven't figured out how it would all happen smoothly and seamlessly Any insights? Thanks, - Charles ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
Stephen Barncard-4 wrote Also you folks should know that I have been successful in obtaining audio data from a livecode stack and exporting it to a file and I'll post my findings soon. Great! We already have discussed this same topic some time ago... :-) http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2011-June/157680.html Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Skanky-ways-to-play-MP3-on-Windows-XP-tp4654977p4655035.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
And actually I found a bug that I need to report - in the latest versions of Livecode (vs. 4.x series) the audio data is TWICE as large in ram -- doubled in size, and is not an addressing thing - the data repeats exactly once. This only happens in RAM. So I need to demonstrate that first - I did code an exception ( I hate exceptions ) around it - but that's a kludge on top of what was a kludge to begin with. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Alejandro Tejada capellan2...@gmail.comwrote: Stephen Barncard-4 wrote Also you folks should know that I have been successful in obtaining audio data from a livecode stack and exporting it to a file and I'll post my findings soon. Great! We already have discussed this same topic some time ago... :-) http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2011-June/157680.html Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Skanky-ways-to-play-MP3-on-Windows-XP-tp4654977p4655035.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
I've no problem doing that, just letting people know it's not free :-) I've been using a free convertor named Switch for a while now - it seems to do a pretty good job. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:24 PM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: well then buy the license! On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Peter Haworth p...@lcsql.com wrote: Hi Stephen, Sounds like a great utility but every time I try to convert something (actually only tried .wav to .mp3, I get a message that I need to buy a licnse. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:08 AM, stephen barncard stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com wrote: Great audio conversion utility for mac - and it's free as in beer http://soundconverter.en.softonic.com/mac ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Saving in lageacy format
Saving a stack file created with 5.5 as a legacy format 2.7 file seems to be broken. I've tried numerous times now using the IDE Save As… option and very time the resulting file cannot be opened by LC version earlier than 5.5 (file is not a stack error). I also get a strange message right after the Save As which seems to indicate the IDE wnats to load the saved as stack and what do I want it to do with the one that's already in memory. Creating a legacy format file by script bu setting the stackFileVersion to 2.7, then saving it as …. seems to work fine. Here's another of those things I was talking about eralier today that cause ructions and have nothjing to do with the functionality of the product…. and this time is is the rpoblme with the tool. Pete lcSQL Software http://www.lcsql.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
Stephen Barncard-4 wrote And actually I found a bug that I need to report - in the latest versions of Livecode (vs. 4.x series) the audio data is TWICE as large in ram -- doubled in size, and is not an addressing thing - the data repeats exactly once. This only happens in RAM. Exactly twice? Sounds like unicode conversion is playing with your data... :-) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Skanky-ways-to-play-MP3-on-Windows-XP-tp4654977p4655039.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Supercomputer built from Raspberry Pis and Lego
I though that the first reply should have been written by Richard Gaskin. :-D Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/OT-Supercomputer-built-from-Raspberry-Pis-and-Lego-tp4654980p4655040.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Supercomputer built from Raspberry Pis and Lego
Alejandro Tejada wrote: I though that the first reply should have been written by Richard Gaskin. :-D I think I missed it. Hope it was good. While I think this is a super computer, I'm not sure I'd call it a supercomputer. But if it is, it furthers the dominance of Linux in the supercomputer segment (currently 95%). That, with Linux' 59% share of the smartphone market, dominance in the server market, and almost complete saturation of embedded systems, the only remaining segment Linux doesn't own is the desktop. With Raspberry Pi (and System76 and ZaReason and Dell and Acer and Asus) give it time... ;) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Skanky ways to play MP3 on Windows XP
It's not looking like double-byte Unicode to me. What shows up is the complete sound sample followed by a replica of itself consecutively. I've been looking at a hex dump of the contents of the clipboard. And this bulk does not get stored in the stack, I don't see this happening in earlier versions. It's definitely an anomaly and I wonder if this affects other objects. I used the copy command to copy an audioclip object, which contains the actual binary image of the stored audio file. Then it's just deriving params from the object binary, securing the audio data, punching in the right numbers into the headers and saving as a file. On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alejandro Tejada capellan2...@gmail.comwrote: Stephen Barncard-4 wrote And actually I found a bug that I need to report - in the latest versions of Livecode (vs. 4.x series) the audio data is TWICE as large in ram -- doubled in size, and is not an addressing thing - the data repeats exactly once. This only happens in RAM. Exactly twice? Sounds like unicode conversion is playing with your data... :-) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Skanky-ways-to-play-MP3-on-Windows-XP-tp4654977p4655039.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: OT: Supercomputer built from Raspberry Pis and Lego
Richard- Friday, September 14, 2012, 6:09:05 PM, you wrote: While I think this is a super computer, I'm not sure I'd call it a supercomputer. From the comments... It is called a supercomputer because it is made of Lego, and clearly, this is a super way to make a computer. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
