Re: AVI duration limit?

2000-11-01 Thread Dr. Daniel D. Errampalli
- Original Message - From: Mike Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:55 AM Subject: AVI duration limit? > Hi all, > > I just finished a project with lots of video, which started in AVI format. > The client had some long clips (over 5 m

Re: which sound device i'm using

2000-11-01 Thread Kerry Thompson
>my question is which sound device i'm using. That depends largely on the platform. If you're on Win 95, 98, or 2000, directsound is the sound device. Win NT doesn't support directSound well, so it will default to the lowest common denominator, MacroMix. On the Mac, you probably are using qt.

Re: Timing and Sound

2000-11-01 Thread Kerry Thompson
>I'm looking for some feedback on the 'most' accurate & consistant method of >playing a click sound at a set tempo for a metronome style application. If you're using D8, timeout objects are definitely the best way. Let's say you have a sprite with this script attached; on mouseUp me timout(

Re: MiAW

2000-11-01 Thread Luke Wigley
John Horn (Home) wrote > I have a project that basically has a navigation window ontop of the main > stage window. I want to run the projector itself within a window. THe > problem is I can click and drag the main window out from under the > navigation window, which is a bad thing. Also if ano

AVI duration limit?

2000-11-01 Thread Mike Warner
Hi all, I just finished a project with lots of video, which started in AVI format. The client had some long clips (over 5 minutes) and these would stutter or have garbled sound shortly after the halfway point. With these clips I was also getting other errors that would indicate a lack of RAM (g

RE: MiAW

2000-11-01 Thread John Aquilina
Reply to: RE: MiAW Try setting the modal of the navigation window to TRUE - this makes it like a dialog box that you cannot click outside of. johnAq John Horn (Home) wrote: >I am running D8 > > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Beha

Re: Timing and Sound

2000-11-01 Thread grimmwerks
Personally, I'd head on over to Beatnik, and look up the Beatnik xtra >> G'day, >> I'm looking for some feedback on the 'most' accurate & consistant method of >> playing a click sound at a set tempo for a metronome style application. >> I've been experimenting with the milliseconds, ticks and

Re: Timing and Sound

2000-11-01 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
howdy- the milliseconds will be the most accurate way of timing; and i would prolly try a timeout object and let it repeat. you can read up about the timeout object on page 289 of using director which came with d8. --bh Matt Lester wrote: > > G'day, > I'm looking for some feedback on the 'most'

RE: MiAW

2000-11-01 Thread John Horn (Home)
I am running D8 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Colin Holgate Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MiAW >I have a project that basically has a navigation window ontop of the main >stage window.

MiAW

2000-11-01 Thread John Horn (Home)
I have a project that basically has a navigation window ontop of the main stage window. I want to run the projector itself within a window. THe problem is I can click and drag the main window out from under the navigation window, which is a bad thing. Also if another window for instance an erro

Timing and Sound

2000-11-01 Thread Matt Lester
G'day, I'm looking for some feedback on the 'most' accurate & consistant method of playing a click sound at a set tempo for a metronome style application. I've been experimenting with the milliseconds, ticks and the timer in repeat loops, and have had the most success with the milliseconds. If any

Re: MiAW

2000-11-01 Thread Colin Holgate
>I have a project that basically has a navigation window ontop of the main >stage window. I want to run the projector itself within a window. THe >problem is I can click and drag the main window out from under the >navigation window, which is a bad thing. Also if another window for >instance an

Re: Lingo is stupid. BUG

2000-11-01 Thread R. Bhakti Klein
Yes. I can explain that. It's not a bug, it's a feature. the integer variables you use below are local. > on myFunction a >a = a + 1 > end myFunction just adds 1 to the parameter sent in, and then does nothing to it. so if b = 1 and you send it through myFunction, b will still = 1, because

RE: mp3's and pausing

2000-11-01 Thread Jon Paul Alongi
if you send me the dir file , ill take look...jp -Original Message- From: Robert Koberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 4:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: mp3's and pausing Can I pause and restart a mp3 at the same point it was stopped. I can do this

Put a dynamic cast member on the stage at run-time

2000-11-01 Thread Morales, Carlos R.
I need to create a set of new sprites at run-time and then put them on the stage. What I want to do is read a list of songs from a database and then create buttons on thy fly based on the content of that. Thanks -carlos [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to dig

mp3's and pausing

2000-11-01 Thread Robert Koberg
Can I pause and restart a mp3 at the same point it was stopped. I can do this is in Windows during authoring but not while shocked. I can get the millisecond the mp3 was stopped but I can't restart it at the same point. I have looked in the archives and I see some posts saying that it can't be

Re: QTVR multinode issues

2000-11-01 Thread Stephen Recker
Thanks for the input, Mark. Still a few problems, though. >> I am looking for resources about multi-node QTVR panoramas in Director. > > Try Bruce's site www.zeusprod.com - you'll need to dig a little, but the > info is great! The notes there don't use dot syntax but I doubt that > matters. Tri

which sound device i'm using

2000-11-01 Thread sundeep bhatia
hi list cant tell u how embarrasing i feel asking this question. It's been over an year i'm using director and i just dont know this. i generally use director for creating multimedia presentations with graphix and animations synchronised with voice over. i use vo in wave or aif format. my qu

4-Player game

2000-11-01 Thread Mark Schulz
Leon: Check out the Dir-Games List, it's more your speed! http://nuttybar.drama.uga.edu/mailman/listinfo/dirgames-l Mark Schulz Florida Imaging [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [E

RE: which sound device i'm using

2000-11-01 Thread Robert Wingate
> my question is which sound device i'm using. Try the following in the Message window: put the soundDeviceList -- ["DirectSound", "MacroMix", "QT3Mix"] put the soundDevice -- "DirectSound" SoundDeviceList tells you the possible devices per configuration, and soundDevice tells you which is act

embedded font problems

2000-11-01 Thread Mark Schulz
I've had the best luck embedding only Truetype fonts and avoiding the use of switches in Director for bold, italics, etc. Load a true bold or italic version of each, it takes more memory, but the font widths get weird with switches. Mark Schulz Florida Imaging [To remove yourself from this lis

RE: quad and MIAW

2000-11-01 Thread Robert Wingate
> Phew!!! :) how's that done! I think I remember reading a description of that -- I think it was done by Joe Sparks. Can't remember where it was, but you might find some direction from this article by Gary Rosenzweig: http://www.director-online.com/accessArticle.cfm?id=840 Hope this helps out

Re: quad and MIAW (half answer)

2000-11-01 Thread Jonas Brink Worsøe
- Original Message - From: gopinath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: quad and MIAW >1. If u go to about director and click on the "FUN" tab >and then select "quads" at the left then "the view large quad animation" >Phew!!! :) >how's that done! >pixel animation? >I am only able to manipula

quad and MIAW

2000-11-01 Thread gopinath
Hi! List, anybody heard these ones. 1. If u go to about director and click on the "FUN" tab and then select "quads" at the left then "the view large quad animation" Phew!!! :) how's that done! pixel animation? I am only able to manipulate the four coordinates of a bit map¿ 2. I have two movies

projector with director 6?

2000-11-01 Thread I Larochelle
Hi guys! I have a quick one for you this morning!! Ok, I'm working in director 7.0.2 (on PC) and I need a Mac Projector...but, the only Mac Version of Director here is the 6th one! I tried to create a little stub so that will open my director 7 file...but it keeps telling me that it has some pr

Odp: Lingo is stupid. BUG

2000-11-01 Thread Szymon Drejewicz
THX -- > Od: Daniel Plaenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; LINGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Temat: Re: Lingo is stupid. BUG > Data: 1 listopada 2000 12:47 > > At 12:40 01.11.2000 +0100, Szymon Drejewicz wrote: > > >on myFunctionForLists v > > v[1] = v[1] + 1 > > v[2] = v

Re: Lingo is stupid. BUG

2000-11-01 Thread Tab Julius
A combination of two things. First, any variables created in the message window are global. In your case, that means that the list persists. Second, lists are passed by reference. This can be helpful sometimes, though I think generally it just trips people up. You could do: a=[1,1] b=a b[

Re: Lingo is stupid. BUG

2000-11-01 Thread Daniel Plaenitz
At 12:40 01.11.2000 +0100, Szymon Drejewicz wrote: >on myFunctionForLists v > v[1] = v[1] + 1 > v[2] = v[2] + 1 >end > >let's see how it's working (in Message Window): >- >w = [1,1] >myFunctionForLists(w) >put w >-- [2,2] >- >W

Lingo is stupid. BUG

2000-11-01 Thread Szymon Drejewicz
Hello, Is it new BUG?: This is a nice, simple, useless function: on myFunction a a = a + 1 end check in Message Window: - b = 1 myFunction(b) put b -- 1 - OK. WORKS GOOD. BUT: on myFunctionForLists v v[1] = v[1] + 1 v[2]

Re: Sound Problems On Laptop

2000-11-01 Thread Brad
How much memory does the laptop have? It just might be a case of it running out of memory Make sure nothing else is running and disable any TSRs. Make a basic projector with some basic sounds. See if they play ok. That will let you know if the sound works at all. Regards, Bradley Eustace

Re: Changing Projector.exe Icon -- Icon Editor Name

2000-11-01 Thread Beppe Zupa
Did you prove the PJExeScope?? you can change icon on fly, and check which library the proiector use, the content of the property of file etc... http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA003525/eindex.htm but it simplify our work..we need only from the photoshop artists the 4 icons and in 20 secon

Re: shockwave load v.2. [increasingly pressing!]

2000-11-01 Thread Rich Mayer
> Dear All, > > Still trying to get my DCR to present a useful error message - it has been > mentioned that I need to put a shockwave.ini file in my Shockwave 8 folder > (based on the Director.ini file), uncomment a couple of lines and it'll > generate a detailed error. However, I have tried time

Re: Changing Projector.exe Icon -- Icon Editor Name

2000-11-01 Thread Rich Mayer
> > > >What's it called? > there's a > >> handy freeware utility called "Icon->.ICO". > Doh! sorry... guess i need another coffee [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Changing Projector.exe Icon -- Icon Editor Name

2000-11-01 Thread grimmwerks
>> > >What's it called? there's a >> handy freeware utility called "Icon->.ICO". [http://www.grimmWERKS.com ]-- [ graphic design -|- sound design -|- shockwave -|- lingo -|- cdrom ] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to d

Re: Changing Projector.exe Icon -- Icon Editor Name

2000-11-01 Thread Rich Mayer
> > Incidentally, if you're working on a Mac and have created icon family for > your projector (resources ICN#, ics#, icl8, ics8, icl4, ics4) - there's a > handy freeware utility called "Icon->.ICO". Drag your projector (or resource > file or whatever) on it, and it will create a serious of corre

shockwave load v.2. [increasingly pressing!]

2000-11-01 Thread sam
Dear All, Still trying to get my DCR to present a useful error message - it has been mentioned that I need to put a shockwave.ini file in my Shockwave 8 folder (based on the Director.ini file), uncomment a couple of lines and it'll generate a detailed error. However, I have tried time and time ag