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>if this is the normal delay of the playhead on a particular
>frame, you could have done with that tempo setting and giving it 10
>seconds.
Huh? There's no way you can set the tempo to 1 frame every 10 seconds. You
can't do a 10-second delay with the tempo.
There are three ways: the millisecon
I am afraid what are you trying to mean by delaying of 10 seconds,
because if this is the normal delay of the playhead on a particular
frame, you could have done with that tempo setting and giving it 10
seconds.
--- sreedhar reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hello all
> In the presentation im cr
An .inf file is initialization file. What else?
You never need to detect the CD driver of the user system, the OS
does that.
CDs are autorun when the CD ROM have an autorun.inf file in the root
of the CD. This Autorun.inf is the file which helps you start your CD
automatically.
in your autorun.inf
On 4/11/01 4:33 AM, "Rodrigo Peres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How the best way to convert seconds to ticks?? I'm usinng th HMSToframes to
> convert 00:00:13 to seconds and then put it * 60 to get the ticks, but it's
> not working. What I really need is: my user type a time in format 00:00:00
>
hi to all,
How the best way to convert seconds to ticks?? I'm usinng th HMSToframes to
convert 00:00:13 to seconds and then put it * 60 to get the ticks, but it's
not working. What I really need is: my user type a time in format 00:00:00
and then I use the movietime property to change the positio
>Do any of you know how I can make a director movie that links to and plays
>mp3's outside of the movie file? Is it possible?
Yep. MP3 is basically the same as Shockwave audio, except with a different
header.
Are you going to link at runtime, or will you know beforehand which ones
you're goi
I probably read about it right here.
I've just discovered that my _old_ PII 266 with Win2K doesn't play audio
sounds at all if the soundDevice = "MacroMix". Works with "DirectSound" and
"QT3Mix" and digital video sounds fine with any of those devices.
I guess I'll have to see if my old Ensoniq
Thanx Seb,
The reason why we are not using vectors is the jaggies that are inevitably
formed when they are scaled.
Besides, the user needs to save his drawings to a remote server. It's a
whole lot easier to just save a vertex list to the database.
Regards,
Pranav
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Well, I've known about at least 8 sound channels for a while via
puppetsound; in fact I think there may actually be more. But it does say
somewhere (either in the docs or one of the many Dir books you can get) that
to be perfectly sure that the sound will playback fine, you might want to
use only
>Can Director 7 (PC and Mac) play Mpeg video without any xtras?
It can on the Mac, not on the PC. I think QT 5, which is in beta, will
support MPEG on Windows, but for now you need an Xtra. I recommend the
DirectMedia Xtra from Tabuleiro.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
Learning Network
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I said earlier I'd post some timer code in response to Sreedhar's request.
This is really a better way than using the timer if you have D8.
First, wherever you want to start the timer--say in a mouseUp handler--you
do this:
timeout("myTimer").new(1, #myHandler, me)
That creates a timeo
> I have always read that there are only 4 sound channels, 2
> accessible by the
> score and 2 by lingo. But today I became suspicious and
> tested to see how
> many there are. There are 8! (6 accessible by lingo.) Why
> aren't these
> documented? Does anybody know if there's anything special
I have always read that there are only 4 sound channels, 2 accessible by the
score and 2 by lingo. But today I became suspicious and tested to see how
many there are. There are 8! (6 accessible by lingo.) Why aren't these
documented? Does anybody know if there's anything special about the 4
u
Sorry to cause any confusion about the use of Buddy. You have it all
right. I was just trying to point out that you can't only use the serial
number reg function without using the bareg utility.
It sounds like you everything in order!
Rich
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Well, on a mouseUp, you are calling uppercase, and passing only your
reference (me), but uppercase really takes two parameters, so you're
effectively passing in nothing.
However, then you set it to the value of member "userData", so that gets
around that problem (although a little backwards).
Do any of you know how I can make a director movie that links to and plays
mp3's outside of the movie file? Is it possible? Do I access the mp3
player
on the user's system? If so, how?
Thanks a lot - Jason
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To Tab:
This is the script I have on the mouse Up button:
global output, input
property Uppercase
on mouseUp me
UpperCase me
end
And this is the movie script:
global input, output
property Uppercase
on Uppercase me,input
-- input = ForceUppercase(input)
-- set the text of member "use
Hi All,
With this code below i am getting spaces on the Line 2, 3, 4 before the (#)
sign because and dont know how to remove them. This is
basically for randomly generating the order of the field. I am removing
QUOTEs from the string.
#3 A sterile barrier that has been permeated must be consi
Hi Pranav,
I've already encountered this 'feature' Why don't you use imaging lingo
to draw, as you only use straight lines or circles? Strength of vector
shapes are the bezier features (trough the vertice handles). If you
aren't using theses ones, you should take a quick look on imaging, with
a l
Hope someone can help me - I'm going nuts here.
Have just come back to a game I was making using collision detection from the
Director-Online site (Charles Forman or GAry Rosensweig's I think). Analyses all
pixels of a colour type to make a very accurate mask.
Problem is, I have an error
> I would like to embed a font from my mac authoring D7.02 so as to be
> available for cross platform projectors.
> I'm going about the Lingo this way:
>
> Castmember script
>
> set the font of member 9 of castLib 1 = "Linoscript*"
>
> I'm returned with "Handler Definition Expected" error
did you
hmmm, autocad (if it came from there) will export 3ds (I think).
Also I believe crossroads will do it (free windows converter)
gav
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This should work: member(9, 1).font = "Linoscript *"
There've been a couple of questions about crossplatform compatibility of
embedded fonts. I use a tool called TransType from
http://www.pyrus.com/html/products.html to make Mac fonts from my Windows
fonts and vice versa. It has never let me d
I have a "data carriage" in my CD that has three doors on the front which
open to reveal RGB projection lenses. When the doors open, they (and the
accompanying whirring sound) sync just fine, but when they close, the sound
(the same whirring sound as the first) has to finish playing before the
do
>At 16:26 +0200 01_04_04, Ute Flierl wrote:
> >I habe a bitmap member in 16 bit color depth and want to create a 1
> >bit color black and white mask image from it with imaging lingo
> >where all pixels except the really white ones get black.
>
> >Does anyone know a way to solve this?
>
>At 13:40
hi,
you can use a good xtra for Director called asFFT (it's free!) made by
Antoine Schmitt; you can download it at www.gratin.org/as/ ; I'm tryng to
create with it a movie for children with handicap of language, but it's
useful also for a feedback with the microphone. Try it and please send me
you
You can cut frames in Director. Double click on the QT cast member so that
you open it up in the preview window. For just one frame, move the slider
to the frame you want, and choose Edit:Copy or Edit:Cut if you actually want
to eliminate it from the video. You can then paste it wherever you wa
DOUG = Director Online Users Group. Check out their website at
www.director-online.com.
Regards,
Pranav
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Hi All,
I'm in need of some help and hoping to get some ideas here :). This list
has been a great help to me and someday i hope i can be a helper instead of
the one always needing help :).
My question is, how can i get the y coord of the bottom line or last word of
a paragraph in a text mem
i know there is a way to auto select cdrom on the PC, but is anyway
to auto select cdrom drive on the MAC, and if there is a way, please
any information on how to accomplish this would be greatly helpful
thank you all
ken
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many thanx to Al Hospers. m going to try the demo version.
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Hi, list
here is my problem. I made a small projector in D8 "Intro". It plays
quicktime movie & sound file. These two files are external. Everything is
good in dir file, but after converting into projector movie always stops in
the frame - music should starts? Maybe i need to include some speci
You can use the .ini file for Mac projectors
At 11:53 AM 3/29/01 -0500, Charlie Fiskeaux II wrote:
>is there anything like the .ini file for Mac projectors?
>
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Hello list
I would like to embed a font from my mac authoring D7.02 so as to be
available for cross platform projectors.
I'm going about the Lingo this way:
Castmember script
set the font of member 9 of castLib 1 = "Linoscript*"
I'm returned with "Handler Definition Expected" error
Any help ap
You could use quicktimeversion(). If the user has anything below 4.1 then
you could pop up an alert box.
Peri
carlos milles wrote:
> We're creating a catalog of QuickTime movies in Director 8. There are
> over 350 movies, but no two movies are ever on stage at the same time.
> On the Mac, afte
Can Director 7 (PC and Mac) play Mpeg video without any xtras? I have tried
importing one on the pc and it doesn't seem to work. If someone could give
me a run down of what the story is regarding mpeg in Director I would be
extremely grateful
Thanks
Paul
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> hi list
> Her it is a problem. I'm using Director 8 but my book is about D6 ). I have
> video - in Quick Time format. In Book there was explained a possibility to
> cut one frame of Videofile, but this technique is not suitable in D8. How
> can i do it directly in Director8.
>
> Thanks,
> An
excuse me for asking, but why would you ever want to do this? would it
really be more convenient to type in a word than to close the script
window or use the menu? and i can't think of a reason to do this at
runtime...
curiously,
bhakti
Luke Wigley wrote:
>
> Hi Listers, I was wondering if anyo
Hey,
I'm adding a Real Player activeX control to stream a movie over the
internet. I'm having a tuff time to get it to work. Does any one know any
good help sites for this?
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Michael C. Hanson wrote:
> on exitFrame
> if not(voidP(gNetID)) then
> if (netDone(gNetID) = TRUE) then
> serverString = netTextResult()
>parsePacket(serverString)
> end if
> end if
> gNetID = void
> go the frame
> end
um, just noticed that gNetID is being set to
vo
Michael C. Hanson wrote:
> on exitFrame
> if not(voidP(gNetID)) then
> if (netDone(gNetID) = TRUE) then
> serverString = netTextResult()
> parsePacket(serverString)
> end if
> end if
> gNetID = void
> go the frame
> end
maybe I'm just being a bit pedantic, but the manual says:
"If no net ID is s
We're creating a catalog of QuickTime movies in Director 8. There are
over 350 movies, but no two movies are ever on stage at the same time.
On the Mac, after playing about 200 movies, QuickTime 4.0.2 maxes out,
and we just get white movies, or no video at all. With QuickTime 4.1.2,
we don't have
>i need to insert a
>simple timer which makes the header jump to the next
>question after finishing a time of 10 secs
Sreedhar--
Which version of Director are you using. If you're using 8, I can give you
a timeout script that's easy & reliable--much better than using the old timer.
Cordially
> Indeed, I do have something very similar to that. Here's a snippet:
> Again -- my problem only occurs on the MacOS side of things.
> Everything is
> fine on the PC side.
can you type in a getNetText in the message window using a file in a known
location & get a netID and then do a netDone(gNe
Irv,
Indeed, I do have something very similar to that. Here's a snippet:
Again -- my problem only occurs on the MacOS side of things. Everything is
fine on the PC side.
on exitFrame
if not(voidP(gNetID)) then
if (netDone(gNetID) = TRUE) then
serverString = netTextResult()
heh.
I wasn't attempting to imply there is a problem under MacOS. I was
attempting to imply there is a problem for me under MacOS.
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From: "g r i m m w e r k s" <[EM
> I'm trying to write a Chatroom in Director.
> Does anyone know of any scripts that are available.
> or any information on how to start.
you might want to go to the Macromedia site & search on MultiUser Server.
there is lots of sample code available. that's how I would start!
Al Hospers
Cam
>so is it advisable to
>convert all the video files into shockwave audio, are
>the sounds going to play smoothly if i convert into
>swa
In general, yes--I've had pretty good experiences with swa audio.
It depends a bit on what you're doing, though. Do you need cue points? Are
you going to sync
Have you check your sounddevice
Write this on message window
Put the sounddevicelist -- to see your sound device
The sounddevice="DirectSound"
Soundkeepdevice=1
But that's not the point...that's just checking
Please make sure :
1. use "Standard import" than "Linked to external files"
2. try to
I already register my buddyapi with ba reg...
What do you mean about using bareg program ??
Should I buy a new one again... ?
When I using baabout() it said that it licensed to me and shown 124
licensed function
I using baragister in script because in buddyAPI help file..it said :
"You need to
Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to write a Chatroom in Director.
Does anyone know of any scripts that are available.
or any information on how to start.
regards
chris
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> I am going throug macromedia's list of xtras at present. off hand does
> anyone know can director take two sprites and create a
> composite pict that
> i can save to a file?
>
> is there an extra to do that?
Yes there is, and it's free :)
put xtra ("scrnXtra").interface()
-- "xtra ScrnXtra
> Couldn't you use printomatic to create a file rather than a printout?
This is driver-specific functionality; you can't do it from POM. OTOH,
if anyone figures out how, please post back.
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Hi Brian
If your using D8 then you can use imaging lingo to create your composite
image.. then all you need to do is find an Xtra that can save out to a file.
I'm sure you'll find something on http://www.updatestage.com
Sincerely
Mark R. Jonkman
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limiar40 b wrote:
>
> hi list!!!
>
> Haw can i burn a hybrid cd, to work in PC's and Mac's
> i write this script to check the platform.
>
> on checkMachine
> if the platform contains "windows,32" then
> set gQualpath = the pathname & "data\"
> --pc
> else
> set gQualpath = the p
I am going throug macromedia's list of xtras at present. off hand does
anyone know can director take two sprites and create a composite pict that
i can save to a file?
is there an extra to do that?
thanks in advance,
brian
...
> Unlike some other languages where you have to declare a variable before
you
> can use it, in Lingo just using a variable makes it "come to life".
As an aside, it's just personal habit to store a sprite's belnd value in a
avariable first then process the variable. It cuts down on retyping
"sprit
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From: sreedhar reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: auto start
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:07:23 -0700 (PDT)
Hello all
can anyone give me the script required to start the cd
automaticall
Not sure what you exactly mean here. You don't need to define a global
variable to set your initial blend values.
The code I gave you was only a start point for you to modify the code for
your personal needs. When exactly do you want this blend to occur. I noticed
you are calling the routine from
This may not be the root of your script error, but it's a distinct
possibility. What you've described does require this, in any case.
Using the BuddyAPI register number in a script is for temporary
evaluation. You need, instead, to use the baReg program to register your
Xtra. You can get that
go to the Penworks site. look for the CDXtra. it's free.
sorry this was not clear before
Al Hospers
CamberSoft, Inc.
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A famous linguist once said:
"There is no language wherein a double
positive can form a negative."
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> I need the script buttom for stop and play the sound on Cd. I
> have buttoms
> with sound.go to the Penworks site. look for the CDXtra. it's free.
HTH
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CamberSoft, Inc.
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http://www.cambersoft.com
A famous linguist once said:
"There is no language wherein a double
posi
Hi,
> Al Hospers kindly wrote:
> >> also vList, from updatStage I
> >> beleive... but not
> >> tried a lot)
> >
> >dunno what that is. not something sold by UpdateStage. I
> thought it was an
> >XWindows function myself...
>
> It's in beta. So probably NDA-ed. If you sign an NDA maybe
> Gretchen
hello sreedhar,
on startmovie
startTimer
end
on startTimer
if the time < 10*60 then
go to the frame
esle
go to frame 10
end if
end
just of the head.not tested.but u will get the idea.
cordially
Nagaraj.
sreedhar reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hello all
In the presentation im creating i n
Hi list!
Anybody know?
I need the script buttom for stop and play the sound on Cd. I have buttoms
with sound.
Thanks ever so much.
Mary
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Hi all !
I'm creating String Database with director. I'm using 2 Xtra.. It is
BuddyAPI Xtra and FileIO.Xtra
The problem occurs when I create projector...
I alrady include the Xtras in projector from Modify > Movies >Xtra...
When I play with director..everything works fine.. But in projector
the
Al Hospers kindly wrote:
>> also vList, from updatStage I
>> beleive... but not
>> tried a lot)
>
>dunno what that is. not something sold by UpdateStage. I thought it was an
>XWindows function myself...
It's in beta. So probably NDA-ed. If you sign an NDA maybe Gretchen will
tell you all about i
> also vList, from updatStage I
> beleive... but not
> tried a lot)
dunno what that is. not something sold by UpdateStage. I thought it was an
XWindows function myself...
Al Hospers
Marketing Associate
UpdateStage
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> > does anyone know how to store variables etxernally?
> you can certainly put them in an INI file or even a straight
> text file &
> read them in on the fly. use the FileIO or Buddy Xtras to
> read & write the
> data to the file. if you do that be sure to use the value()
> function to
> convert
> does anyone know how to store variables etxernally?
what does that mean, "store variables externally?" and I assume that you do
mean eXTernally rather than eTXernally...
you can certainly put them in an INI file or even a straight text file &
read them in on the fly. use the FileIO or Buddy Xt
hi!
does anyone know how to store variables etxernally?
thanks in advance!
ines
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Burning CDs is outside the scope of this list - this is a list for Lingo
and programming questions.
However, what you're interested in is what's called a "shared hybrid"
CD. Look in your Toast manual for how to share files and/or make a shared
hybrid.
- Tab
At 11:40 AM 4/10/01 +0100, limia
on 10/4/01 2:40 PM, limiar40 b at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I use the TOAST for burn cd's in mac.
which ver of toast?
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hi list!!!
Haw can i burn a hybrid cd, to work in PC's and Mac's
i write this script to check the platform.
on checkMachine
if the platform contains "windows,32" then
set gQualpath = the pathname & "data\"
--pc
else
set gQualpath = the pathname & "data:"
--mac
end if
end
Hi
Does anyone know what I do wrong?
I put the same sound in to sound chanel 1, 5 times.
On end of sount I put Waiting for 3-5 sec.
so I have the same sound 5 times in 3-5 sec period.
WOW I have problem. first sounds paly ok, but next play from midle of, from
end and so on
WHY??? thats no
> Presumably, people who worked on the Shockwave 8.5 player are
> working under
> a non-disclosure agreement. But then, with your experience, I
> figured you'd
> know that :-)
Well Kerry, with YOUR experience I figured you might be more then qualified
to tell me all about it :->
Unless Giles ki
hello list,
My problem is...
when I play Film Loop from HD I hane no problems, but from CD
have to sloo animation. So how to preload (cast member)"Film Loop" in to RAM
first and
then play this member.
thanx for U time :)
gytenis voronovaas
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