On Mar 31, 2015, at 3:14 PM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote:
>
> Yes, Devin, in using your script for Macintosh using LC 6.7 and higher:
>
> set the filename of player 1 to the defaultFolder & "/media/mymovie.mov"
>
> that appears to let the movie show after the standalone is transferred to
> other
t out. However, with that script, I am now unable
to see the movie in the stack prior to creating the standalone.
Any suggestion for that? Thanks.
Stephen Goldberg
www.medmaster.net
2015 16:03:58 +
From: Devin Asay
To: How to use
LiveCode
Subject: Re: Movie problems in
LiveCode
Messag
On Mar 30, 2015, at 6:00 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote:
> I do not know why we’re getting such different results. On Mac version
> 10.9.5, using LC 7.0.3, if I write the following script in the openCard
> handler:
>
> on openCard
> set the filename of player 1 to “media/mymovie.mov”
> answer th
I do not know why we’re getting such different results. On Mac version 10.9.5,
using LC 7.0.3, if I write the following script in the openCard handler:
on openCard
set the filename of player 1 to “media/mymovie.mov”
answer the filename of player 1
end openCard
then, while the movie will show in
On 3/29/2015 10:51 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote:
THE BOTTOM LINE: To created standalones with referenced movies on
the Mac for distribution, you would do best, until the LiveCode team
resolves the problem, to use a LC version not greater than 5.
Or you could just include a line of script that
Thanks to Richard Gaskin and Jacqueline Gay for their thoughts on the current
problem in creating standalones with referenced QT movies using LiveCode 6-7 on
Mac. Richard and Jacqueline have through the years been helpful and generous in
providing their expertise.
Here is a summary of what I fi
On 3/26/2015 8:47 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote:
Richard and Jackie, does your reluctance to use relative paths
also extend to the distribution of standalones, or is it just stacks
that present the problem?
I do it mostly for the reasons Richard outlined -- more control over
playback and media
stgoldberg wrote:
>>On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> I've always been wary of shipping things that rely on
>>relative paths, since any other script can change the
>>default directory out from under me at any time.
>>In apps where the media I'm playing resides in a single
>>folder
Regarding the problem of the LC 6-7 series not allowing relative paths on the
Macintosh:
>On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> I've always been wary of shipping things that rely on
>relative paths, since any other script can change the
>default directory out from under me at any time.
Related to the software options at Garden Gnome Software below, Cubic
Converter came up as a tool that can apparently be used to convert a
source QTVR image back into a spherical (equirectangular) panorama:
http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-18496-cubicconverter
On 3/24/15, 2:21 PM, "Scott
> Am 24.03.2015 um 22:21 schrieb Scott Rossi :
>
> You¹d probably do well to stop using QTVR and look for an alternative. I
> don¹t know what types of VR movies you have, but there are some tools on
> this site that are able to output HTML5 panoramas and object movies (and
> possibly import QTV
he movie.
>
>Does anyone have an idea of how high on the priorities list the movie
>problem is?
>I would think that a basic control like the Player ought to be working.
>
>Stephen Goldberg
>www.medmaster.net
>
>>Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:02:06 -0500
>>From: &q
On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
In apps where the media I'm playing resides in a single folder, I often
just have a central handler cover that to which I pass the file's short
name only and it takes care of the rest, e.g.:
on PlayMovie pFile
put specialFolderPath("documents")&"/M
that a basic control like the Player ought to be working.
>
> Stephen Goldberg
> www.medmaster.net
>
>> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:02:06 -0500
>> From: "J. Landman Gay"
>>
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>>
>> Subject: Re: Movie problems in
stgoldberg wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion Jacquie. Unfortunately, the problem with
> relative paths resetting to absolute remains
> even if “always use absolute file paths for images” is unchecked.
> There appears to be a true problem with movies in the LC 6-7 series
> on Macintosh. It appe
basic control like the Player ought to be working.
Stephen Goldberg
www.medmaster.net
>Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:02:06 -0500
>From: "J. Landman Gay"
>
>To: How to use LiveCode
>
>Subject: Re: Movie problems in
>LiveCode
>Message-ID: <5510470e.30...@hyperact
On 3/23/2015 6:09 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote:
This is because in the LC 6-7 versions for Mac (preliminary version
8, too) once a relative path is placed in the Property Inspector
filename window of a movie player on Mac it immediately reverts to
the absolute path on closing the Inspector.
Ch
I confirm bug 14435 reported by Devin Asay regarding the current problem with
creating movies on Macintosh using LiveCode versions in the LC6-7 series. This
is a significant problem since it appears impossible at this point to create
standalones on the Mac that will display player movies on W
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