Thank you, Paul! William A. Prothero https://earthlearningsolutions.org
> On Aug 20, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, there is a lot of information that circulates on the forums or lists or > in people's head that probably should be in the LC documentation > > In the LC9.x.x series, the Player supports any audio or video formats > supported by Apple Video Foundation (AVF) on macOS - google the apple > developer docs for AVF formats supported by macOS version. The Player > supports any audio of video formats supported by DirectShow on Windows. > Google DirectShow formats supported to find those. > > NOTE while there is over lap, there are also formats supported only on one > platform or the other. > > Also, unfortunately, if you are planning on doing anything more complex that > placing a video in a player and letting the user play it, you should search > the LiveCode quality center for player bugs - there are many dozens. Some > minor, some more serious. > > > > On 8/20/2020 6:15 PM, William Prothero via use-livecode wrote: >> Folks: >> I’m building an app that needs to play movies. It’s a desktop app that I >> need to work on Mac and Windows. But, when looking at the dictionary and the >> lessons, all I get is references to Quicktime and the dictionary is >> hopelessly uninformative about what formats are required. >> >> I haven’t done this in a while. But, when I searched my emails from the >> users list, the most recent reference I have is 2016. What the heck? The >> dictionary entries are ancient and the lesson is totally useless. Sorry if >> I’m being critical about this, but “what the heck is up with movie >> players??”. Have I missed something? I really hope so. >> >> Best, >> Bill >> >> William A. Prothero >> https://earthlearningsolutions.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
