Yes, it plays fine on my development machine by selecting it via a dialog, but not on the other machines.
Tiemo -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Phil Davis via use-livecode Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. März 2017 18:22 An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 If you pick the video file with a file dialog and set the filename of the player to "it", will it play then? If so, maybe you're having a path issue. Phil Davis On 3/7/17 8:51 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode wrote: > ... and as I mentioned, the videos play fine on all machines outside > of LiveCode in the standard platform videoPlayer, what says to me that > it can't be a codec issue - as far as I see > > Tiemo > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. März 2017 17:49 > An: 'How to use LiveCode' <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Cc: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> > Betreff: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 > > Hi Jacque, > > that's what I also already thought of. But I haven't found yet, how/where I > could check for it. I have an old nice tool, called gspot, which usually > tells me everything about any video, but it doesn't work with theses H.264 > mp4's. I was on the intel site and downloaded a media sdk, installed it on > one of those not working machines, but without success. But actually I don't > even know, if that codec is part of that media sdk, they don't describe the > detailed content. So it was a shot into the dark and I didn't found yet a > dedicated download for that codec. > > Tiemo > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im > Auftrag von J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. März 2017 17:01 > An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Cc: J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com> > Betreff: Re: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 > > Do the other machines have the mp4 codec installed? Most versions of Windows > didn't ship with it, you had to install it separately. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > On March 7, 2017 9:32:22 AM Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> Making some further tests, I discovered that there must be a relation >> to mp4 video files. >> I tested the same standalone with an old avi file and that worked, >> but not with some different mp4 files But it can't be something in >> general, because the mp4 file can be played fine with the same >> standalone on my W10 machine. >> So I am still searching for an idea, what could be different on my >> machine to "all" others. >> >> Tiemo >> >> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im >> Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. März 2017 13:07 >> An: LiveCode User Liste senden <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >> Cc: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> >> Betreff: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> With LC 8.1.2 I changed the video standard in my programs from >> Quicktime to the new standard interface DirectShow on Windows. I >> recoded all videos to >> mp4 with Intel QSV H.264. >> >> On my developing W10 machine everything works fine in the IDE and >> standalone. Now after release it looks like my developing machine is >> "the only one" which can play the new videos in my new LiveCode program. >> >> On a W7, W8 and other W10 machine I get the error "could not create >> movie reference" when setting the filename of the player object. >> >> Actually the DirectShow standard should be available from W7 to W10 >> and when just double clicking the video, it can be played on all >> those other machines with the standard video player, so it doesn't >> seem to be an codec issue. On the other hand something from the >> environment must be different on my developing machine. >> >> I also tried to build a new standalone with LC 9.0 dp3, but testing >> the standalone it show the same issue. >> >> >> >> Has anybody any idea, where to start searching? >> >> What could be different on my developing machine as on all other machines? >> >> Are there any known system requirements for using DirectShow? (which >> I have set unconsciously on my machine) >> >> >> >> Thanks for any ideas >> >> Tiemo >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Phil Davis _______________________________________________ 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