2010/1/19 chris livermore <cont...@kipmedia.com> > Not so much a compatibility problem but a delivery issue. I used to churn > out the cd-rom apps with video (which is similar to what you're describing), > years ago, now my clients request web delivery. >
Yes - I've made CD-ROM apps like this - and yes they were mainly "coasters" :) > I've found there's no such thing as 'plain ol dvd players'. Many PCs still > don't have them, if they do they sometimes don't have the grunt to run them. > Then you have Win Media player auto opening some movie files at times. > > If you are going to play DVD movies (i think this is what you're > suggesting) and have a separate rev app, then I'd say no-one will see your > app. The movie will play and the app is forgotten. You need to run the > movies from within the app, so you have one interface delivering all > components. Even then many of my cd-rom and dvd products have made great > coasters ;-) > For this to work 1. the DVD must work without any problems as a normal DVD in DVD rental and sales outlets without it not playing on some machines because it also has a Rev app on it. 2. when played on a a good laptop or PC a motivated user should be able to launch the Rev app by reading the instructions on the DVD cover Auto-boot: problematic. On a Mac a DVD movie will open in DVD Player, on a > PC win media player usually open the dvd and people have problems. VLC is > better on PCs but there are other options. > The rev app can autostart on a PC but you may have problems doing the same > on a mac. > Ideally it would auto-boot to the Rev app on a PC and not the DVD player - though this seems like it would be a mess. So - I think it would be OK if the DVD player launched and you would have to quit that before looking for the Rev app on the DVD. > > I've seen a few of these type of media around but, in my experience, if > it's not simple it won't work. > Tricky is OK - as it would be a competition / game with a prize. The main thing is not to muck up the basic DVD functionality. > hope this helps, lots more info on this topic > Yes - thanks. Any links / references would be useful. My main nightmare would be to pitch this and get the client to print loads of DVD's which would not play in some consumer DVD players. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
