Hey Bob! I tried it on Windows and it works really well. Very cool! I noticed a minor issue where the videos are pixelated for the first few seconds. It clears up pretty quickly and then is fine for the rest of it.
Here's a link with a screenshot of how it looks on my machine at the beginning of a video: http://snag.gy/17aEx.jpg JVERSION Engine: j804/j64/windows Release: commercial/2015-12-21 16:18:48 Library: 8.04.15 Qt IDE: 1.4.9/5.4.2 Platform: Win 64 Installer: J804 install InstallPath: c:/users/joe bogner/j64-804 Contact: www.jsoftware.com On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 1:06 PM, robert therriault <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings again everyone, > The addon for videolabs 1.0.0 is now available for downloading through > Package Manager under the category of media/videolabs. It requires you to be > running j804 on the jqt platform in 64 bit mode. > > When downloaded you should see a new lab entered in the 'Addons' category of > labs entitled 'Video Introduction to Labs'. Selecting that lab should result > in a message box display letting you know that the first time you look at > this lab that you will need to be connected to the internet for about an 8 Mb > download of video resources. These files will be stored in the > ~user/videolabs/Video_Introduction_to_Labs folder (don't worry the download > creates that folder) and should take less than a minute with a decent > internet connection. If you choose not to download, another message box coms > up letting you know that that lab will not run reliably without the videos so > that you should select a different lab. This process was done so that large > numbers of video files are not downloaded during the original creation of a > lab, but only if the viewer wishes to see that particular lab. > > Once you have completed the download the first page of the lab will appear > with the video viewer minimized in the upper left corner. Advancing the lab > is all that you need to do to go through the videos for each section and they > should play automatically. The videos are in .mp4 format and so should play > on a variety of machines. If the videos do not playback for you, let me know > the JVERSION you are working with and the type of machine you are using and I > will work on some fixes. Fingers crossed that this will work for you. > > Cheers, bob > >> On Mar 8, 2016, at 3:56 PM, robert therriault <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey everybody, >> >> For the last couple of months I have been working on creating a video >> version for J labs within the jqt environment. >> >> I am hoping to have it available as an addon in the next couple of days. As >> a preview of coming attractions, I have made a video run through of the lab >> and you can watch it here. https://youtu.be/vJ1i-XzU56E Make sure you watch >> it in the HD version as standard definition does not do justice to text >> videos. >> >> This is just a straight run through to give a sense of the video >> information, when the addon is available it will be fully interactive and >> should provide a nice learning platform. Of course there is the fact that >> more video content remains to be produced, but one bridge at a time. >> >> Cheers, bob >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
