Thanks Joe, It is actually a relief that it works on Windows, since I have not had a chance to test it on that platform yet. And thank you for the screen shot. I have not yet seen that in my playback on my mac and imagine that it may be a result of the fact that I use pretty hard compression to get 3 minutes of video down to 7.6 Mb. I may ease off the compression in the future, but to see that difference you would need to clear the ~user/videolabs/Video_Introduction_to_Labs folder and then it would reload the new videos when I recompress them. I'll let you know if/when I do that. First, I will see whether there are more pressing issues with playback for others.
Cheers, bob > On Mar 9, 2016, at 2:27 PM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
