On 2/9/05 at 12:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Re: > > There's not a way to send wired messages from Director to > > QuickTime, unfortunately. > ------------ > > Lingo can read if a Track is enabled or not, and QT or Lingo > can set tracks enabled. If a track is enabled, Lingo can check > for this and respond by executing a function, etc.
All quite true, but that provides 1 bit of resolution per track, not to mention that running poll scripts is an inefficient way of sending messages. I made an experiment with eight of such tracks, and then was able to use lingo to control the stereo pan of a QuickTime movie (this was before Director offered stereo panning). It works, but is very clunky, and I wouldn't want to use it for anything serious. The best thing I have found for sending large amounts of arbitrary data from Director to QuickTime is XML, but that requires write access on the disk, so it's only suitable for projectors or author-time. It should also be possible to send http messages from QuickTime over a given port, so that they can be caught by the MU Xtra but I am not sure how to go about that. Brennan -- Brennan Young "We notice more readily and even diligently search for whatever might confirm our beliefs, and we don't notice as readily and certainly don't look hard for what disconfirms them." -John Allen Paulos [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [email protected] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
