Thanks Ken, I feel as though a bit of my sanity has gone back! I did notice the same behaviour with the projector that you state as well...
... Alex ... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Hubbell > Sent: 10 October 2003 13:57 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> [X-Post] Known Bug: QuickTime and path > length on Windows rant! > > > Actually, I submitted this bug to Macromedia several months > ago. This path issue also causes projectors to generate a > movie PLAYLIST error if the path to the projector (including > the name of the projector) is greater than 128 characters. > This bug also affects Authorware. It affects any linked > asset as far as I can tell. > > It has been logged by the QA and support teams, but has yet > to be fixed. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alexandre Cop > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 3:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> [X-Post] QuickTime and path length on > Windows rant! > > > Really, nobody has ever had an issue with this? Damn, I must > be unlucky!! :�( > > ... Alex ... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexandre > > Cop > > Sent: 08 October 2003 13:07 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: <lingo-l> [X-Post] QuickTime and path length on > Windows rant! > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > This one has been driving us crazy for a long time, and I > can't seem > > to find any reference to it on the web... Here it goes!! > > > > Machine: Win 2000 & XP, QT 6.3, Dir 8.5.1 & MX > > Problem: If a QuickTime movie (regardless of the codec) has > an overall > > path length greater than 128 characters then it won't play from > > Director. It will play with QuickTime Player though. > > > > By overall path length I mean e.g. ("C:\Program > > Files\<Company>\<Product>\<Course>\Content\QuickTimeMovie.mov" > > ).chars.count > > > 128 > > > > Whilst experimenting, I exported the movie with the MPEG4 > codec - no > > avail. Then I change the file extension from *.mov to *.mp4, and > > D8.5.1 wouldn't import it. DMX however WOULD, and played it with > > QuickTime!!! > > > > I also tried feeding Director with the shortfilename (which is less > > than 128 chars), but that didn't work either :( > > > > This is really a pain for us, sometimes you'll get a client calling > > saying that they created a course and it wouldn't work, and > eventually > > you figure out that it's the issue mentioned above... Grrr! > > > > If anybody has got a suggestion, it would be greatly appreciated!! > > > > Regards, > > > > Alexandre Cop. > > > > [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!] > > > > [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!] > > > > [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!] > [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!]
