Kerry Thanks for the response. My video clips are in the cast member of my Director movie and they do not come up at the same time. Playing from the hard drive is not a problem. But when I have burned the projector and all its associated files on a CD, the videoclips do not play automatically -- it asks "where is movieclip "moviename.mov"? Once identified or copied on to the harddrive the projector plays fine.
I was wondering if anyone has a suggestion about how I could play the videoclips from the CD without having to copy my Project Folder (which has the projector and all associated files) on to the hard drive. Thanks for the help. Kakali ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 12:01 PM Subject: Lingo-l digest, Vol 1 #1219 - 7 msgs > Send Lingo-l mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail4.fcgnetworks.net/listinfo/lingo-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Lingo-l digest..." > > > [You are receiving the digest version of Lingo-L. When replying to a message in this digest, post the response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and optionally copy the original poster. Do NOT include or quote this whole digest in your reply! You should also change the subject line to reflect the original subject, and not just say Re: Digest...] > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: progress bar (Kurt Griffin) > 2. Where is memberNum property? (Peter Bochan) > 3. Re: progress bar (Craig Taylor) > 4. Re: Where is memberNum property? (Colin Holgate) > 5. Time to load movies (Kakali Bhattacharya) > 6. RE: Where is memberNum property? (Peter Bochan) > 7. RE: Time to load movies (Kerry Thompson) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:04:20 -0400 > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> progress bar > From: Kurt Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can use a timeout object and a counter property to get the same > functionality as a repeat loop. I use this approach often, when I'd > like something going on that a repeat loop mike choke. Skeleton code > for an object below: > > property pCounter > property pListToLoop > property pTimerObject > property pLimit > --------------- > on new me > return me > end > --------------- > on mStartLoop me > pCounter = 1 > pLimit = pListToLoop.count > pTimerObject = timeOut("loop timer").new(100, #mServiceLoop, me) > end > --------------- > on mServiceLoop me > if pCounter < pLimit then > --Do your thing here > whatever = somePath & pListToLoop[pCounter] > --etc. > > pCounter = pCounter + 1 > else > pTimerObject.forget() > pTimerObject = void > end if > end > > > > Thanks Jeff. I think I was a little misleading though. No problem > > with the > > progress indicator either way, I am more interested in avoiding the > > repeat > > loop to copy the files one at a time. I have a folder containing > > about 20 > > MPG files, but the user only chooses a handful of them to copy. These > > filenames are then placed in a list - paths are determined and stored > > earlier on. Currently, I am using a repeat loop to create a full path > > for > > each individual filename in the list. Therefore, when I am caught in > > the > > repeat loop pulling one file name at a time to copy, the progress > > indicator > > chokes. Is there anyway to avoid the repeat loop altogether? > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: "Peter Bochan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 23:01:33 +0300 > Subject: <lingo-l> Where is memberNum property? > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello, > > Where did the memberNum property dissapear in dmx04? It's not in the docs > but still pops up as a keyword. If it's gone, what do I substitute it with? > > TIA > Peter Bochan > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > From: "Craig Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> progress bar > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:42:00 -0400 > Organization: Renegade Digital Media Inc. > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > You can use a timeout object and a counter property to get the same > > functionality as a repeat loop. I use this approach often, when I'd > > like something going on that a repeat loop mike choke. Skeleton code > > for an object below: > > Thanks Kurt. This is exactly what I need. > > Cheers, > .: Craig > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 16:47:07 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Colin Holgate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Where is memberNum property? > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Where did the memberNum property dissapear in dmx04? It's not in the docs > >but still pops up as a keyword. If it's gone, what do I substitute it with? > > If you read the whole entry for the word "member", you get told about > membernum too. > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > From: "Kakali Bhattacharya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 19:58:41 -0400 > Subject: <lingo-l> Time to load movies > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi everyone: > > I need a bit of help with the movies I have in my director project. I have 3 > movie clips that are 20-30MB in size. These movies come up on a mouseclick. > However, after burning the project on a CD, the projector is having a hard > time playing back the clips directly from the CD. When the whole folder is > copied to the desktop, the projector plays the movies fine. If played from > the CD, the projector asks to locate the movie clips. > > My question is -- is there a way that I can make the CD play back the movies > from the CD without having the user copy the folder on to the desktop? > Compressing the videoclips further is not an option. Any help would be > really appreciated. > > Kakali > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > From: "Peter Bochan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Where is memberNum property? > Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:04:15 +0300 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks. The new docs had this property just a little contracted. > > Cheers > Peter Bochan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Colin Holgate > > Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 11:47 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: <lingo-l> Where is memberNum property? > > > > >Where did the memberNum property dissapear in dmx04? It's not in the > > >docs but still pops up as a keyword. If it's gone, what do I > > substitute it with? > > > > If you read the whole entry for the word "member", you get > > told about membernum too. > > > > [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!] > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Time to load movies > Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:47:25 -0400 > Organization: Cyberian Tiger Software > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I have 3 movie clips that are 20-30MB in size. These > > movies come up on a mouseclick. However, after burning the > > project on a CD, the projector is having a hard time playing > > back the clips directly from the CD. When the whole folder is > > copied to the desktop, the projector plays the movies fine. > > If played from the CD, the projector asks to locate the movie clips. > > > > My question is -- is there a way that I can make the CD play > > back the movies from the CD without having the user copy the > > folder on to the desktop? Compressing the videoclips further > > is not an option. > > I assume your projector is on the hard drive. You probably have a > director structure something like this: > > myMovie.dir/videos/palooka.mov > > When you run the projector off the hard drive, it's going to expect the > video to be in the same relative directory. > > To play it off the CD, you need to use code to set the file name of the > video cast member to the directory on the CD. > > Now, you used a couple of terms that could be confusing--movie clip, > movie, and video clip. In the Director world, we usually call the > Director files the movie, and refer to digital video as video. I think > that's what you meant. > > Another possible problem is that you're trying to play two or three > videos at a time off the CD. That won't work, because the CD seek time > is much, much longer than the hard disk. If you're trying to play two > videos off the CD, your CD will spend more time jumping back and forth > than actually reading the video data. > > Cordially, > > Kerry Thompson > > > > > --__--__-- > > [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to regular (non-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!] > > > End of Lingo-l Digest > [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. 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