What's even more weird is that a standalone created sometime ago continues to
play the AVI files even though the "non-standalone" of the same stack launched as
normal through MC home will not play the exact same AVI files. I get the "Play:
can't read sound or movie in file" message.
thanks
I still need help
Rick
Jacqueline Landman Gay wrote:
> Rick Rice wrote:
> >
> > As usual, if it weren't for the last minute and deadlines I'd get nothing
> > done. Of course this approach does tend to increase the tension level.
> > At any rate, I created a stack on a Mac. From a button on the first card I
> > can run an mepg called "IntroSong.mpeg". When I move to the Windows machine I
> > get a can't play movie error. I converted it to an AVI with Quicktime pro (on
> > the Mac), same error when I move the AVI file to the windows platform. The
> > script does provide the entire path "C:/myprograms/metacard/IntroSong.avi"
> > Mac 8500, MC 2.3. Windows95, Pentium III, MC 2.3
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I'm not sure about QT 5.0, but QuickTime 4 and under does not support
> mpg files on Windows. I haven't tried AVI files. Whenever I've needed
> cross-platform music or sound, I use AIFF, which works great on both platforms.
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