Yeah I was going to mention the ffdshow stuff. That’s exactly what we used 
here. Worked great. Quicktime not needed.

m

> On Nov 28, 2018, at 1:46 AM, oliver <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> enrike wrote:
>> yeah windows 8 I think (cannot check until later today)
> 
> Quicktime isn't needed for Gem video playback, but FFMPEG should be at hand, 
> to provide fast and quick video conversion.
> 
> my best experience with Gem on win is using an MJPEG codec within an .avi 
> container. you will probably need ffdshow codecs (or another codec pack that 
> contains mjpeg) to play them.
> 
> make sure to have 32bit versions of PD, Gem, AND your codecs !
> 
> another fine codec that works with Gem is UT (higher quality images but 
> larger filesices). in general all image-based codecs for the .avi container 
> that are installed and running on windows should work. wmv probably too
> 
> best
> 
> oliver
> 
>> sorry I thought about specifying the OS in the email but then I forgot in 
>> the last moment
>> 18/11/28 02:15(e)an, mark edward grimm (megrimm) igorleak idatzi zuen:
>>> What system? I’m assuming windows...
>>> 
>>> I ask because I teach a summer course and the problem you speak of sounds 
>>> familiar.
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 27, 2018, at 2:31 PM, enrike <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> hi
>>>> 
>>>> I started teaching a course on using PD for real time sound and graphics 
>>>> and I just discovered that the computers do not have QuickTime installed. 
>>>> Getting it installed is going to take weeks. Too late for the course I am 
>>>> afraid.
>>>> 
>>>> is there some way to incorporate manually into the GEM folder the required 
>>>> dlls and files from a QuickTime install in another machine?
>>>> 
>>>> if this would be feasible, which ones should I copy and where should they 
>>>> be? I made some quick tests with no luck.
>>>> 
>>>> thanks
>>>> 
>>>> enrike
>>>> 
>>>> 
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