Instead of setting the Movieplayer position in this fasion, do this
instead.... ditch the
Dim m as movie
and replace it with
Dim m as editableMovie
It doesn't matter if you do not plan to edit the movie. It is OK to
use EditableMovie for playback. Then, f.openasEditableMovie to get
your EditableMovie and look at the duration property. What does that
give you? Can you set the MoviePlayer to that position and do things
line up?
-Erick
On Apr 1, 2006, at 2:32 AM, Jeffrey Mattox wrote:
Well, the plot thickens. I wrote a little program to demonstrate
the problem, but I discovered something unexpected. The only files
that exhibit this trouble are the Bruce Williams's podcasts.
If anybody else is interested in this, here are the details.
1. Create a new RB project.
2. Drag a MoviePlayer, a Timer, and a StaticText control into the
Window.
3. For the MoviePlayer1.Open() event:
Dim f as FolderItem
Dim m as Movie
Dim o as OpenDialog
o = new OpenDialog
o.PromptText = "Please select an audio file"
f = o.ShowModal
if ( f <> nil ) then
m = f.OpenAsMovie
if ( m <> nil ) then
MoviePlayer1.Movie = m
// must do this after loading the movie to make the player
clickable (RB bug)
MoviePlayer1.Top = 10
MoviePlayer1.Left = 10
MoviePlayer1.Width = 220
MoviePlayer1.Height = 16
MoviePlayer1.Play()
MoviePlayer1.Position = 100000 // go to the end
end
end
4. For the Timer1.Action() event:
StaticText1.Text = Str( MoviePlayer1.Position\60 ) + _
":" + Format( MoviePlayer1.Position Mod 60, "00" )
5. Use iTunes to download a Bruce Williams podcast. iTunes will
say it's 53:00 in length. Do a Command-R to locate the mp3 file,
then open the file in QuickTime Player. QuickTimePlayer will also
report 53:00 in length.
6. Launch the above RB program and select the Bruce Williams
podcast (located in ~Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Podcats/Bruce
Williams/"). The player will advance to the end of the file and the
StaticText1 will show the player position (53:15). The durations
don't match, but they are the actual time the mp3 will take to play
in the respective player.
So, QuickTime Player and RB player treat Bruce Williams podcasts
differently. RB plays the files using a slower rate (43892 samples/
second, instead of 44100).
For the record, I'm using RB 2005 Release 4.
Jeff
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