AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-08 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Just FYI, Ian from LC clarified the phenomenon that the mp4 videos could be played with the standard video player but not with the LC video player. LiveCodes new video player object is based on the DirectShow API and the standard MS video players are based on the newer MS media foundation since

AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-08 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Kommste vorbei, kriegste 'nen Heiermann -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Klaus major-k via use-livecode Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. März 2017 11:55 An: How to use LiveCode Cc: Klaus

AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-08 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hey Klaus, you saved my YEAR! As you mentioned "LAVFilters", I remembered that I also had installed the LAV Filters on my development machine long time ago (my brain gets old), et voila, that’s the difference between my machine and the others. Installing the LAV Filters (just with the mp4

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2017-03-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
: Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 If you pick the video file with a file dialog and set the filename of the player to "it", will it play then? If so, maybe you're having a path issue. Phil Davis On 3/7/17 8:51

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2017-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> Betreff: Re: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 If you pick the video file with a file dialog and set the filename of the player to "it", will it play then? If s

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2017-03-07 Thread Phil Davis via use-livecode
ienstag, 7. März 2017 17:49 An: 'How to use LiveCode' <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> Betreff: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 Hi Jacque, that's what I also already thought of. But I haven't found yet, how/where I coul

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2017-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. März 2017 17:49 An: 'How to use LiveCode' <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolb...@kestner.de> Betreff: AW: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 Hi Jacque, that's what I also alr

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2017-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
reff: Re: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8 Do the other machines have the mp4 codec installed? Most versions of Windows didn't ship with it, you had to install it separately. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software

AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hi Tim, hmm, I didn't knew, that this codec is a hardware based codec. Do you think it definitely is tied to special intel hardware and won't run on every hardware and can't be added by a software codec? Btw. It runs also fine on my iMac. That would be really bad for me, because it was the

Re: AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-07 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Do the other machines have the mp4 codec installed? Most versions of Windows didn't ship with it, you had to install it separately. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On March 7, 2017 9:32:22 AM

AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Making some further tests, I discovered that there must be a relation to mp4 video files. I tested the same standalone with an old avi file and that worked, but not with some different mp4 files But it can't be something in general, because the mp4 file can be played fine with the same standalone

AW: Trouble playing videos with MS DirectShow LC 8

2017-03-07 Thread Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
Hi Tim, choosing a video file via ask dialog and setting the filename of the player object to it sets an absolute path and that works on my machine fine. Thank you for that hint Tiemo -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im