Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-04-02 Thread Devin Asay
On Mar 31, 2015, at 3:14 PM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: Yes, Devin, in using your script for Macintosh using LC 6.7 and higher: set the filename of player 1 to the defaultFolder /media/mymovie.mov that appears to let the movie show after the standalone is transferred to other Mac or

Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-31 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
problems in LiveCode Message-ID: fa91918f-9901-491f-babc-2b2747914...@byu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 On Mar 30, 2015, at 6:00 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: I do not know why we?re getting such different results. On Mac version 10.9.5, using LC 7.0.3, if I write

Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-30 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
I do not know why we’re getting such different results. On Mac version 10.9.5, using LC 7.0.3, if I write the following script in the openCard handler: on openCard set the filename of player 1 to “media/mymovie.mov” answer the filename of player 1 end openCard then, while the movie will show in

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-30 Thread Devin Asay
On Mar 30, 2015, at 6:00 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: I do not know why we’re getting such different results. On Mac version 10.9.5, using LC 7.0.3, if I write the following script in the openCard handler: on openCard set the filename of player 1 to “media/mymovie.mov” answer the

Movie Problems in LiveCode

2015-03-29 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
Thanks to Richard Gaskin and Jacqueline Gay for their thoughts on the current problem in creating standalones with referenced QT movies using LiveCode 6-7 on Mac. Richard and Jacqueline have through the years been helpful and generous in providing their expertise. Here is a summary of what I

Re: Movie Problems in LiveCode

2015-03-29 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/29/2015 10:51 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: THE BOTTOM LINE: To created standalones with referenced movies on the Mac for distribution, you would do best, until the LiveCode team resolves the problem, to use a LC version not greater than 5. Or you could just include a line of script that

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-26 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/26/2015 8:47 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: Richard and Jackie, does your reluctance to use relative paths also extend to the distribution of standalones, or is it just stacks that present the problem? I do it mostly for the reasons Richard outlined -- more control over playback and media

Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-26 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
Regarding the problem of the LC 6-7 series not allowing relative paths on the Macintosh: On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I've always been wary of shipping things that rely on relative paths, since any other script can change the default directory out from under me at any time. In

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-26 Thread Richard Gaskin
stgoldberg wrote: On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: I've always been wary of shipping things that rely on relative paths, since any other script can change the default directory out from under me at any time. In apps where the media I'm playing resides in a single folder. I often

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D
Am 24.03.2015 um 22:21 schrieb Scott Rossi sc...@tactilemedia.com: You¹d probably do well to stop using QTVR and look for an alternative. I don¹t know what types of VR movies you have, but there are some tools on this site that are able to output HTML5 panoramas and object movies (and

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread Phil Jimmieson
www.medmaster.net Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:02:06 -0500 From: J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Movie problems in LiveCode Message-ID: 5510470e.30...@hyperactivesw.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
stgoldberg wrote: Thanks for the suggestion Jacquie. Unfortunately, the problem with relative paths resetting to absolute remains even if “always use absolute file paths for images” is unchecked. There appears to be a true problem with movies in the LC 6-7 series on Macintosh. It appears

Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
that a basic control like the Player ought to be working. Stephen Goldberg www.medmaster.net Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:02:06 -0500 From: J. Landman Gay jac...@hyperactivesw.com To: How to use LiveCode use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Re: Movie problems in LiveCode Message-ID: 5510470e.30

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread Scott Rossi
Related to the software options at Garden Gnome Software below, Cubic Converter came up as a tool that can apparently be used to convert a source QTVR image back into a spherical (equirectangular) panorama: http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-18496-cubicconverter On 3/24/15, 2:21 PM, Scott

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/24/2015 10:26 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: In apps where the media I'm playing resides in a single folder, I often just have a central handler cover that to which I pass the file's short name only and it takes care of the rest, e.g.: on PlayMovie pFile put

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-24 Thread Scott Rossi
HyperActiveSoftware | http://www.hyperactivesw.com Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:09:53 -0400 From: stgoldb...@aol.com stgoldb...@aol.com To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: Movie problems in LiveCode Message-ID: 14c465318d0-4bd7-1b...@webprd-m97.mail.aol.com Content-Type: text/plain

Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-23 Thread stgoldb...@aol.com
I confirm bug 14435 reported by Devin Asay regarding the current problem with creating movies on Macintosh using LiveCode versions in the LC6-7 series. This is a significant problem since it appears impossible at this point to create standalones on the Mac that will display player movies on

Re: Movie problems in LiveCode

2015-03-23 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 3/23/2015 6:09 AM, stgoldb...@aol.com wrote: This is because in the LC 6-7 versions for Mac (preliminary version 8, too) once a relative path is placed in the Property Inspector filename window of a movie player on Mac it immediately reverts to the absolute path on closing the Inspector.