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 filename of player 1 > end openCard > > then, while the movie will show in the player, I get the absolute path as an > answer to the filename, rather than the relative path. This is confirmed by > opening up the movie player property inspector and finding the absolute path > in the fileName field (in my case, /Users/stephengoldberg/Desktop/Script > words/Media/myMovie.mov)
The behavior of player objects vis-a-vis relative paths has definitely changed in 6.7 and higher, as detailed in the bug report I posted a few days back. (http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14435). There is apparently a fix of some kind due out in one of the next builds. In the meantime, or perhaps as a best practice, it seems like instead of setting the players filename property to a relative path (which *should* work but doesn’t), you should do this: set the filename of player 1 to the defaultFolder & “/media/mymovie.mov” Or use whatever full file path is appropriate: set the filename of player 1 to specialFolderPath(“Documents”) & “/media/mymovie.mov” Interestingly, in my own development work, it turns out I always use this method, and like Jacque, don’t have the problem Stephen is reporting. But in my teaching I have often demonstrated the technique of setting the defaultFolder to say, the parent folder of the mainstack, and setting the filename property to a relative path, like Stephen does. It was as I was testing this technique for a recent class that I discovered the change in behavior, which broke this capability in 6.7.x Devin Devin Asay Office of Digital Humanities Brigham Young University _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
