VideoGrabber on Windows XP

[Thomas McGrath III]

Synopsis is a windows application with no Mac or Unix components but 
you may not need them. Maybe you could look at Max 4.5 from Cycling 74 
which also has a graphical aspect to it but is at least available on 
Mac and Windows. Also it is used to control Teleo objects to control 
the outside world via computer commands. It is very good.

Once you reach the limits that either of those programs has you can 
come back to use Revolution for it's full potential. After all if all 
you want to do is build a clock face then why learn any code but if you 
want to use that clock in a program where you have full control over 
how it works instead of just how the program designers think it should 
then you can use Revolution.

But to be honest reading the manual and learning code are not the same 
thing and to include the videoplayer component is a read the manual 
thing that would happen just the same in Synopsis as well as in Max 
4.5. It is not a code issue. In Synopsis in order to use the Windows 
DLLs you will still need to understand the RULES in how to use them and 
when and where.

I'd say you were just getting frustrated with Rev and you should hang 
in there it is not as difficult as it seems. Ask questions here on the 
list. Download sample stacks. See how others have done it. You may just 
find what you need and find you end up loving it.

2 cents

HTH

Tom

On May 25, 2005, at 11:19 AM, Vjstbenz at aol.com wrote:

> hi,
>
> i am TOTALLY new to REVOLUTION...i was trying a similar project...
>
> to make a PROGRAM that plays MPEG video files...
>
> as far as i could see...the VIDEOPLAYER control...can ONLY play 
> quiktime....
>
> what is revVIDEOPLAYER???
>
> is it a library of FUNCTION COMPONENTS?
>
> i am finding REVOLUTION is a great piece of SOFTWARE...but you need to 
> spedn TIME...learning the TRANSCRIPT LANGUAGE...
>
> i do NOT like learning LANGUAGES...or the SYNTAX and RULES regarding 
> languages...it is TEDIOUS...
>
> although REVOLUTION has TONNES of POWER under it's hood...you still 
> have to LEARN transcript....you know...
>
> if you look at even a simple PROGRAM....like a CLOCK FACE...you find 
> it has nearly 100 lines of CODE...just to make a GRAPHICAL clock TICK 
> around the SECONDS....
>
> this is TOO MUCH CODE..for such a simple REQUIREMENT...in my opinion...
>
> www.codemorphis.com
>
> this SYNPOSIS software has ZERO code...you never see a single LETTER 
> of code...it is just WIRING diagrams.....it does VIDEO and things like 
> this...GRAPHICS TOO...
>
> you could make a CLOCK FACE in an hour...with SYNPOSIS...with ZERO 
> CODE ever seen...
>
> also you can use the windows API library...which holds TEN THOUSAND 
> fucntions for windows programming..in DLL files...
>
> i am going to try HARDER with REVOLUTION...but again...it looks like 
> CODE CODE CODE....to get results...
>
> this is NOT a VISUAL RAD TOOL.....whereas SYNOPSIS is totally 
> VISUAL...with ZERO CODE...(there is NO language to learn)
>
> cheers
>
> Ben
>
>
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