Player/Image Object "always buffer" Problems

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Dave wrote:

> I've had this before and found that the "always buffer" property has
> to be set correctly for it to work. However, as far as I know, the
> "always buffer" on the Player object should be set to true, but when
> I do this RunRev Crashes. Why is this?

Can't tell you why Rev crashes but, for the most part, setting the
alwaysBuffer of a player will often degrade playback performance since Rev
tries to layer the player's content like an object.

I tried a simple test with a MOV file and got what I think are the results
you're aiming for.  I used the following script in a button with the
alwaysBuffer of the player set to false and the controller hidden.

on mouseUp
  repeat with F = 1 to 20
   set the currentTime of player 1 to (F * the timeScale of player 1)
   export snapshot from rect (rect of player 1) of player 1 to myVar as JPEG
   set text of img _display to myVar
   wait 30 with messages
  end repeat
end mouseUp

On my end (OS X 10.4.9, Rev 2.8.1), the display image updates every half
second with each frame captured from the movie.  Appeared to work with both
JPEG and PNG export.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design