Significant Rev 2.9 problem handling Quicktime, and slowness

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Stgoldberg at aol.com wrote:

> I updated from Rev 2.7.4 to Rev 2.9.0 and then made a few small changes to a
> stack I had created with Rev 2.7.4.
> ... 
> In Rev 2.9.0, however, the long absolute path won¹t work in the standalone on
> the other computers.   I have to modify the absolute path to convert it to
> the short relative path format.
> ... 
> Not only that, the stack itself now takes a long time to load up (several
> minutes) when it is opened, and so does the standalone, whether on Mac or
> Windows.

Stephen:

Are you using a function/handler to set the filepaths in your stack/s?  What
is the code?  Also, how big are your video files?

The above "long load time" issue sounds suspiciously like an "accessing over
the network" situation (accessing the source from the network as opposed to
from the local drive).  Try renaming some of your content locally on your
test systems and see if your stack/s are able to find the files (of course
you'll have to update the filepaths in your stack/s).

Also, have you upgraded QuickTime lately?  Apple continues to make changes
to the architecture, one of which removed all Flash playback capability
completely, so there's a slight possibility that something may be amiss with
QT and your content.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design