HC Music that should be on Runtime Revolution

[Judy Perry]

Ummmm, I don't think the $999 Director is for both plats; educationally it
can be had for less.
You might find Director better and more truly cross-plat, but I'm
tentatively certain it doesn't do unix, doesn't do OS-native controls, I was
chewed out by my instructor for my thinking it handled video well, caused me
huge grief and I'll gladly pay for and use Rev any and every day of the
week, 52 weeks out of the year!

Judy
http://revined.blogspot.com

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Richmond Mathewson <geradamas at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>
> "You want RR to write an independent, cross-platform, full-featured video
> and audio player? You'd be happy to pay for one, right?"
>
> Gosh, must have touched a nerve there. Sorry!
>
> Adobe Director costs $999 (whether that is only single platform or for
> both Mac and Win is not clear)
>
> Runtime Revolution costs $499
>
> about half the 'hit'.
>
> No, I don't; but some people on this use-list seem unaware of what
> it takes both in terms of money and work to build in all the
> additional stuff.
>
> However, I didn't point out that Director could do this because I
> wanted RR to do this: I pointed it out so you could see what
> 'truly cross-platform' meant :)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am also well aware that RR can do quite a few, arguably more
> practical, things than Director.
>
> If I wanted to build richly immersive environments where teenage geeks
> could lose themselves and fail their exams I might well work with
> Director (having done something tending in that direction when I was
> working in the UAE ten years ago). But, my bread and cheese comes from
> producing considerably less media-intensive stuff for which Runtime
> Revolution has served me very well indeed for some considerable time.
>
> Or, put it another way: I paid about 3 months of my income to attend
> the RunRev conference in Edinburgh rather than to attend some Adobe
> function somewhere else!
>
> [That reminds me, I have to darn my kilt as I cannot afford a new one.]
>
> sincerely, Richmond Mathewson.
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