QT on Win: possible deal-breaker, need alternative

[Andre Garzia]

jw flv player is very stable. I've used it before for doing exactly that
(playing mp3 inside rev) and it works quite well.

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:47 PM, stephen barncard <
stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:

> Hey Richard,
>
> What about licensing one of those soup-to-nuts javascript players like JW
> Player in conjunction with RevBrowswer.   Doesn't javascript and Flash run
> in RevBrowser?
>
> I think this one has a lot of options:
> http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/
>
> It appears to play EVERYA/V format, not just MP3s and flvs.
>
> I don't know how stable this lash-up is, but it's a thought. At least a
> browser is a standard install on both platforms and the meat of the display
> code is updated with the user's browser.
>
>
> -------------------------
> Stephen Barncard
> San Francisco
> http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev
>
>
> 2009/11/30 Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>
> > I have a project out to bid which is currently spec'd to require
> QuickTime
> > on both Mac and Win.  The client is discussing this with his customers to
> > determine whether it will be acceptable to them to install QT on their
> > systems.  In the event that those customers say no I need a backup, and
> > preferably one which lets me deliver this project in Rev.
> >
> > Here are the specs:
> >
> > a. Source media files are in WAV, AIF, and MP3, with thousands of them
> and
> > many of full-length songs so embedded audio clips are not an option.
> >
> > b. Must be able to play the file.
> >
> > c. Must be able to move the playhead in whatever UI we deliver to allow
> > playback from arbitrary starting points.
> >
> >
> > In my tests here using a Win XP system without QT installed, b. works
> fine
> > only for MP3, but I couldn't play WAV files in Rev at all.
> >
> > c. was a non-starter for all formats: attempting to set the currentTime
> for
> > a player control yielded no change to when the file began playing; if the
> > file had not be played before it would only play from 0, and if it had
> > played and been stopped using the stop command then the next play would
> > always resume where it had last stopped, regardless of the currentTime.
> >
> > Last time I asked about this here one of the responses (from Andre?)
> > suggested using a player made with Flash embedded in HTML inside the Rev
> > browser.
> >
> > If we have no alternative that may be okay, but I'm concerned about the
> > layers of overhead introduced by relying on those two extra components.
> >
> > Have any of you used a similar configuration for playing WAV files on a
> PC?
> >
> > Was the performance acceptable?
> >
> > Any drawbacks with such a setup?
> >
> > --
> >  Richard Gaskin
> >  Fourth World
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