WMA/WMV files in Livecode

[Andrew Kluthe]

There were some cool externals that someone posted recently to play
using Windows Media Player and another that uses VLC to play media
files. I haven't used it but it sounds nice. Search for XMediaPlayer
on the list. I believe it was made by Klaus.

Regards,

Andrew

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately the usefulness of LiveCode's use of the native Win player is
> dependent on the needs of the application.
>
> For example, unless there's been a recent change, LC can play movies fine
> using the native Win media engine, but only if you play from the beginning
> of the video; if you need control over the startTime you're out luck unless
> you use QT.
>
> I've been hoping for a change to the obsolete MCI interface LC uses for
> native Win video for many years, but I'm not aware of a change to that thus
> far.
>
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>
>
>
> Phil Davis wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> I believe on Windows you can just set the dontUseQT to true and set the
>> filename of a movie object to your favorite movie, and it should play.
>> You don't need QT on Windows unless you're trying to play QT movies.
>>
>> Phil Davis
>>
>>
>> On 11/20/12 12:08 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote:
>>>
>>> Does anyone out there have a solution for playing WMA/WMV file in
>>> LiveCode under Windows?
>>>
>>> Under OSX, you can use the Flip4Mac add-on to Quicktime and LiveCode's
>>> quicktime based player will play Windows WMA/WMV file in Livecode under
>>> OSX. Perversely, Flip4Mac is not available for Windows and Quicktime for
>>> Windows does not play Windows WMA/WMV files and since LC uses Quicktime,
>>> no joy for those formats under Windows.
>
>
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Regards,

Andrew Kluthe
andrew at ctech.me