AW: playing mp4 videos without QT-player?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi Richard,

"Reworked Multimedia Support" sounds promising. So I'll be annoyed at QT for
another period and will wait for a new solution.

Tiemo


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> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
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> von Richard Gaskin
> Gesendet: Montag, 3. Juni 2013 14:42
> An: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Betreff: Re: playing mp4 videos without QT-player?
> 
> Tiemo Hollmann wrote:
> 
> > I didn't follow all the details of the kickstarter roadmap for LC, but
> > are there any plans to replace the QT-player with some more handsome
> "native"
> > player or any alternatives for win and mac for one single video format?
> 
> Yes - see "Reworked Multimedia Support: £441,000" here in the Stretch
> Goals:
> <http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-
> livecode/posts?page=2>
> 
> 
> > Or is there actually already today an alternative for one video format
> > to be played on both platforms, what I might have missed in the last
> years?
> 
> Relatively few formats play well with both the native Win and Mac playback
> engines.
> 
> The API LC uses on Windows is dependent on MCI, which Microsoft has
> deprecated some time ago.  This leaves us with few options for video
> playback using non-QT methods on that platform.
> 
> Some older AVI codecs will work, but I'll leave it for Colin and others
who
> have more experience to offer a more definitive suggestion.
> 
> And for those that do work, if you need to play from a specific startTime
> you'll soon discover that the startTime only works with QT currently. :(
> 
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