play vc xyz, still stuck in the 80s?

[Klaus major-k]

Hi all,

> Am 06.11.2015 um 15:42 schrieb Charles Lachat <charles-lachat at orange.fr>:
> Hi,
> Try
> on mouseUp
>   set the filename of player "myplayer" to "/Users/klaus/Movies/IMG_0008.mp4"
>   play player "myplayer"
> end mouseUp
> Have a look at *player* and *videoClip* in the dictionary.

I know about player objects etc. my question is about the PLAY VIDEOCLIP command!
Sigh… :-)

> Regards,
> 
> Charles
> 
> Le 5 nov. 2015 à 14:46, Klaus major-k a écrit :
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> after years of neglecting the „play“ command on the desktop
>> due to too few supported file formats, I read an encouraging posting
>> from Richard G. here on the list, where he told us that much had been 
>> done in this respect in Livecode, I decided to give it another try:
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>> play videoclip "/Users/klaus/Movies/IMG_0008.mp4"
>> put the result
>> end mouseUp 
>> 
>> Pretty straightforward, but no video, empty result!?
>> Event imported that file, no video.
>> Played with „the dontuseqt“, no vieo.
>> Added "…at the loc of this cd“ no video.
>> 
>> Tried with 7.1.1 RC2 and LC 8 DP7.
>> 
>> Any hints? 
>> Am I missing something, or is my subject line still true, more or less? 8-)
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!

Best

Klaus

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