Play m4a files on Windows 7

[Peter Bogdanoff]

I see that Ian Macphail says:
"We decided to overhaul the Windows player object, replacing the existing Quicktime based implementation with one based on DirectShow, which is fully supported on all current Windows versions.”
https://livecode.com/removing-quicktime-dependency-from-livecodes-player-object/

And the Microsoft page describing DirectShow’s supported formats (a rather limited list)-- .m4a is not one of them:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms787745(VS.85).aspx

I’m very interested in this subject, especially when LC gets callbacks working.

Peter Bogdanoff
UCLA


On Aug 13, 2016, at 11:51 AM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> On 8/9/2016 4:58 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>> On 8/9/2016 4:26 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>> We need to play .m4a files on Windows 7 and up. Double-clicking one of
>>> those files plays back successfully on a Win 7 machine. Loading a player
>>> control with the URL to the file in LC on the same machine does not (LC
>>> 7.1.4).
>>> 
>>> Is this fixable? Is there something users can install to make it work?
>>> Or do we need a more recent version of LC?
>>> 
>> 
>> Poking around, it looks like I have to build in LC 8.1. If that's
>> correct, then it's risky, it isn't stable yet. Is there any other way?
>> 
> 
> I've done some tests on  both Windows 10 and Vista using LC 8.1 but m4a files still do not play when setting the filename of a player. They do play using WMP. This is becoming an urgent issue for my client and I need to get it working quickly. Does anyone know what we need to install, or how to get this working?
> 
> Is anyone else able to play .m4a files on Windows using the new player object?
> 
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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