Playing movies

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Tom,
Thanks. The movie is part of a slide show type presentation, so just playing it in a browser window might be best. I have done this in the past using the cref browser, but it adds a lot to the app size.

Not being able to play movies in livecode, is a severe shortcoming, and I hope the player can be updated soon.

Best,
Bill

William Prothero
http://es.earthednet.org

> On Mar 6, 2016, at 3:27 PM, tbodine <bodine at bodinetraininggames.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Bill.
> 
> Seems the whole LC community is in a state of frustration regarding this. 
> 
> But one minimal method I find works to play an online movie is to embed a
> movie url in a LC field with the linkStyle set to "link". 
> 
> Then add to your stack a script...
> 
> on linkClicked pLink
> launch url pLink
> end linkClicked
> 
> (Fine print: linkClicked does not work except in Browse mode, the field must
> be locked and it must have its listBehavior property set to false.)
> 
> I don't know of a way to find out from the browser when the movie has
> finished, so I wait for the resumeStack message to fire indicating the user
> has returned and, presumably, the movie is done.
> 
> If you prefer an icon to a text link, perhaps you can embed a graphic in the
> field and link from that. (I haven't tried that, but you get extra credit if
> you make it work!)
> 
> HTH,
> Tom B.
> 
> 
> 
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