RE Video Player LiveCode on Windows

Peter Bogdanoff bogdanoff at me.com
Wed Oct 23 12:43:21 EDT 2019


Roland,

You might try setting filename of the player to empty before going to edit mode (catching the editScript message). In the past, if a player couldn’t find the referenced file it often causes LC to freeze or slow way down, similarly to what you’re reporting.

Peter Bogdanoff
ArtsInteractive


> On Oct 23, 2019, at 12:28 PM, R.H. via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> @ Paul Dupuis
> 
> Thank you very much, Paul, for your detailed answer. I removed my other
> Codec package and installed the LAV package as recommended by you. It works
> well! Great. All the videos I have in MP4, etc. are playing now. This makes
> me happy.
> 
> But the other biggest problem:
> 
> My IDE starts hanging (Windows 64, Version Indy 9.05 and 9.5) when working
> with the player and being in edit mode, mainly using the script editor.
> This happens all the time. There is no exact recipe. After some time, I
> already notice LC is slowing down (it takes long time for anything to
> happen) , and soon after that all freezes, and then I have to force-quit
> and restart all over again.
> 
> As long as the user mode is on and as long as the player is just playing,
> it seems to be ok . Except, of course, there is a huge bug list that you
> mentioned.
> 
> If anybody else has experienced hanging/freezing LiveCode using the player
> in edit mode, I would then create a but report because I could not find a
> similar report there. Unfortunately, there is no very clear recipe yet.
> 
> Roland
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