Reviving CD-ROM material [was: Re: Livecode and interactive video]

[Eraklis Pittas]

CD ROM? Luxury! - We used to store all our data on clay tablets and stored
them  in holes in the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE

On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 at 12:59, Graham Samuel via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I know I’m old enough to be the father of the average LiveCoder, and maybe
> the grandfather of quite a few, so I clearly remember CD-ROMs. I had a
> favourite cross-platform one which contains some very attractive material,
> and I have often thought of reviving the contents using either an LC
> standalone, or (as is presumably now possible), an LC-generated web app.
> Sadly I have never been able to have a sensible conversation with the
> copyright owner (they’ve essentially ignored me), so this would begin as a
> private project. I’m still wondering what the best technical approach
> should be. The material includes videos (not interactive) and synchronised
> text and audio files. After thinking about it for years, I still think it
> would be fun to do.
>
> Has anyone any ideas about how to approach this conversion (or
> re-purposing, or whatever term you want to use)?
>
> Graham
>
> > On 21 Jan 2022, at 19:56, Jim Lambert via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > A quarter of a century ago, we called this Interactive Multimedia.
> > It was usually delivered on a CD-ROM.   Ask your parents! ;)
> >
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