What video formats work on Windows?

[Mark Waddingham]

On 2024-10-13 18:08, Colin Holgate via use-livecode wrote:
> The end goal is to be able to run a standalone, and some cards will 
> have an external video file to play.
> 
> As that doesn’t work, I have a card in LC 10.0 authoring, where a 
> Player object is linked to a local MP4. The MP4 plays fine in the 
> Windows 11 player.
> 
> When I try to play the video file I get a ‘could not create movie 
> reference’ message in the result.
> 
> I have tried set the dontuseqt to TRUE - but that didn’t help. I don’t 
> mind if I end up having to have another copy of the video files to use 
> on Windows, but what file types will work?

We've changed the underlying media framework used on Windows from Direct 
Show to Media Foundation Player in LiveCode Create (its been available 
since dp-1 - both in the new Create IDE and Classic IDE mode).

Media Foundation supports a wider range of formats out of the box 
compared to Direct Show - in particular mp4.

Also, things like taking a snapshot of the player, and alwaysBuffer 
should now work too.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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