How to see if player is "done"?

[Phil Davis]

Jacque, Trevor, Scott -

Thanks for all the great feedback!

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of J. Landman
> Gay
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 2:46 PM
> To: How to use Revolution
> Subject: Re: How to see if player is "done"?
> 
> 
> On 8/2/04 4:08 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
> 
> > Hi List -
> > 
> > Some context:
> > 
> > When using VIDEOCLIPS (embedded movies), we have two language features 
> > available that help us detect whether a clip is still playing:
> >   - the "movie" function
> >   - the "playStopped" message
> > 
> > When using PLAYERS to play movies (referenced files), we 
> apparently have 
> > only one such feature available:
> >   - the "playStopped" message
> 
> You should be able to use all the messages, regardless of where the 
> actual movie file is stored. The Player object acts the same regardless 
> (or it is supposed to.) I have an app that loads QT movies from disk and 
> it uses all the standard Player messages.
> 
> 
> > My questions:
> > 
> > 1) Is "playStopped" truly the only non-workaround way you can 
> detect the 
> > current 'play' status of a player?
> 
> If you aren't getting this message, file a bug report. It got broken in 
> the past, then it got fixed, then it got broken and fixed again, and now 
> I'm not sure what its status is (but I thought it was okay now.)
> 
> If you just need to see if the movie is running or not, then check the 
> paused property, as others suggested.
> 
> > 
> > 2) If so, what is your most reliable workaround way of detecting this?
> 
> In addition to the other suggestions, another way is to set the 
> callbacks of a movie. I've used these in the past, setting the callback 
> time to the duration of the movie. In effect, it creates my own custom 
> "playStopped" message.
> 
> 
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