Learning center videos don't play

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Fri Oct 21 16:05:33 EDT 2005


Trevor DeVore wrote:

 > Okay, I didn't realize that on Windows it tries to use Windows Media
 > Player.  Looking at the code for the online viewer I would check that
 > path where Windows Media Player is installed.  The path is hard coded
 > in the online viewer:
 >
 > ============
 >  case "Win32"
 >     put false into sgSystemPlayer
 >     if there is a file "C:/Program Files/Windows Media Player/
 > wmplayer.exe" then
 >       put "C:/Program Files/Windows Media Player/wmplayer.exe
 > [[quote]][[sgVideoFilename]][[quote]]" into sgPlayerCommand
 >     else if there is a file "C:/Program Files/Windows Media Player/
 > mplayer2.exe" then
 >       put "C:/Program Files/Windows Media Player/mplayer2.exe
 > [[quote]][[sgVideoFilename]][[quote]]" into sgPlayerCommand
 >     end if
 >     set the visible of control "Play" of me to true
 >     break
 > ============
 >
 > I assume that if the Media Player isn't located at "C:/Program Files/
 > Windows Media Player/wmplayer.exe" or "C:/Program Files/Windows Media
 > Player/mplayer2.exe" then the launch command further on down would fail.
 >

Good sleuthing. Let's see what he says. If that's the problem, then 
Rev's scripts should probably be revised to account for a missing 
executable.

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