Livecode for Digital Signage

[Jim Schaubeck]

Hey Chris, I just verified that the stock ticker tape app is very smooth on
my 2 year old Mac Mini.  Good enough for prime time !!!  Initial tests look
great and that also takes care of the hardware deployment question.

Thanks for looking into this !!!

Problem solved: Use a Mac

jim schaubeck
714-321-4499

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[mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Nonsanity
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:35 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Re: Livecode for Digital Signage

I tested mine on Windows and a Mac, and it is SO much smoother on my Mac. No
tearing/shearing, and I tweeked the script a bit more so even at your
required speed there's no stuttering.

There was a small miscalculation in my script that only showed up with a
stutter at high rates of speed. I put the string in the field twice and
reset the hscroll to 0 when the second repeat has moved to where the first
string started from. But when I duplicated the string I added a space
between them, and that added a character to the whole thing that the code
wasn't set to handle. Easy fix is to put the space as the last char of the
string and duplicate it without adding another space. Then the two strings
are each exactly half of the text and the code works great.

I started it running in the background while I watched some YouTube videos,
and even then it was smooth except for a moment when the video was first
loading/caching.

If you've got a Mac to test on, give it a try. :)

 ~ Chris Innanen
 ~ Nonsanity


On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:54 PM, Jim Schaubeck
<jimschaubeck at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thanks Bill!
> For the first one, that may be a good alternative. I have not tested 
> it but I do appreciate the idea.  I'll try it. It complicates the 
> process of updating the text a bit but I may have to figure out a way 
> to automate that part if i can not get the text scrolling smooth. I've 
> had someone tell me it runs smooth on a power Mac so that test is next
>
> Appreciate the tip, Bill!
>
> Jim...
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