WMA/WMV files in Livecode

[Richard Gaskin]

Unfortunately the usefulness of LiveCode's use of the native Win player 
is dependent on the needs of the application.

For example, unless there's been a recent change, LC can play movies 
fine using the native Win media engine, but only if you play from the 
beginning of the video; if you need control over the startTime you're 
out luck unless you use QT.

I've been hoping for a change to the obsolete MCI interface LC uses for 
native Win video for many years, but I'm not aware of a change to that 
thus far.

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Phil Davis wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> I believe on Windows you can just set the dontUseQT to true and set the
> filename of a movie object to your favorite movie, and it should play.
> You don't need QT on Windows unless you're trying to play QT movies.
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
> On 11/20/12 12:08 PM, Paul Dupuis wrote:
>> Does anyone out there have a solution for playing WMA/WMV file in
>> LiveCode under Windows?
>>
>> Under OSX, you can use the Flip4Mac add-on to Quicktime and LiveCode's
>> quicktime based player will play Windows WMA/WMV file in Livecode under
>> OSX. Perversely, Flip4Mac is not available for Windows and Quicktime for
>> Windows does not play Windows WMA/WMV files and since LC uses Quicktime,
>> no joy for those formats under Windows.