Playing movies

[paolo mazza]

Hi All,
I agree on this. Not being able to play movies in livecode  is a
severe shortcoming.
I have been asking for a new video player for years.
Then, to insert videos in my apps,  I have been using RevBrowser to
manage web pages with a flash video player .
Too bad for a multimedia developer tool as LiveCode is supposed to be.
All the best,
Paolo

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 5:28 AM, Earthednet-wp <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
> Tom,
> Thanks. The movie is part of a slide show type presentation, so just playing it in a browser window might be best. I have done this in the past using the cref browser, but it adds a lot to the app size.
>
> Not being able to play movies in livecode, is a severe shortcoming, and I hope the player can be updated soon.
>
> Best,
> Bill
>
> William Prothero
> http://es.earthednet.org
>
>> On Mar 6, 2016, at 3:27 PM, tbodine <bodine at bodinetraininggames.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Bill.
>>
>> Seems the whole LC community is in a state of frustration regarding this.
>>
>> But one minimal method I find works to play an online movie is to embed a
>> movie url in a LC field with the linkStyle set to "link".
>>
>> Then add to your stack a script...
>>
>> on linkClicked pLink
>> launch url pLink
>> end linkClicked
>>
>> (Fine print: linkClicked does not work except in Browse mode, the field must
>> be locked and it must have its listBehavior property set to false.)
>>
>> I don't know of a way to find out from the browser when the movie has
>> finished, so I wait for the resumeStack message to fire indicating the user
>> has returned and, presumably, the movie is done.
>>
>> If you prefer an icon to a text link, perhaps you can embed a graphic in the
>> field and link from that. (I haven't tried that, but you get extra credit if
>> you make it work!)
>>
>> HTH,
>> Tom B.
>>
>>
>>
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