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Video questions

Post by keyless » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:04 pm

1. Is it possible to play WMV in Rev 2.8.1. I've seen conflicting statments on this all over.

2. Does user need to have Quicktime Pro to use the advanced features of QT like encoding and editing, or can they just have regular quicktime installed? (I would need to use the Enhanced QT External I suspect either way)
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Post by Klaus » Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:35 pm

Hi keyless,
1. Is it possible to play WMV in Rev 2.8.1. I've seen conflicting statments on this all over.
I'm not sure, sorry.

Maybe yes, but then you might have to:
...
set the dontuseqt to true
...
when you start your app/stack.
See the docs for "dontuseqt".
2. Does user need to have Quicktime Pro to use the advanced features of QT...
No.
2. ...
I would need to use the Enhanced QT External I suspect either way
Yes :-)


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Re: Video questions

Post by sims » Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:52 pm

1. Is it possible to play WMV in Rev 2.8.1. I've seen conflicting statments on this all over.

One of my apps ( http://www.einspine.com ) plays WMV with a standalone made with Rev 2.6.1

When made into a standalone with 2.8 it no longer plays WMV. That is with zero changes to the app except the standalone was made with 2.8

I have been able to play WMV with 2.9
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Post by keyless » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:56 pm

Thank you Klaus & sims for the great info.

I'll try what Klaus said, "set the dontuseqt to true", and if I can't get it to work I'll wait for 2.9
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Post by Mark » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:54 am

Sims,
When made into a standalone with 2.8 it no longer plays WMV. That is with zero changes to the app except the standalone was made with 2.8
Any idea what's different between 2.8.1 and 2.6.1?

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Post by keyless » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:04 am

Confirmed, It does not work in 2.8.1. I had my stack checked in 2.9 and it worked fine.
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Post by sims » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:41 pm

Mark wrote:Sims,
When made into a standalone with 2.8 it no longer plays WMV. That is with zero changes to the app except the standalone was made with 2.8
Any idea what's different between 2.8.1 and 2.6.1?
Mark
I have no idea. I think that Klaus dropped it and broke it ;-)

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Post by Klaus » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:46 pm

Bloody snitch! :-D
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