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I can't get movie to play unless I use the following command

on mouseUp
play video specialFolderPath("engine") & "/testfilename.m4v" into file_path
end mouseUp

On IOS the documentation simply says:

play video-file

not

play video video-file

is this a typo in the documentation?

using the command with the video keyword seems to work.

Hi Rodney,

rodneyweast wrote:...
on mouseUp
play video specialFolderPath("engine") & "/testfilename.m4v" into file_path
end mouseUp

This really works?

In that line you are mixing two commands into one!
1. Fill the variable file_path with the path to the video
2. Use the "play video" command in the same line.

Try this: The docs read: play {video-file | video-url}
So you could also supply an internet url to the play command.


Best

Klaus

This, absolutely does not work on my machine.

on mouseUp
put specialFolderPath("engine") & "/testfilename.m4v" into file_path
play file_path
end mouseUp

If i place the word video before file_path, it works fine.

Hi Rodney,

the documentation is, well, not as clear as one might hope.

If you want to play video you have to specify
It took me some time to figure it out.

for sound just is ok.

Kind regards

Bernd

I'm able to play a movie, but do not see any controls to pause/stop the movie, or close the movie window. Any ideas on how to activate these?

Hi,

I'm able to display the controller, but it doesn't work (Is it normal or am I missing something?)...

set the showController of the templatePlayer to true
play video specialFolderPath("engine") & "/video/myvideo.mp4"

I was able to use the line of code you provided to show the controller and everything is working perfectly. I would suggest to make sure you are using version 4.5.3 of LiveCode.

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