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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)

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


Best

klaus

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

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

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?

Best,

Mark

Confirmed, It does not work in 2.8.1. I had my stack checked in 2.9 and it worked fine.

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

sims

Bloody snitch!