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Hi. I have recently begun evaluating Revolution Studio and like what I see. Before I do some serious application sampling, I have a few quick questions regarding using media types with Studio.

Does Studio natively support import of the following media types - mp3, swf, flv
If not, are there external / third party plugins that allow this? This is important to us because we have a lot of content in swf, flv and mp3 formats.

Thanks.

Hi manishpatel0404,

Rev does not support these format internally, but you can display/play them nevertheless!

MP3:
These can be played with player objects (via QuickTime).
Just created a new player and set its filename to a MP3 file.

SWF/FLV:
You can display these format in a "RevBrowser" object, which is a internet browser in a Rev window and you can control it via scripts.
Check the "Browser Sample.rev" in the "Resources/Examples/" folder inside of the Rev folder.
I think you can also play MP3 files this way.


Best

Klaus

Thanks for your help Klaus. Shall try out the Player and the RevBrowser object.

Btw, is there a way to allow a user to record his/her own voice through a plugin/external?

Regards,

Manish

Hi Manish,

check "record sound..." in the docs (Rev Dictionary).
No external neccessary, but again needs QuickTime to be installed on the target machine.


Best

Klaus

Thanks a lot Klaus.

I now have enough information to take the leap. The rest of the features we require for serious applications are already present in Studio.

Shall keep you posted on what we learn.

Regards,

Manish