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Videoclip playing
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:09 am
by plleblanc
Hey all, I'm new to all of this, and I've been trying to get a video clip to play on its own. I can't use the player option because I frequently change computers so I need to have it in the stack to play. That said, when I try using the "play videoClip "file"", nothing happens. I dont know if it's my fault or if RR is just bugged that way because I have used the same script for audioClips, without any problems.
Any help is much appreciated,
Regards,
Pierre-Luc
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:36 am
by Klaus
Bonjour Pierre-Luc,
bienvenue à la forum
What format is your videoclip?
When using "play videoclip XYZ" Rev will only accept MPG1 and certain AVI movies!
What is the exact script to play the video?
Did you really import the videoclip into your stack?
Questions, questions, questions
Best
Klaus
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 3:02 pm
by plleblanc
Hey Klaus,
My format was MPG-2, I then changed it to MPG-1, but to no avail
My script is pretty basic;
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on mouseup
play videoclip "detroit.mpg" at 450,650
end mouseup
I made sure to save a file without this video inside it, because the size is pretty big.
I used the file>import as control>video file> route to bring my video into the stack. What i don't like is the fact that you can't see the video anywhere, so there's no way to tell where it is.
Regards,
Pierre-Luc
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:42 am
by Klaus
Bonjour Pierre-Luc,
ah, well MPG2 is out of reach right now with Rev
And yes, the biggest drawback is the filesize of videos.
Rev will always load a stack completely into memory,
so VERY big files may cause some memory problems.
What platform are you using? Mac or Win?
Is QuickTime an option for you?
The script looks ok, so I think it is the video format why this does not work.
Hm, sorry, no idea so far.
Did you try other formats?
Does the video file play in QuickTime Play (Mac) or Windows Media Player (Win)?
Does it play in Rev inside of a player object?
Best
Klaus
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:15 pm
by plleblanc
Hi Klaus,
currently I am using WinXP 32 bit. If by "is quicktime an option?'' you mean that if I have it on my PC, yes I do here, but the other PC doesnt...
I tried a .mov format at my Pc with quicktime, and the other formats I've used all play in either windows media player, VLC, or winamp. I have played it within a player, which is why it puzzles me as to why it doesn't work alone. The only bad thing is that I need it to be able to play alone without being attached to a filepath.
Best,
Pierre-Luc
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:48 pm
by Klaus
Bonsoir Pierre-Luc,
if you are not using player object but "play videocliup XYZ" then Rev
will only accept MPG1 and certain AVI movies!!!!
As I already wrote in my first response!
I am afraid that this is the problem...
When you use a player object, Rev will use QuickTime on the Mac and
Windows, so this requires QT to be installed on the target machine.
You can force Windows to NOT use QuickTime (check "dontUseQT" in the docs!),
but that is not really crossplatform :-/
Best
Klaus
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:46 pm
by Mark
Dear Pierre-Luc,
How does the fact that you frequently change computers affect the ability to play movies in a player object, i.e. to include movies with your stack as a separate file? As long as the stack and the movie are both available., e.g. on a CD or a USB memory stick, there shouldn't be a problem. If there still is a problem, perhaps we can try to solve that.
Best,
Mark