IOS movie Play

[rodneyweast]

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.

[Klaus]

Hi Rodney,

...
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:

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

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


Best

Klaus

[rodneyweast]

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.

[bn]

Hi Rodney,

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

If you want to play video you have to specify

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play video pathToVideoFile

It took me some time to figure it out.

for sound just

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play pathToSoundFile

is ok.

Kind regards

Bernd

[interactbooks]

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?

[jeanvouillon]

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"

[interactbooks]

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.

[jeanvouillon]

Yeah! Great!
I love this forum!