scripting player objects?

[Ken Ray]

On 9/8/05 4:17 PM, "Klaus Major" <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> 
>> The MC documentation is very complete; However, I don't find
>> anything about
>> scripting a movie player object. I've bounced around the
>> documentation, and
>> found nothing; A google search doesn't yield much because "player"
>> is also a
>> keyword for the dreamcard player environment. Basically, the
>> hypercard and
>> metacard syntax for playing movies is fundamentally different (this
>> is partly
>> because the HC syntax was never consistent, there being at least 3
>> different
>> Apple XCMDs for playing movies); Though the MC syntax is different
>> (presumably
>> superior) I've found no nice neat summary of it anywhere.
>> 
>> Any ideas appreciated!
> 
> please check the MC index for "QuickTime, playing".
> There you find all commands for scripting players.

Well, not all of them, Klaus... :-)

He'll also need "play" and "stop" at least...


Ken Ray
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