scripting player objects?

[Klaus Major]

Hi Ken,

> 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... :-)

OK, almost all of them...

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

"play player xyz", ah, I see ;-)

The funny thing is, THAT DOES WORK! :-D

> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de