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video is not displaying in the latest shockwave

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:58:12 GMT

After updating to the latest version of Shockwave, .flv videos are not displaying. The audio is there but no video.

What is going on Adobe?

Icon sizes to include as dependent files (for iPhone)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:19:37 GMT

What size icons must include in an application for iphone?

newProxyCallback question

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:06:51 GMT

hello

inside a flash sprite behaviour I initialize my callback

on beginssprite me

pCB = sprite(me.spriteNum).newProxyCallback(#sendToLingo)

sprite(me.spriteNum).stage.getChildAt(0).addEventListener("sendToLingo", pCB)

end

-- this function is called from the flash.

on sendToLingo me, evt

put "Data received from AS3:" && evt.data

end

inside flash I have a class to get some values via tcpip, this works fine...

I add an ondataArravied eventlistener to rhis object.

com_pci.addEventListener("dataArrived",onDataArrived);

that calls the method

function onDataArrived(e:Event){

trace("onDataArrived " + getTimer() );

comInAry = com_pci.data;

var tempPos:String = (comInAry[0]).toString();

if (tempPos != currSlidePos) {

trace("onDataArrived and changed" + getTimer() );

dispatchEvent( new LingoEvent("slidePos:" + currSlidePos) );

}

OK, when I onDataarrived is called one, I get a bunch of events in director, every time the tempPos != currSlidePos I get 20 or 30 times the sendToLingo

event in director. why, the trace inside flash is only fired once...

would be nice to get some help.

Or is there a way to read as3 vars direct from director?

regards.

Re: previous version of Director Movie - cannot be updated

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:08:23 GMT

Colin

Its wonderful - I followed your instructions;

In the Message Window type this: go movie""

and press Return. Navigate to the old file and open it. You'll be asked about whether the text is Roman, but after that it should open."

I then saved the file and it can now be opened as a Director 12 movie. By the way that works for a director file created in 1995 which according to this link:

http://veerle-v2.duoh.com/blog/comments/macromedias_history/

is a Director 4 file. That is simply amazing.

Thank you so much for that discovery.

Tristan

deactive director 12 without internet

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:36:07 GMT

I need to deactivate 20 copies of Version 12 Director but the connection to adobe servers are block due to security restriction

I there any way this can be done without a internet connection

How to add 'Publisher' info in Projector (.exe) file?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:27:10 GMT

The title says all about what I want to know. As you are aware that, Windows showing a security warning (as Unverified and Unknown Publisher) when we run a Projector (.exe) file. I just wanted to put something instead of showing Unknown Publisher.

I am aware that, I need to buy some certificate (digital signature) to become a Verified Publisher, but at this moment I just wanted to put something as Publisher information. Do you guys did the something before, or have any idea?

MP4 video crashes projector on Windows 7?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:04:36 GMT

I have a program that plays a sequence of MP4 videos (loads one after another if unattended). The projector runs great on Mac and on Windows XP/Vista. On Win 7 the projector stops working after 30-60 minutes.

I set up a trace log, but no errors are surfaced.

Any help is appreciated.

Max

Re: i have imported .wmv video into director with link to external file but it take forever to start the movie or connect to others

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 19:49:52 GMT

I think your best bet is to abandon WMV use MP4. You can play these using the Flash Asset xtra or MP4Asset xtra and they provide good quality compression as H264. Valentin Schmidt has a demo here

Why do you say

But I need to use .wmv on windows for the project.

Re: i have imported .wmv video into director with link to external file but it take forever to start the movie or connect to others

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 08:30:58 GMT

Hi Sean, yes the director file itself takes a long time to open and also the projector takes a long time to load. Once the director file or projector is opened then the videos in that director movie in the sprite frames will play quite happily but when i click to another director movie it then stalls for quite a while before opening the next director movie. I have several director movies that are linked together. They contain many videos and connect together instantly when i am using quicktime,mp4 and other formats. But I need to use .wmv on windows for the project. It seems as if the director file is loading the movies into memory before opening and not using it as an external cast member. Also using .wmv doesnt give me an option for DTS.

Can you help.

Re: i have imported .wmv video into director with link to external file but it take forever to start the movie or connect to others

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 21:45:40 GMT

What "takes forever to load" - the Director file/projector when it starts, or navigating to a frame containing the video sprite?

i have imported .wmv video into director with link to external file but it take forever to start the movie or connect to others

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:00:34 GMT

When I import .wmv video into director 11.5 with external link to file, it takes forever to load. It seems that the movie is loading all my videos into memory before starting. Can anyone help with an explanation. I am running windows 7.

thanks

Mick gallagher

Re: Director Stage - HD Video performance, need Help !

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 09:00:39 GMT

Hi all,

i found a solution, maybe somebody with the same trouble could use it, btw if somebody have simpler solutions please let me know

my solution:

im using DirectOs Xtra ( www.directxtras.com ) to launch "VLC.exe" video player with a simple configuration that:

1) quit when video is finished

2) don't show windows interface

3) fullscreen always even after a double click

4) no message error window from VLC after closing

then im using another function of DirectOs Xtra to check if the "Windows task bar" is visible , and if YES the program is hiding it.

the simple example code:

------------------------------

on beginSprite

dosRegister ("yourSerialNumber")

end

on mouseUp

_programPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe " -- last character is a SPACE " "

-- last character is a SPACE " ", very important: the name should not have SPACE charactes, for example:

_videoPath = "D:\CARLO CRIVELLI.mp4 " -- this is NOT correct

_videoPath = "D:\CARLO_CRIVELLI.mp4 " -- this is correct

-- command line using VLC command line config help

_commandLine = "--fullscreen --quiet where --width=0 --height=0 --video-x=0 --video-y=0 --no-video-deco --no-embedded-video vlc://quit --no-video-title"

dosLaunchApp( _programPath & _videoPath & _commandLine, "Normal", 0 )

end

-- check if the taskBar is visible, if yes this function will hide it

on exitFrame

TopWindows = dosGetTopWindowIDs()

TaskBarFound = false

repeat with i=1 to count (TopWindows)

CurrWindow = GetAt (TopWindows, i)

if (dosGetWindowClassName (CurrWindow) = "Shell_TrayWnd") then

TaskBarFound = true

-- close taskbar

if dosGetWindowState (CurrWindow, "Hidden") then

Success = dosSetWindowState (CurrWindow, "Normal")

else

Success = dosSetWindowState (CurrWindow, "Hidden")

end if

if (not Success) then

put "Can't show or hide the taskbar, error # "&dosGetLastError()

end if

exit repeat

end if

end repeat

end

------------------------------

I'm also playing with VLC preference menu', to hide " error message window " and to use a different Skin interface ( using VLCSkinEditor )

Regards,

Mauro

Re: alert() not displaying dialog box in mac/windows projectors

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:09:51 GMT

So you are publishing to executables and not to Shockwave (despite the DCR compression) in which case Buddy API and the full suite of xtras are available. However, your projectors most certainly should NOT be dependent on a pre-existing Shockwave installation or they will break some time in the future.

Re: alert() not displaying dialog box in mac/windows projectors

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 16:15:00 GMT

I may not be using the correct terminology. I'm a professional java developer who was given the responsibility of maintaining and updating a large number of director files a few months ago. So I'm new to Lingo, Director and what's what. Most of our applications are published to mac and windows as exe and .app applications. Are those called movies or projectors? Either way they still require shockwave to be installed in order to run, and from what I've seen so far, most of our code uses Buddy API, and has for years, safe or not. We do have about 100 "modules" that we publish to shockwave, DCR files, right? But those aren't what I'm having problems with, though chances are they also use Buddy API.

Re: Director Stage - HD Video performance, need Help !

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:58:02 GMT

in my example im using f4v, put ALSO using MP4 H264 i have exactly the same problem !

No differences!

Thanks

Mauro

Re: Director Stage - HD Video performance, need Help !

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:08:47 GMT

On windows machines ONLY MP4.

Director Stage - HD Video performance, need Help !

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:05:30 GMT

Hi all,

im using Director for 3D projects but now i have a client who want to create some multimedia kiosks.

Is the first time i'm creating projector to play videos, and im having very big problems playing videos on the stage ..

The videos im playing are in 1920x1080 ( fullHd ), and i have a lot of troubles with performance.

i add a link to download ( .dir + .exe + .f4v )

http://www.360map.eu/test/test_video.zip

Unfortunatly i tried many video format and compressions, DTS on or off... but all seems to be the same.

Is there a way to improve video quality and smoothness performance ?

Im playing them on my I5 + NVidia gcard, but the videos , even if im not adding lingo code in my "projector.exe", are not smooth as they should be !!

i hope this forum could help me, thanks!

Mauro

Re: alert() not displaying dialog box in mac/windows projectors

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:02:23 GMT

It wasn't clear you were publishing to Shockwave. If so, neither Buddy API nor MUI are options — they aren't marked as Shockwave-safe and nor do they have auto-downloadable packages.

Re: alert() not displaying dialog box in mac/windows projectors

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:54:29 GMT

baMsgBox() seems to be working, so that may be my fallback to go through and change all the existing alert() instances to baMsgBox().

After uninstall/reinstall of shockwave, and re-publishing, alert() is popping dialog boxes in windows again, but still not on my Mac. I think I'll test the project on another Mac and see if it is just this computer or all of them before I go to the trouble of changing all the alert() instances.

Re: alert() not displaying dialog box in mac/windows projectors

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:17:33 GMT

What about Buddy API's baMsgBox() function, or the MUI xtra's Alert() function? Do these display a dialog box?

alert() not displaying dialog box in mac/windows projectors

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:29:00 GMT

while alert() works fine inside Director 12, in published movies on both mac and pc, I hear a system beep, but get no dialog box displayed.

I've searched and searched for a solution and come up empty. Most I've found was this discussion Re: alert() not working where the OP's problem just seemed to magically disappear.

Unfortunately my problem has continued through several reboots for a few days now. I'm using Director 12 on OS X 10.6.8, publishing to both Mac and PC.

Re: Director 12 hotfix for iOS7

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:33:39 GMT

The first was the "status bar" on the top.

But since I've made the update (12r9), my app quit on the middle.

If I try an older version (12r4), all works perfectly.

But now I've made the update of Director and I don't know how I can return to the precedent version.

Regards

Bernard

Re: Director 12 hotfix for iOS7

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 18:33:05 GMT

Hello, what problems do you have?

Re: Director 12 hotfix for iOS7

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:14:35 GMT

Hello,

And now, we don't have any solution if we have done the update "Hotfix 4"?

We are definitively alone in front of Adobe Development ….

Regards

Bernard

Re: Adapt application for iphone 5 and 6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:51:50 GMT

This I found

320x480(2x) -> 640x960: Default@2x~iphone.png

320x568(2x) -> 640x1136: Default-568h@2x~iphone.png

375x667(2x) -> 750x1334: Default-667h@2x~iphone.png

414x736(3x) -> 1242x2208: Default-736h@3x~iphone.png

768x1024(1x) -> 768x1024: Default-Portrait~ipad.png

1024x768(1x) -> 1024x768: Default-Landscape~ipad.png

768x1024(2x) -> 1536x2048: Default-Portrait@2x~ipad.png

1024x768(2x) -> 2048x1536: Default-Landscape@2x~ipad.png

Re: Where to Buy Macromedia Director MX 2004 (ver 10)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:33:47 GMT

yes - eBay as well.

A full Google search pulls up 1 or 2 sites where they are asking something outrageous, like $1,000, but when you go tot he site everything they sell is over priced like that.

Re: praetorians

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 15:09:33 GMT

That movie came out in 1995 - in Director's heyday! Even the Praetorians were using Director back then to try to take over the world! I'm sure in the early 2000's they were forced to switch over to using Flash. And now they are probably trying to re-write everything in HTML5 <- good luck with that.

Re: Why Isn't Director Included with Creative Cloud?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:33:02 GMT

PS, just for historical accuracy. I don't remember that Adobe ever had Director as part of any bundles, but it was absolutely bundled as part of several different product suites sold by Macromedia over the years, way, WAY back when.

Re: Where to Buy Macromedia Director MX 2004 (ver 10)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:28:44 GMT

Did you try Amazon?

Amazon.com: director mx2004: Software

Re: praetorians

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 03:02:29 GMT

Nicely spotted!

praetorians

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 02:50:23 GMT

So, I'm watching "The Net" (I know, I know), when I suddenly spot something I never noticed before on the desk of the fake Angela Bennett (and propped open too):

http://www.funnybusinessstudio.com/director/IMG_0213.JPG

Install of Shockwave stops.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:06:56 GMT

I downloaded Shockwave - full version - when I run it, it stops at: Execute:c:/Windows\system32\Adobe\Director\SwDnld.exe/regserver.

system: windows 7. On a laptop with windows 8 verything works fine.

thanks for helping.

Where to Buy Macromedia Director MX 2004 (ver 10)

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:01:32 GMT

I have an application that uses CTX files created from MX 2004. Newer versions won;t work and the developer fo tha application has no plans on upgrading the application to make it compatible with newer versions of Director.

I have searched in vain to find someplace to purchase of copy of MX2004.

Ten years is old for software but not ancient; I find it strange that in this day and age there's nothing available.

Does anyone have an idea of where I might be able to locate this?

Re: Adapt application for iphone 5 and 6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 08:51:45 GMT

Would you know me full file names for iphone 5 and 6 including width and height?

Re: Adapt application for iphone 5 and 6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:48:44 GMT

Currently the startup is going via a black screen, even if you have included the iPhone 6 screens, I think something still needs to be fixed in AIR. You don't need to make separate applications, if you include the various splash screens it should work ok, once AIR is fixed. One thing I haven't found out for sure is the names of the files. Some people here have used names that include the width and height figures, not just the height one. In an app I just submitted I included both variations of the name, but still get a black screen for a moment.

Adapt application for iphone 5 and 6

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 10:11:35 GMT

To create an adaptable application for iphone 5 and 6

Do I have to put the 3 files as dependent launch?

Default-568h@2x.png

Default-667h@2x.png

Default-736h@3x.png

Or do I have to create a separate application for each device?

HotFix4 create hot bug :-(

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:11:33 GMT

Hello,

I've just update DIr12 with the HotFix4 (now the version is 12.0.9r149); before the update, I use 12.0.4.

Since the update , my iOS app leave randomly.

I tried to take the exact same file that worked in the old version, I published and I see the same error. But if I use an old version it works :-(

My iPad is version iOS7 .

How can I do to get back to the version before the " HotFix4 " or better to eliminate this problem ?

It feels a little lonely when developing in Director . It's a shame , because I started using Director when he was still called VideoWorks ...

Regards

Bernard Degex

ios memory usage - possible to increase?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 22:51:38 GMT

I'm building an ipad app that uses sequential jpegs to simulate playing video. The total file size of the ipa is around 16mb. When playing back on an ipad mini, It crashes near the end. If I use the unload command I can get all the way through the jpegs - but the goal is to have it lay back smoothly and be able to have all jpegs in memory without unloading. A 16mb file doesn't seem like much, I tried increasing the memory on publish settings but that didn't work. Is there any way to script it so that IOS allocates more memory to the app?

Thanks

Joe

Re: How do I hide the top bar of iphone information indicating coverage, time and battery status? When running my application this sige appearing

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:27:12 GMT

Okay, I found a solution. You need these TWO entries in your info.plist:

Status bar is initially hidden YES

View controller-based status bar appearance NO

That's it!

How do I hide the top bar of iphone information indicating coverage, time and battery status? When running my application this sige appearing

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:58:39 GMT

Re: xcode 6.1 and ios 8.1 solution for ipa

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:22:44 GMT

I only use XCode to edit the plist, and that's just a text file. I don't use XCode, nor do I need it, to compile anything from Director. I can easily use TextEdit to edit the plist. New versions of XCode will not affect simple editing of the Plist. I'm using 10.9.2 already and things are fine, and I'm using iOS 8 and things are fine, as is.

:-)

Re: xcode 6.1 and ios 8.1 solution for ipa

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:58:29 GMT

My concern for you is - if and when you update your operating system or copy of xcode then your specs will not work.

Re: xcode 6.1 and ios 8.1 solution for ipa

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:56:27 GMT

HI,

Too much detail for me. I just use the one that Adobe provided and modify it with just my info, and leave everything else alone, then everything works. Understanding all of the above is 'above my pay grade' ;-)

Re: xcode 6.1 and ios 8.1 solution for ipa

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:39:57 GMT

Here is a copy of the info.plist

xcode 6.1 and ios 8.1 solution for ipa

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:37:56 GMT

FYI

Downloaded xcode 6.1

Put os 8.1 on my phone - and will on my ipad mini

In xcode 6.1 I went into preferences - Locations and specified command line tools

I removed CFBundleResource Specs from info.plist

I went back to oxygene for compiler.

BuildMachineOSBuild refers to the machine you are working on - so I am using Mac Yosemite so number is 14A389 - see wikipedia for Yosemite number

DTPlatformBuild - refers to the platform you are building for 12B411 for ios 8.1

DTPlatform Version then is 8.1

DTSDKBuild is also 12B411

DTSDKName is iphoneos 8.1

DTXcode refers to version of xcode 0610

DTXCode Build (see wikipedia for xcode6.x) but for 6.1 is 6A1052d

Re: xcode 6 and ios8

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:56:06 GMT

Still have not got it to worked but have learned a lot (see below) - I still don't understand two things

Purpose of ResourceRules.plist - is it mandatory - only seems to reference info.plist and dictionary

Which compiler to use - com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.3_5 seems to be most recent - any suggestions

BuildMachineOSBuild refers to the machine you are working on - so I am using Mac Yosemite so number is 14A389 - see wikipedia for Yosemite number

DTPlatformBuild - refers to the platform you are building for 12B411 for ios 8.1

DTPlatform Version then is 8.1

DTSDKBuild is also 12B411

DTSDKName is iphoneos 8.1

DTXcode refers to version of xcode 0610

DTXCode Build (see wikipedia for xcode6.x) but for 6.1 is 6A1052d

Re: Director and OSX Yosemite

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:30:51 GMT

I've also had no problems running Director.

However, Shockwave won't install right now. The plugin functions so long as you had it installed with prior OS X, but the Shockwave installer now gives you a "This version of OS X is not supported" message.

Re: Is there any simulator to test ipad iphone ipa files created with Adobe Director 12?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:27:03 GMT

No. Luckily it is very quick to compile and test on the iPad. I've watched people using Flashbuilder and it seems to be a much more complex process.

Re: Re: xcode 6 and ios8

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:36:44 GMT

Hi,

Click here <http://rjcooper.com/private/Info.plist>. Note that I copied the originals from inside the Adobe Director 12 folder and then pasted my contents into them. As far as I can tell, the names must be the same as the originals.

Also remember, that you must include the actual files in your Dependent Files under the Files tab in Publish Settings (I had thought that Dir only needed them there during compilation, but they must be there at all times).

I've become quite the little expert on iOS stuff with Dir as I'm one of the only ones still interested, I guess. It's a shame! Director is so well known to me after 20 years of using it!

Re: question about length of strings

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:36:05 GMT

Which version of Director are you using?