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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:

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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

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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: 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