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1. Re: Way to Play Adobe Projector file on Mac OS X
Mike Blaustein Feb 23, 2011 12:09 PM (in response to rlinsurf1)Yes and no. The actual exe projector is the final compiled-for-PC version. There is no way to "convert" it to OSX. But the author of the project can publish the movie as a Mac projector (assuming that they have Director 8.5 or higher). Depending on the complexity of the project and what if any xtras are used, this can be a simple process of opening the dir file, clicking File, Publish Settings, and checking the Mac box before re-publishing. If there are 3rd party xtras or windows-specific code, then there may be some conversion required.
So basically, you can do nothing with your projector. But the author has the ability to make a Mac projector for you.
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2. Re: Way to Play Adobe Projector file on Mac OS X
rlinsurf1 Feb 23, 2011 1:05 PM (in response to Mike Blaustein)Thanks, Mike
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3. Re: Way to Play Adobe Projector file on Mac OS X
Opera Rat Feb 24, 2011 1:45 AM (in response to rlinsurf1)OK, you're referring to the files I sent you. (The Director World is rather small.) I compiled the files on a PC using Director 11. The Mac projector works on all the macbooks, and macbook pros that a friend tried in Oregon. I used Windows 7 to create a zip file that contained all the relavent files for the projector to work. I than used Filzilla to put the zip file on a server. Then everyone downloaded it the same way - Safari. My friend had no problem running the program once they downloaded and installed Shockwave. I can't understand why you're having a problem running the mac projector I sent you. I included the .dir file in the hopes that someone had a Director installed on a mac so that they can just recompile it.
What am I doing wrong? How should I send the Mac version of the file (in less than 30 minutes)?
Mike, I'll email you the link. See if it works for you, PLEASE.
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4. Re: Way to Play Adobe Projector file on Mac OS X
rlinsurf1 Feb 24, 2011 5:03 AM (in response to Opera Rat)Nice to meet you
Ok, looks like there was a bit of confusion here. Andrew told me the Mac version was the .dir, which is coming up as a UNIX executable. After your post, I saw there was a projector file with a Mac icon, so I tried that. I had to double-click it several times to get anything to happen, but finally received a message saying Shockwave 11 wasn't installed on the machine. I downloaded that, and after installing it, the file still took a couple of tries to open -- but it finally did
I'll email Andrew and let him know.
J.


