jmv movies not in MPEGMoviePlayerMorph menu

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Sun Dec 9 15:17:01 UTC 2001


The MMPM filters files by looking at the file extension.
The extension for jpeg movies is jmv.
Maybe as a tribute to the writer of the jpeg plugin, 
Juan Manuel Vuletich :-)


Karl

John Hinsley wrote:
> 
> Thanks to everyone for help in trying to get the JPEGReadWriterPlugin
> built: I finally pinched a pre-built, cross compiled version (built on
> BSD!) from Douglas Brebner!
> 
> This works: I can convert a mpeg to a jmv using the code used by Steph:
> 
> JPEGMovieFile convertMPEGFileNamed: 'AlienSong.mpg' toJPEGMovieNamed:
> 'alien2.jmg' quality: 100
> 
> and I can play this by using the protocol in MPEGDisplayMorph:
> 
> myMPEGDisplayMorph:= MPEGDisplayMorph new openInWorld
> myMPEGDisplayMorph openFileNamed: 'alien2.jmg'
> myMPEGDisplayMorph startPlaying
> myMPEGDisplayMorph stopPlaying
> myMPEGDisplayMorph rewindMovie
> 
> (see, I'm not halucinating ;-)
> 
> If I open up a menu from MPEGPlayerMorph (the orange one) I get the jmv
> file listed, but nothing happens until I hit the "play" arrow, whereupon
> "no MPEG file!" in a dialogue box. (Mind you, if I try to open the
> original mpeg, I get a walkback!)
> 
> If I open up a menu from MPEGMoviePlayerMorph (the blue one) I don't get
> the MPEGMovie Player Morph listed.
> 
> (Note, both of the MPEG player morphs on my system use the "white with
> blue borders" style menu --
> 
> MPEGDisplayMorph>
> openMPEGFile
>         "Invoked by the 'Open' button. Prompt for a file name and try to open
> that file as an MPEG file."
> 
>         | result |
>         result _ (FileList2 modalFileSelectorForSuffixes: #('mp3' 'mpg' 'mpeg'
> 'jmv')) .
>         result ifNil: [^ self].
>         self stopPlaying.
>         self openFileNamed: (result fullName).)
> 
> I'm puzzled by this as Steph seems to be able to use
> MPEGMoviePlayerMorph to open a jmv:
> 
> > For those that want to try I found that the player (MPEGMoviePlayerMorph new
> > openInWorld) opens files with jmv and mpg
> 
> > So it works!!!!
> 
> But not for me. Anyone got any ideas?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> John
> 
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