On 8/27/10, Chris Cunnington <smalltalktelevision at gmail.com> wrote:
> Every project needs a quick victory to create some momentum, so I've taken a
> slight detour from Sophie to Scratch. I've uploaded a player taken from
> Scratch to http://www.squeaksource.com/MultiMedia.html. (Writable to all)
>
> You can load it into an updated 4.1 image. Then you can get a movie file to
> put on your desktop from here:
>
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/uploads/1/castle.mpg.zip
>
> In a Workspace, you can enter:
>
> MoviePlayerMorph new openInWorld
>
> do it, and you'll get a player. Hit the "Open" button, find the "castle.mpg"
> you just downloaded, and you'll have something that looks like this:
>
> http://www.smalltalktelevision.com/player.jpg
>
> Then you can press "Play" and listen and watch the bird. To "Play" again you
> need to "Rewind" first.
>
> The file is an MPEG1 Muxed. It is quite old and if this player can play
> anything else, I couldn't say.
>
> It's a pretty humble beginning, but seeing as I posted the idea less than 48
> hours ago, and now you're looking at a movie in 4.1, I think that's a solid
> start.

Yes, indeed. Congrats. Hannes

Today I was thinking about the VLC player. It plays a lot of formats
and seemingly they manage the licenses issue. There is a portable
version http://www.portableapps.com

Would it be possible to just wrap it from withing Squeak?

--Hannes