What kind of video the MoviePlayer can display?

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The documentation is scarse on the subject and the example(s) only suggest mp4 file types.

I tried .avi, .mkv, .webm and they were not loaded at all.

What is your experience on the matter ?

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As DesktopMoviePlayer relies on the OS it only plays what Quicktime player could play…

There was a long time ago a Quicktime component called Perian to also play AVI and MKV containers…but it’s not maintained anymore…

Anyway…why would someone want to do a movie player in Xojo?
Hardly it would do 2160p60 with several HD audio tracks (o;

I rather watch movie on my UHD TV…(no there are no 4K TVs ;o)

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I already read these video using VLC on my MacBook Pro m1.

But the problem is I can trash my project if it is unable to read any video file.

Do you buy a word processor who read and write only MacWrite files ?

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None of those formats are supported by QuickTime Player. There’s a reason VLC has so much popularity over QuickTime and Windows Media players.

You could opt to use the MBS plugins to integrate VLC playback into your app if you need modern media formats. It is a large and complicated task.

You don’t need to be hostile toward someone pointing out the flaws in Xojo’s multimedia support. That’s a good way to get people to not tell you about these known limitations.

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Believe it or not, there are uses for video other than watching movies.

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i think this “Xojo” MoviePlayer is more to play videos who belongs to your app
as example video help or product feature advertising.

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I don‘t think so Tim :wink:

Talks were about subtitles in separate files and AVI/MKV containers….

So if you do videos for your own application as a helping guide, then you can encode them into containers your OS and Xojo supports.

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@Emile_Schwarz can come off cryptic, very cryptic most times :wink: I do not think the bottom meaning is to be hostile.

I think @Emile_Schwarz maybe take the time to translate meanings before posting?

I think we all Like and respect the kind nature of this Xojo Forum

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I was not meant to be hostile to the poster, but eventually to Xojo for a nearly useless Control.

Sorry folks.

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A movie player always relies on the frameworks provided by the system. Apple decided years ago to cut quicktime functionality and modernize it. What has Xojo to do with it?