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Mac -> Win #1 |
| MAC Project |
QT digital video works OK |
| WIN Problem |
QT digital video file fails to display. |
| WIN Solution |
"Flatten" QT digital video for both Mac and Win OS. |
| Notes |
suggested by: Eric R Muehling, fferm@aurora.alaska.edu
comment by: Charles Wiltgen cwiltgen@apple.com
With QuickTime 3, this problem basically goes away. Not only does
MoviePlayer (and applications which use QuickTime's exporters) always make
"single-fork" movies, but movies don't have to be "self-contained" on
Windows any more. (In other words, you can have movies that just reference
media contained in other movies.)
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Mac -> Win #2 |
| MAC Project |
Sprites overlap QT movie OK |
| WIN Problem |
QT digital movie plays on top of all other sprites (D6) |
| WIN Solution |
None. Accept movies play "direct to stage" (D6). |
| Notes |
suggested by: Eric R Muehling, fferm@aurora.alaska.edu
comment by: Charles Wiltgen cwiltgen@apple.com
With QuickTime 3, movies don't have to be direct-to-stage on Windows any
more. As you imply, this requires Director 6.5 or newer.
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Mac -> Win #3 |
| MAC Project |
Xtras (file IO, other) automatically added to projector. |
| WIN Problem |
Xtras not added automatically to projector. |
| WIN Solution |
Identify needed Xtras. Add manually to create projector. |
| Notes |
suggested by: Eric R Muehling, fferm@aurora.alaska.edu
comment by: Warren 'The Howdy Man' Ockrassa becker@biz10.dwave.net
6.5 includes Xtras automatically as long as you mark them for inclusion.
However as Zav (I think it was Zav) pointed out if your app crashes on
the Win side the temporary Xtras folder is unremoveable unless the user
knows how to reset its attributes. To make Xplat work as painless as
possible, then, it's best to simply have an Xtras folder which you
distribute with your file for either system.
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Mac -> Win #4 |
| MAC Project |
Long names for external video/audio files work OK. |
| WIN Problem |
Actually I think this is a CD-ROM hybrid format issue. |
| WIN Solution |
Develop project for Win OS using 8.3 CAPS file names. |
| Notes |
suggested by: Eric R Muehling, fferm@aurora.alaska.edu
comment by: Charles Wiltgen cwiltgen@apple.com
I know that Mac CD-ROM burning software (like Toast) supports long file
names on Windows (a.k.a. the "Joliet" ISO-9660 extensions).
See also David Cain's notes on Mac PC Exchange problems
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