Problems with link to mpg file

[capid webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hello,
I have created a simple Director file that includes a link to a mpeg file.
This file should open in Media Player (or any other default installed program that plays mpeg).

On 7 out of the 8 computers I have tested - the cd works - On one it doesn't

Problem: If I click on the link (to the mpeg) - it does absolutely NOTHING...

I have used the Task Manager to check for programs that try to open and there is no ''movement".

If I click directly on the file... it opens with no problem in Media Player.

It is easy to say that it is a problem with the computer (and it could be) but what would be the cause? I must be sure before I print 500 copies of the cd!

Please help!

[vij010]

Hi...

Maybe that one particular computer does not have the required codec to decompress the MPEG stream. Instead of MPEG, can't you try WMV ?...cuz WMV is supported by all Window Media Players...

Vj

[SafariTECH]

First of all, if you have a link to an MPEG file that uses the "open" command (which is teh only way I know of to link to a file externally with a link) , you have been very lucky so far, because the open command requires an application to run the file.

If you just want the file to open externally with whatever the default app is, try using BuddyAPI - it's "Open" command uses whatever program is default on the system.

If you want to continue using the "open" command, you will need your app to first find the default application then use:

OPEN mpegfile WITH path2program



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Glen Palmer
SafariTECH
Cold Fusion Specialist
[url]www.safaritech.com[/url]
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[Gretchen Macdowall]

You can launch the MPEG's with the free FileXtra4:

[url]http://www.kblab.net/xtras[/url]

on mouseUp
-- mpg in same folder as movie
pathToFile = the moviepath & "whatever.mpg"
pathToFile = QUOTE & pathToFile & QUOTE
instance = new(xtra "filextra4")
pathToParentApp = fxFileGetAppPath(instance,"mpg")
fx_FileRunApp(instance,pathToParentApp & " " & pathToFile)
end

Gretchen Macdowall
[url]http://www.updatestage.com/[/url]