player

Type

object

Summary

A control that displays a movie or sound file.

Syntax

player

Description

Use the player object type to display a movie or sound from a separate file.

Unlike an audio clip or video clip, a player does not contain the movie or sound data. Instead, you use the player's filename property to indicate the separate file that holds the movie or sound. This reduces the memory required by your stack, because the movie or sound data is only loaded into memory when it's being used, rather than being loaded into memory whenever the stack file is open. However, it also makes it possible for the movie or sound data to be misplaced during distribution, since the file is separate from your stack file.

A player is contained in a card, group, or background. Players cannot contain other objects.

Important

Setting a player's filename does not automatically update its currentTime property. If you play a movie file, then change the player's filename in order to play another, you must reset the currentTime to zero in order to start from the beginning of the second movie :

    set the filename of player \"My Player\" to \"SecondMovie.mov\"
    set the currentTime of player \"My Player\" to zero

Examples

start player "San Antone"

hide player (the selectedText of button "Current Movie")

Related

object: stack, player

property: filename, currentTime

function: movie

glossary: property, stack file, movie, loaded into memory, object type

keyword: templatePlayer, control, file

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

Platforms

desktop

server