Video Widget Issue

[cracklepopflash]

I've encountered an issue that I am not sure why it's happening. I have a video widget and a button to play a local video through WatchLocalVideo(), but when I click play...I get two black horizontal bars on both sides and nothing in the center...however when have the button transition to another menu with the video widget, the video plays nicely with the video contents actually appearing and playing.

What do I have to do to play a video on a video widget in the same menu without transitioning to another menu widget?

[GKusnick]

Did you call Refresh() to get your Video widget re-evaluated? You may need a MediaPlayerFileLoadComplete hook to call Refresh() from.

Also make sure you have a conditional guarding your Video widget so that it doesn't show unless there's actually a video playing.

[cracklepopflash]

So I tried your suggestion, but I'm still getting the same problem with two vertical black bars on both sides and nothing showing in the middle.

And about the conditional guarding the video widget so it doesn't show until video is playing, when do I know exactly when a video is actually playing?

Is it when the MediaPlayerFileLoadComplete hook is called? Cuz right now, that's what I'm doing and it doesn't seem to work.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by cracklepopflash

And about the conditional guarding the video widget so it doesn't show until video is playing, when do I know exactly when a video is actually playing?

Try using something like:

If HasMediaFile()
   true
      Video Widget

That should get you going in its basic form.

Cheers

Ben

[cracklepopflash]

So I used the HasMediaFile() conditional, but I still have the same problem with the video widget.

Here's more detail on what I did:

So I have a Panel Widget that contains the video widget which only appears based on the HasMediaFile conditional.

And then I have another panel that contains the several buttons that when pressed would each play a different local video file. When pressed, I call the WatchLocalFile() method.

I have two hooks. The MediaPlayerFileLoadComplete that calls Refresh() and the FilePlaybackFinished that called CloseAndWaitUntilClosed() method and then Refresh().

[jaminben]

You should simply be able to call the WatchLocalFile() with a Refresh() attached to it all under an item widget and it'll work. I've just tried it on my system purely because I've never used it before and it works ok.

Item Widget
   WatchLocalFile(OrtusBasePath + java_io_File_separator + "Ortus Video A.wmv")
     Refresh()

If HasMediaFile()
   true
      Video Widget

Once you have that part in then I'd start to add the other controls.

Cheers

Ben

[cracklepopflash]

I think I figured out the issue. It seems to have to do with the Animation field. In the panel I placed the Video Widget it, the Animation was in LayerForeground. Once I removed that field, the video plays ok.