[leonard] Re: Two problems with CLAN, Quicktime and other software

[Christophe Parisse]

Thank you for your answers.

 

So we should not try to change back %snd into %mov. Good!

 

Otherwise I think that with the option to change the search order, it will
be even easier to use than before when using both sound and video. Right
now, we simply put sound and video in different folders.

 

Christophe

 

De : Leonid Spektor [mailto:spektor at andrew.cmu.edu] 
Envoyé : jeudi 16 octobre 2008 20:06
À : chibolts at googlegroups.com
Cc : leonard at cru.fr
Objet : [leonard] Re: Two problems with CLAN, Quicktime and other software

 

Christophe ,

     I am aware of the first problem and I am trying to figure out the cause
of it, but I still don't know why this is the case.

    The second issue is a new feature. CLAN no longer distinguishes between
movie and sound files and it will always cerate new bullets with %snd tag.
When searching for files  CLAN will always try to find any media file that
matches the name inside the bullet. The order of search is audio files first
and then movie files. This method only creates a problem if you have mixed
format where both audio and movie files have the same name. In this case we
are planning to create an option that will allow users to change the search
order from audio first to movie media first. This decision was dictated by
technical issues, so I am afraid this is how it will remain.

Leonid.


On 16-10-08 11:18, "Christophe Parisse" <cparisse at u-paris10.fr> wrote:

We got two recurrent problems with the installation and use of CLAN and
Quicktime.
 
1)     The first problem is limited on PCs as far as I know. There seems to
be some interferences between CLAN and Microsoft Office at Install time. The
quite frequent result (I got this on several machines with XP) is that the
icons displayed but the explorer program of Windows for CLAN files are
incorrect and cannot be modified, even with installation et desinstallation.
This is not a functional problem but it is strange and not nice (files are
more difficult to find). This problem can be more bothersome when it is not
possible to change the file association and it’s always Microsoft Word that
is associated with CLAN files. This is more a problem because you always
have to open files from CLAN (not using explorer) but also it seems that
this creates some problems with the use of API fonts.

2)     The second problem is the coding of %mov: and %snd: inside bullets.
Sometimes, even with Quicktime movie files, the bullets created has the
%snd: format. Once again, this is not a major problem but the result is
possible confusion between sound and movie files. Also some files are of
mixed format when they have been edited on various machines.



Thank you for your help
 
Christophe Parisse
 





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