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Can't post a working snippet, but anyone can see the following error should NOT occur if music=0.
It should show the status message instead. How is it going through when its value is clearly 0?
BTW, this started happening after I switched from XP 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit, if that helps.

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is app the window number or is it actually the WindowID?

Because I have a funny feeling you may have just forgotten to do it as

??

That would still be the wrong error message though. But there's something weird here, the context variable viewer is clearly showing music = 0 but the PlayMovie command tried to execute- it shouldn't have taken that branch at all.

I agree with you mate. it is an odd one. but with a slightly modified PB example... which kinda emulates what MC is upto in his code, this works... I cannot emulate the problems he is having. So unless he is using a thread or something, which PB isn't quite liking somewhere? <shrug>

I've been playing around with this a bit too and I have a question for you. Your code plays a movie successfully, right? I assume so, anyway. When it plays a video, when you move the window around does the video move with it? 'Cause it doesn't here. I can't even use a callback and call ResizeMovie() on WM_MOVING, WM_MOVE to get it to follow the window. It just won't. Now, if you don't specify a valid WindowID and just pass 0 to the PlayMovie command for the window, a new player window will open and that one can move the video around.

with the code I just posted, it plays movies just fine. Even with moving the window. (Win 7 - 64bit btw), only time it fails is if I move the window into my second monitor hehe. But I am not experiencing what you described though dude (although we are going a little OT in MC's bug report )

The global variable "app" is the Window ID. It's the result of: app=OpenWindow(#PB_Any,).

Also, I'm playing MP3s with this code, not an actual video. Sometimes they play (mostly), but now, since Win 7 64-bit, I'm getting errors like the above.

netmaestro is right, too. The variable "app" has nothing to do with it. Why is the value of "music", being 0, getting into the wrong part of the decision? The status message should show instead. And no, "music" is not used in a thread and getting changed anywhere else.

My mistake, I meant to put is app the window handle or the Unique ID created by OpenWindow(), but somehow I kinda put a garbled mess . but in the case of the PlayMovie() (according to the manual), app should be the window handle eg. PlayMovie(music,WindowID(app)). not the identifier created by open window alone.



I knew that already... contrary to popular belief I can read... it is possible that you have a bad codec, but that wouldn't explain your other problems... or maybe it would? That is something I cannot answer without being sat at your desk



I didn't disagree with either of you on the point of the if music=0 thang... Now, that is the part which I didn't understand myself. I could not reproduce it. The only obvious thing that stood out to me was app wasn't wrapped in WindowID(app). but it still didn't explain that particular problem.

But I am sorry my contributions aren't useful to you. I'll keep quiet next time.

WindowID(app)? No, that's invalid. The manual for PlayMovie() just says to use the WindowID of the window, which is either "app" or WindowID(0), because they're the same:


It's never been valid to use WindowID(app) in PureBasic. It always raises an error if you try.

-- Profanity removed--

[Edit] Lucifer, chill. I made a mistake, I even misread your post. I'm to blame. Post edited because it's invalid.

nah, if there is one thing that today has taught me is I reeeeealllly just need to shut the hell up. Don't worry MC, I'm a bit wound up, but i'll get over it

But I am going to go back to my old "Never post" ways. For some reason or another, I just get under peoples skin. And then I rare up like some kind of monster. I am really just getting to old for this shit.

Back to radio silence... that should please Fred anyway .

No problem, Lucifer. I just can't work out what I'm doing wrong here anyway. Using "PlayMovie(music,app)" is indeed valid, I've done nothing wrong. Can't figure this out. Need to come back another day.