Avi files on the GUI

[SweatyOgre]

I can't get avi files to work when I try to add them to the GUI. I know it isn't my code, because I got the test avi that comes with CyberSlug's program Auto Builder to work fine, but all other avis give me this error:

I'm thinking it's something to do with codecs, because every other avi that I try has a codec, but the test avi included with CyberSlug's program is uncompressed. Can avis with codecs not be added to an Auto It GUI? All help will be very much appreciated.

[DjDeep00]

I had the same issue with one of my scripts. The only thing I did to fix the issue was to place the "GUICtrlCreateavi" right before you place GuiSetState(@SW_SHOW) in you script. Give it a shot.

[SweatyOgre]

Nope, that didn't do any good.

Well here's my code, in case I am doing something wrong.

; Script generated by AutoBuilder 0.5 Prototype

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

If Not IsDeclared('WS_CLIPSIBLINGS') Then Global $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS = 0x04000000

GuiCreate("Blaster", 800, 600,(@DesktopWidth-800)/2, (@DesktopHeight-600)/2 , $WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW + $WS_VISIBLE + $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS)
$Logo = GUICtrlCreateAvi("SecksualStudiosLOGO.avi", -1, 0, 0, 800, 600)
GuiSetState(@SW_SHOW)
GUICtrlSetState($Logo, $GUI_AVISTART)
Sleep(6670)
GUICtrlSetState($Logo, $GUI_AVISTOP)
GUICtrlSetState($Logo, $GUI_AVICLOSE)
$Intro = GUICtrlCreateAvi("BlasterIntroFinal.avi", -1, 0, 0, 800, 600)
GUICtrlSetState($Intro, $GUI_AVIStart)
Sleep(6130)
GUICtrlSetState($Intro, $GUI_AVISTOP)
GUICtrlSetState($Intro, $GUI_AVICLOSE)

Exit

Edited March 24, 2005 by SweatyOgre

[DjDeep00]

Are you getting the error message when you manually run the program or you are having it automatically start with windows?

[SweatyOgre]

When I manually run it.

[SweatyOgre]

Sorry to bump the thread, but I really need help with this.

[steveR]

Heres some info on win avis:

Edited for content

Animation Controls  

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An animation control is a window that displays an Audio-Video Interleaved (AVI) clip. An AVI clip is a series of bitmap frames like a movie. Animation controls can only display AVI clips that do not contain audio.


Note   If you are using ComCtl32.dll version 6 the thread is not supported, therefore make sure that your application does not block the UI or the animation will not occur.
An animation control can display an AVI clip originating from either an uncompressed AVI file or from an AVI file that was compressed using run-length (BI_RLE8) encoding. You can add the AVI clip to your application as an AVI resource, or the clip can accompany your application as a separate AVI file. 

Note   The AVI file, or resource, must not have a sound channel. The capabilities of the animation control are very limited and are subject to change. If you need a control to provide multimedia playback and recording capabilities for your application, you can use the MCIWnd control. For more information about the MCIWnd control, see the multimedia documentation in the Platform SDK.

Edited March 28, 2005 by steveR

[steveR]

This might be useful:

http://ndub.sourceforge.net

Edited March 28, 2005 by steveR

[SweatyOgre]

Thank you very much. It's working now. I am, however, experiencing severe slowdown with these AVIs, but only when played on the GUI. The filesize also skyrocketed from 1mb and 3mb to 184mb and 255mb. I'm rather unclear on how to control the amount of compression with this program, though.