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« on: February 16, 2008, 11:38:29 AM »
MovieBox is the PowerBASIC translation of my C# zMoviePlayer.

This version uses the DirectX ActiveMovie.inc from José Roca.



MovieBox playing a 1920 x 800 MKV HD movie in composited mode on Windows 7:





To play a movie, just use drag & drop from the Explorer onto the MovieBox, or click on the play button to open the file dialog selector.

MovieBox adjust its size to the real size of the video being played, however you can drag the borders to resize the window as you want.

If you encounter a problem while playing a movie, most of the time this is because you are not using the good codec.
There are plainty of Codec packages on the Internet, thus you should be able to find the right one on a dedicated web site.


See below the attached MovieBox.zip from 01-31-2010

History:
Date       Version
01-31-10 2.61 - Use TextRenderingHintAntiAlias with font when running in DWM mode + new codec pack.
06-05-09 2.60 - Added SnapShot feature (JPEG, BMP, TIFF).
02-07-09 2.50 - Added FLV support.
08-13-08 2.50 - Reworked to work with the latest Skin Engine and the brand new PB9 compiler (with source code and CCCP codec).
04-19-08 2.00 - HD movie detection has been improved, and true video size shown on status bar.
04-12-08 2.00 - Release of version 2.00, with new GUI and support for HD MKV format (matroska).
02-25-08 1.04 - Quick launch by dragging movie icon onto MovieBox desktop short cut.
02-24-08 1.03 - Added "full screen" mode button.
02-18-08 1.02 - XP version has been reworked for better integration of the "Active Movie Window" inside MovieBox.
02-16-08 1.01 - Version compatible XP
02-15-08 1.00 - Initial version for VISTA


Version 2.60+ is using the PB9 compiler it is provided with:

- Complete PB9 source code using low level DirectX API
- Dedicated include file to work with the PB9 compiler.
- Embedded CCCP codec "CCCP-2008-01-24.exe" must be installed first.
- Latest Skin Engine with additional backgrounds.


About the MovieBox status:

This is a "participative project" (french definition: "projet participatif"), it means you can contribute with new themes, code enhancements, documentations, feedback. And all contributions must be posted there for the benefit of the members of this forum.

Things that you are not allowed to do:
Change the name of the project, change the logo without prior agreement, alter a theme without prior agreement, produce any derivated SkinEngine from this project.
And of course do not change or alter the copyright.

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2008, 03:14:34 AM »
I just saw this today Patrice, good luck with it. There are so many video codecs out there, I am sure it can keep you busy for some time to come. Good luck!
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2008, 02:04:11 PM »
 
I'm interested. Although I haven't expertise in graphics programming, I can help if you have problems with the wrappers or need additional wrappers.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2008, 06:40:40 PM »
--José (and others)

see the first post of this thread

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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2008, 10:07:38 PM »
Hi Patrice,

looks very nice, but I get very high flicker or even black screen on XPs ( I can hear the sound ) in movie area.
Is it another test if I learned your SDK lessons right or there can be problem?


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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2008, 10:14:14 PM »
--Petr

So far i didn't check on XP, only on VISTA (but i shall check on XP soon).

Which version of DirectX are you using?

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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2008, 10:32:05 PM »
Ok, I see what is the problem on XP.

DirectX is unable to work in composited mode on XP...

Easy to fix, but then, no more BLUR or CRYSTAL mode on XP.

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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2008, 10:34:21 PM »
Hi Patrice,

did update DirectX 9.0c to November 2007 release and no help.
When I alt-tab from the player, I can see the video ?!

That is quite odd...

Do you think it could work via MCI?


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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2008, 11:39:56 PM »
I had a strange problem, I am using XP also.  The video would not show, but if I moved the moviebox window around, it would show a frame of the movie each time I moved it. Also at this time the windows background was not being updated. Here is a screenshot.
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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2008, 11:46:18 PM »
I just posted Version 1.01, that is XP compatible.

There is realy a huge difference between XP and VISTA when it comes to graphic and multimedia, VISTA is so much better, realy!


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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2008, 11:51:30 PM »
--Petr

Yes, DirectX 9.0c from November 2007, is the good one! (works also with the version of april 2007)

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« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2008, 04:05:06 PM »
Hi Patrice,

thanks for new version, works perfectly!

I have one idea - would it be possible make a switch for fullscreen mode too ( no GUI, just video )?


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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2008, 05:37:00 PM »
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would it be possible make a switch for fullscreen mode too ( no GUI, just video )?

Yes, it is on my list (see zMoviePlayer).

But so far I am figthing with the difference between XP and VISTA to produce a code that would run fine on both versions, XP is such a real pain compared to VISTA.

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« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2008, 06:51:49 PM »
Version 1.02

- XP version has been reworked for better integration of the "Active Movie Window" inside of the MovieBox.

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« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2008, 09:58:38 PM »
Patrice you did it! It is working perfectly so far. I am happy the Fullscreen option that Petr mentioned will be coming in the future.
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