Windows Media Player not responding to Player.controls.stop command
onclick windows media player properties player.controls.stop() doesn’t work doesn’t respond to stop command
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Seeking to Specific points in a Windows Media player file
I have had trouble getting Windows Media Player to consistently seek to markers embedded in the video itself, but it does seem to seek to specific timings.
Some sample code is provided below:
Where to go when you have Final Cut Pro questions or problems
I’ve found these forums to be particularly useful in helping me solve my Final Cut Pro 4 issues. Apple.com’s FCP discussions Ken Stone’s Final Cut Pro Creative Cow Forums MacFixit.com
Continue readingFinal Cut Pro v. 4 Log and Capture problem
When I installed Final Cut Pro v. 4, I lost all ability to Log and Capture. Not just in Final Cut v.4, but also in the older version 3 which was left on the drive
Continue readingIn search of closed captioning on web video
In the web environment I develop for – a busy hospital – having some kind of captioning on presentations that include an audio track is not optional. Videos and narrated presentations are watched in common areas, and it’s not always possible to locate a pair of headphones or even convenient to use them if there are other things going on in the room that need to be heard.
There are also a few people with hearing disabilities that need the captions. So I’ve been searching for a captioning method for all our streaming video that is efficient, and creates web-based video that is compatible with Windows and Macintosh computers.
Although the Virage system will be ideal for this (voice recognition and screen-scraping create searchable, linked chunks of text associated with the exact locations in the video where they occurred.), it will not be in place soon enough.
Creating captions on VHS/DVD formats would be a nice capability, as well.
Continue readingLessons in dubbing from VHS thru a miniDV deck
I was using a Sony GVD-1000 MiniDV deck at work yesterday, trying for the first time to copy a VHS tape from a standard VCR. I plugged the outs from the VCR into the handy
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