[PD] GEM OSX video codec ?

[shreeswifty]

I had this problem after upgrading to 10.4.7




> From: tim <info at timvets.net>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:40:01 +0200
> To: pd-list at iem.at
> Subject: [PD] GEM OSX video codec ?
> 
> I have to make a patch that basically plays back some video with some
> extras.
> Fairly simple, were it not that the video has to be in the highest
> possible resolution.
> I've been trying out many export settings from iMovie.
> 
> At first, some codecs loaded properly but were played back very slowly
> or made pd hang.
> One low resolution file played back fine.
> Now for some reason, all *.mov files I try to load in pd give the same
> error:
> "couldn't open the movie file: 1_lkj.mov (-2020)
> GEM: pix_film: Loaded file .... with 0 frames (0x0)"
> I tried [pix_movie] as well as [pix_film] (is there a difference?).
> they play back fine in QuickTime Player.
> 
> It  may have been discussed before, but I couldn't find an answer on the
> list:
> 
> -Wich codec do I use for playing back high quality video in OSX / pd / Gem ?
> -how come all video files are rejected, even the ones that worked before ?
> 
> The platform is OSX (version 10.4.7) on a macbook pro (intel core duo) ,
> pd version 0.38.4-extended-RC8.
> The patch should also be able to run on a G4 iMac afterwards.
> 
> thanks!
> Tim
> 
> 
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