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QTMovie.Play

Plays the movie.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
QTMovie 4.0 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes, on macOS ❌ No

Removed

This function was removed for MBS FileMaker Plugin 9.0. Please move to newer functions or keep using older plugins.

MBS( "QTMovie.Play"; Movie )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Movie The reference number of the movie. Please use QTMovie.OpenContainer, QTMovie.OpenFile or QTMovie.OpenURL function to get movie reference. $mov

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Plays the movie.
Without an actual movie view, this will only play sound.

Examples

Play movie:

MBS( "QTMovie.Play"; $Movie )

Stop movie:

MBS( "QTMovie.Stop"; $Movie )

Load and play:

# Open Container
Set Variable [$$Movie; Value:MBS("QTMovie.OpenContainer"; QTMovie::MovieContainer)]
# Play it
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("QTMovie.Play"; $$Movie)]
# later you should release movie to free memory

See also

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 20th January 2016


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