Well, I actually met my Oct. 1 deadline. :D

Head on over to http://www.MyPreMovie.com/ (http://www.mypremovie.com/Default.aspx) and try things out.

I also added an online ticket maker (as if there aren't plenty around), just wanted to see if I could do it. I plan on adding more. Plus, you can print to PDF, too.

Well, hope you guys enjoy this next version of MyPreMovie!!

Let me know if you get any errors, etc.

Thanks!
SuperTal

Congratulations! Looks pretty good. Is there a way to stop the slideshow or trailers early and jump right to the end?

Can't seem to register. Every time I try, I get this:

Password length minimum: 7. Non-alphanumeric characters required: 1.


Tried many different passwords (some 7, some 8, some 12. some with 1 number, some with 2, some with up to 4) and I always get that message.

Good start I am going to try it out. And I noticed your in AL as well.

Same problem with password (using an 8 char + 1 numeric password), but won't let me register.

Yeah, you have to have 1 non-alphanumeric character. Like an !, @, ~, or something like that. I'm going to change that.

Does anybody still see the "Coming soon picture"? I'm at work and everybody still sees the old page even though I deleted it. Must be some cache problems.

I don't see a coming soon picture.

It might help if there were some general instructions somewhere on the site. I know you had a thread here somewhere, but I never got the chance to really read it. I'm guessing that after downloading, you need to take files that are already on your computer (stills or trailers) and import them into it? Step by step instructions somewhere might be a help to people, as well as maybe having an example that they can view

I am assuming this is for a HTPC. It uses XPMCE or Vista. Is there a way to use this and stream it to an Xbox360 using it's extender capability? If I can I will definitely use this!

I am not sure if you prefer comments to be made in this thread or on the My PreMovie site. However, here are my findings so far:

Cannot close without Task Manager when in operation. This was possible before.

Feature Presentation is still in. Would like to use my own.

Under closing, the choices don't seem to work. The first choice does not fade but returns to desktop and then shows the external player. In V3 the transition was seamless. Neither the desktop nor external player screen was seen. Sometimes received unhandled exception.

On start up, the volume is off in player. Have to manually set each time. How can I set this to remain on?

Instructions are on the "To Do" list.

Yes, this is for HTPC, I still don't have an XBox so I can't test it there. (perhaps if I get enough donations ;) )

Yes, please post comments here..

When I re-wrote the application I left out the close features and mouse hiding ability. Sorry! It will be added back.

I will add override feature for the Feature Presentation (just like the Start tab).

I found a last minute bug in the Closing section, and that will be reviewed as well.

Volume control is being research, too. Which section did you have volume problems with?

Thanks for the feedback guys!

"Volume control is being researched, too. Which section did you have volume problems with?"

Under Trailers using player's controls, the trailer plays but no sound as the volume control on the control starts at its lowest point. When raised the sound comes in ok.

Without the player's control ticked, the trailer plays with no sound but the volume cannot then be raised.

I also noticed that there are white fluttering lines between trailers.

Indicated previously:
The first choice does not fade but returns to desktop and then shows the external player. In V3 the transition was seamless. Neither the desktop nor external player screen was seen.

Made some minor updates to the web site. Changed password requirements, and added ability to change password, etc.

Loma, you mention white fluttering lines between trailers? Vertical or horizontal lines? hmm...

Thanks..

Made some minor updates to the web site. Changed password requirements, and added ability to change password, etc.

Loma, you mention white fluttering lines between trailers? Vertical or horizontal lines? hmm...
Thanks..


Horizontal Lines.

How about the issue - after the feature presentation screen (which I believe you will adjust), my external player (WinDVD) screen is seen. Is it possible for this not to be seen, making the change seamless?

I believe if you launch WinDVD in full screen mode, then it should appear to be seemless. Is that what you mean?

On another note, I plan to work on MyPreMovie Lite this week and update how the ending works.

Anybody have a chance to look at MyPreMovie tickets? Is it worth making nicer ticket templates? Feedback is appreciated...

Thanks...

I believe if you launch WinDVD in full screen mode, then it should appear to be seemless. Is that what you mean?

On another note, I plan to work on MyPreMovie Lite this week and update how the ending works.

Anybody have a chance to look at MyPreMovie tickets? Is it worth making nicer ticket templates? Feedback is appreciated...

Thanks...

Thanks for your response.

I do launch WinDVD in full screen mode but from trailers the desktop is seen, then the player, then the smaller screen, then full screen (all WinDVD),then movie.

Have not tried the tickets as I have been working on the above. Will try shortly and provide feedback. However it would be nice to have a choice.

Under Slideshow and Trailers (Folder Selection) can you add to allow a selected number of slides and trailers? As it is, if you have say 20 items, it will play all 20. The idea is to provide the choice of playing any number less than that in the folder.

Hey guys, I've been upgrading my PC to Vista Ultimate 64 bit, but have decided to abandon and go with the 32 bit due to software and other driver support problems.

In other words, I haven't disappeared. I do plan on adding new features and enhancements to MyPreMovie when I get caught up.

Good idea, loma, I'll look into that. The idea with the folder selection was so that you could create folders for different genres and put only the ones you want to play for that showing. That way it plays all of them in the folder for that showing. Make sense? But I guess if you want to use a folder with 1000 images, it would make sense to limit the number... once again, great idea!

Thanks guys!

Hey guys, I've been upgrading my PC to Vista Ultimate 64 bit, but have decided to abandon and go with the 32 bit due to software and other driver support problems.

In other words, I haven't disappeared. I do plan on adding new features and enhancements to MyPreMovie when I get caught up.

Good idea, loma, I'll look into that. The idea with the folder selection was so that you could create folders for different genres and put only the ones you want to play for that showing. That way it plays all of them in the folder for that showing. Make sense? But I guess if you want to use a folder with 1000 images, it would make sense to limit the number... once again, great idea!

Thanks guys!

Thanks for your response. Look forward to the next release. When you do get the opportunity, could you put the "seamless" issue on your to do list?

SuperTal, this is awesome! My old PMM is running kind of flaky!
Thanks for making this!
I sent you a donation.

Glad you like it! And a BIG Thank You for the donation!! :D

One Question...for pre-movie manager I've programmed girder with a command to escape the slideshow and start the trailers (I believe it's just an escape key pressed during the slideshow)...is there any kind of similar function in mypremovie?
I can't always set it up to loop slideshow until a time, because I usually don't start the movie at a certain time.

No, currently there isn't, but that's a good idea. I'll look into adding it and see what I can do.

Thanks!

What's up? How is the computer? Hope My PreMovie is not dead.

No, it's definitely not dead. I've been looking at the new features of the 3.5 .NET framework, and I've been swamped at work. I hope to have my next release out by the end of the year before I upgrade it to the 3.5 .NET framework.

Is everybody still using it? :)

I eval'ed it and it would be difficult for me to use.

Resons:

1) Attempting to use the option to specifiy a slide directory in which to look for files does not work of that directory contains a space in the name.

2) Trying to use the individual file option will NOT preserve ordering for group-selecting files. It instead default to alphabetical. My slide are named with a first letter of "Q" or "A" for Question and Answer, respectively. The only way to get the program to use a specific file order is to add them one at a time. With over 400 slides, that was not an option.

3) The trailer preview (in .wmv format) did not scale to full screen despite the box being checked.


It looks like a nice program, and I'd like to find something to replace my surrent picture playlist in Media Player. Perhaps as this program develops further I'll look again. I can certainly consider renaming the slides if need be...

No, it's definitely not dead. I've been looking at the new features of the 3.5 .NET framework, and I've been swamped at work. I hope to have my next release out by the end of the year before I upgrade it to the 3.5 .NET framework.

Is everybody still using it? :)
I'd be able to use it, if it had the "esc" key to exit slideshow feature..if you add that I'll definitely use it!!

I can't get a preview of the movie ticket I made to work. It is just a blank space there.

Congratulations! Looks pretty good. Is there a way to stop the slideshow or trailers early and jump right to the end?
Hi, Lathan, I asked Tal for the same feature, otherwise I cannot use it.
It'd be a really great replacement for PMM if it could end with an ESC or jump to end

I'm working on that and a few other updates and it will be in the next release.

SurfHB, Did you get the ticket to work?

Hey....Yeah SuperTal...It works fine now. Thanks! That is pretty cool. My daughters 5th Birthday is next week. I may use this! :-)

No, it's definitely not dead. I've been looking at the new features of the 3.5 .NET framework, and I've been swamped at work. I hope to have my next release out by the end of the year before I upgrade it to the 3.5 .NET framework.
Is everybody still using it? :)


Have a great 2008. Looking forward to the next release.

Yeah, well, I feel like Richard... just kidding. I missed my self-imposed deadline. I can blame mine on 2 little boys that want to play with there Christmas toys. Make that 3 little boys if you count me. :)

I'll have something soon, though.

Thanks for remembering me...

Agree with the need for a button to transition from ending the slides to starting the movie.

Some of my trailers (downloaded from apple) don't have sound when played through MPM but work fine if I play them outside MPM. Any idea what could be wrong?

I believe the issue of the feature presentation screen removal is already on your list. Just in case.

Just wanted you guys to know that I'm working on upgrading MyPreMovie (finally), I've been overworked at my day job.

I'll keep you updated..

...til then...

Is there a way to use this and stream it to an Xbox360 using it's extender capability? If I can I will definitely use this!


streaming to the 360 would be fantastic. I wonder if you could get it to run under the programs group from the MCE menu........... just a thought.

looks like it might be what i'm looking for. here's what i'd like to be able to do.

-upon start up, immediately go into slides which can be randomly arranged in question then answer sequence, with music.

-hit a key on keyboard or button on remote and the slide show fades to black

-immediately start hi-def trailers

-after trailers, start any pre-movie personalized messages

-straight into movie

will this program be able to do this?

thanks

Patiently waiting!

I'm patiently working on it :)

I've got keyboard events added so you can hit the "q" key and have it automatically end the slides and start trailers... stuff like that.

Also trying to improve the ending handlers.

I'll copy the new version up within a week.

Great news.

I'm patiently working on it :)

I've got keyboard events added so you can hit the "q" key and have it automatically end the slides and start trailers... stuff like that.

Also trying to improve the ending handlers.

I'll copy the new version up within a week.


yes, great news. i've been playing with the current version and like it alot. i can't get qt hd trailers to play, but i'm probably doing something wrong. would it be possible to have a fading in and out transition for the slides?

Yeah, unfortunately MyPreMovie uses COM so you have to have a specific version of QuickTime installed for it to work.

Not sure about the fading... I've looked into it a little, but can't figure it out. It's developed in C# if anybody can offer any advice.

I thought about adding video clip playback during the Slide Show. Kind of like real theaters do.

Hey! Just posted version 0.0.5 on http://www.mypremovie.com/

It only has minor improvements:

A couple of keyboard events (which I hope to improve a lot more)
Better handling of the Finish section.

- SuperTal

Have tried the new version. My first findings:
In the previous my trailers were clear. Now they are blurred and fuzzy.
The feature presentation is still in.
q does not end trailers
Under finish-2 worked in previous version, now sticks at feature presentation
1 does not close
3 starts and then stops.
I cannot get this version to work

If you still have previous version, please upload so I can continue to use until the new version works. Had to delete previous version before installing new.

The "q" only ends the slide show.
Finish 2 - is suppose to leave the "Show" open in the background, currently the feature presentation slide (I'll add an option to over-ride this since many have requested it)
Finish 1 - should close the "Show", not the application, after external program launches or at the end of the Show if "Launch external program" is not checked.

That's odd about the fuzzy trailers. What version of Quicktime are you using?

I'll make the previous version available tonight, and try to work out these issues.

The "q" only ends the slide show.
Finish 2 - is suppose to leave the "Show" open in the background, currently the feature presentation slide (I'll add an option to over-ride this since many have requested it)
Finish 1 - should close the "Show", not the application, after external program launches or at the end of the Show if "Launch external program" is not checked.

That's odd about the fuzzy trailers. What version of Quicktime are you using?

I'll make the previous version available tonight, and try to work out these issues.

"q" did not end the slide show
I will experiment with the "Finish" again
Version:7.4.5

10-4, my QuickTime is 7.4.1, I'll make sure I upgrade before my next release.

10-4, my QuickTime is 7.4.1, I'll make sure I upgrade before my next release.

OK. I will return to the previous when you upload tonight. I will try your next release.

Thanks for uploading 0.0.4. I have uninstalled 0.0.5 and reinstalled 0.0.4.
Prior to uninstalling 0.0.4 to install 0.0.5, I had no problems. Now I have reinstalled 0.0.4, I am getting the same fuzzy picture as I did with 0.0.5. Any ideas?

That's odd, is it blurry when you play the videos directly from QuickTime?

Yeah, unfortunately MyPreMovie uses COM so you have to have a specific version of QuickTime installed for it to work.

Not sure about the fading... I've looked into it a little, but can't figure it out. It's developed in C# if anybody can offer any advice.

I thought about adding video clip playback during the Slide Show. Kind of like real theaters do.

my wife is pretty fluent in C#, maybe she can help.

That's odd, is it blurry when you play the videos directly from QuickTime?

Plays back ok in Qicktime direct.

ericeash, I may take you up on your offer.

loma, my videos are blurry, too. I think it's because of the QuickTime COM. I didn't delete it and reattach when I upgraded. I'll do some more tests and see what happens.

Thanks for the feedback...

ericeash, I may take you up on your offer.

loma, my videos are blurry, too. I think it's because of the QuickTime COM. I didn't delete it and reattach when I upgraded. I'll do some more tests and see what happens.

Thanks for the feedback...

OK. In version 0.0.5 before uninstalling I did not get the items under Finish to work properly. When you upload the new version I will try it.

Here's a weird thing I've encountered.

I've downloaded all kinds of trailers from movie-list, they are all .MOV files, and I can play them in Media Player, PowerDVD, but not in Quicktime. I get sometimes sound, and never video. Most of the time the video is scrambled or garbled.

I can take the files to another machine and they play fine in Quicktime.

The machine I'm wanting to use is a slightly older Toshiba M200 tablet. It's probably a 4+ year old PC, but I'd like to display the trailers, PICS, Intros, etc... outside my theater room and have it mounted on (or in) the wall.


Any suggestions on what I can do to resolve this. I'm guessing it's a codec that is needed for quicktime, since WMP and PDVD can play the files just fine.




UPDATE - Ok, I got the video working in Quicktime. I had to tell Quicktime to use SafeMode for video. It seems that GeForce Go5200 video card in this machine just can't handle HD video. I thought I had changed that once already, but it wasn't changed when I looked again. Oh well. Guess this video card wasn't meant to handle 720 and 1080 HD video on 32MB of Video RAM..... Imagine that....

Hey, I think that the download link is broken. Any idea on that?

I just checked the download link and it works fine.

I FINALLY figured out the error with QuickTime that I had with the 0.0.5 release so I should have a new release up soon that works better.

Thanks!

I just checked the download link and it works fine.

I FINALLY figured out the error with QuickTime that I had with the 0.0.5 release so I should have a new release up soon that works better.

Thanks!

Hope you have removed Feature Presentation or provided the ability to replace before re-releasing 0.0.5. Looking forward to trying it.

Any way to get PowerDVD to play a DVD after MyPreMovie opens the program?

i am very fluent in C#, let me know if I can help as well

nobi125,
I use WinDVD... I simply specify the .exe to launch and it will launch and automatically play the DVD I have in my drive.
Try googling "PowerDVD command line"... I found a few helpful hints like this to try:

powerdvd C:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO

Hope it works...

nobi125,
I use WinDVD... I simply specify the .exe to launch and it will launch and automatically play the DVD I have in my drive.
Try googling "PowerDVD command line"... I found a few helpful hints like this to try:

powerdvd C:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO

Hope it works...

I came across that same webpage, it works with video files but not DVDs or Blu-Rays unfortunately. :(

Try downloading Slysoft's AnyDVD/HD and rip your blu-ray to your hard drive and give it a shot.

Version 0.0.5 is back up, and I've received a pretty good response from several people.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Tal, I sent you a message on the MyPreMovie website indicating that I was getting an error message "File does not exist" after selecting the slides. Have you been able to check it out as yet?

I get the same error. File doesn't exist. Haven't been able to get it to work. :confused:

Thanks for sharing your program and website. Bandwidth isn't free and it is extremely cool of you to give away your program for free and only ask for donations. I am at work now but plan on downloading this tonight and giving it a run. Thanks again. Oh, and Roll Tide :)

I get the same error. File doesn't exist. Haven't been able to get it to work. :confused:

How many slides are you using? If you are not, try using a minimum of 4.

SuperTal.. looks interesting. You should put an intro video up so people don't have to register to see the details.

SuperTal,
I just downloaded and tested your program :) May I say Thank you veeeeeeery much sir! This is the coolest HT app I have played with. It allowed me to sort my slides and my trailers whichever way I wanted them. I was even able to play some cheesy movie theater music while the slides were playing. I dont have my home theater ready yet, maybe in another 2-3 months, but I cannot wait to test this on the big screen, but I am assuming as long as you have slides and trailers in 1080P, your software will play them just fine. What I like about it is how FLEXIBLE it is....it even automatically maximizes the QuickTime or Media Player window when launching trailers and intros, this way the viewers cant even tell the source of the video file...Excellent work man.

The only two thing I was hoping to find would have been:

1- The ability to time the slides to play for lets say 10-15 minutes, rather than setting an expiration time (7:00pm). This way we never have to go back and change the time to 8:30pm, 9:43pm, depending on when each movie night takes place in time.

1- Also, the ability to internaly record the entire sequence to a video file (VOB, Divx, MPEG2/4..etc) where I could burn it to a DVD and have in play in a separate DVD player, and when it's about to be over I would have my harmony remote switch over to my bluray player, this sort of eliminates the need to have a HTPC if its not in the budget at the time being, also some of us have no way of connecting a HTPC into their receiver or projectors for one reason or the other (lack of ports..etc). So it would be nice if we can burn the entire sequence whenever we feel like it to a DVD or BD dics. This way we do not have to always rely on a HTPC to do the work and can always go back and update the sequence with new trailers and slides using your software and be able to burn it again to DVD.

So a recording option would definitely add icing on the cake. Again, thanks for making such an awesome little tool!:D

Hey! I appreciate the kind comments and encouragement.

The timing is doable, but not so sure about the recording thing.

I just started a new job and have a baby due within 4 weeks so I'm not sure when I'll get back on this system.

Thanks again and donations are always welcome!!!

Tal, I sent you a message on the MyPreMovie website indicating that I was getting an error message "File does not exist" after selecting the slides. Have you been able to check it out as yet?

I found that if you just set the slides to look at a folder and hit save without adding at least one slide to the custom arrangement then you get this error. It seems that the software is looking for at least one entry there. Also You may add one file and still have the same problem but in this case go back to the custom arrangement list and try to find a blank ghost file that you can select and delete it. Then save again and it should work.

Not sure why but that is my findings. Now I just need to figure out why i never get audio during the slides and the timer is not working on my copy under vista. Seems to work great in xp but vista has had nothing but problems so far.

I was just playing with the software again and it appears that if you do a new install and hit the save option before filling in all tabs it creates blank ghost entries in the custom arrangement areas on slides, trailers and sounds.

SuperTal,

I've been working on using this since it first came out and the latest version is the most useful. However I've got just one little problem with it.....the cursor remains on the screen for the slide show and any trailers that are playing. Is there any way you can make a change that will blank the cursor after a few seconds into the premovie show?


Thanks,

Chuck

1- Also, the ability to internaly record the entire sequence to a video file (VOB, Divx, MPEG2/4..etc) where I could burn it to a DVD and have in play in a separate DVD player, and when its about to be overm I would have my harmony remote switch over to my bluray player, this sort of eliminates the need to have a HTPC if its not in the budget at the time being, also some of us have no ay of connecting a HTPC into their receiver or projectors for one reason or the other (lack of ports..etc). So it would be nice if we can burn the entire sequence whenever we feel like it to a DVD or BD dics. This way we do not have to always reply on a HTPC to do the work and can always go back and update the sequence with new trailers and slides using your software and be able to burn it again to DVD.

So a recording option would definitely add icing on the cake. Again, thanks for making such an awesome little tool!:D

^^^^^^ This would complete this software! And great job on it! Love it!

But if there was a way to export the preshow to an img for burning, I believe I would lose it. ;)

Another suggestion: The program begins by running the premovie program which includes the slideshow, it then takes you back to the program to await further orders which would be the beginning of the trailer show. Why not give the option to continue to the trailer show without waiting for further instruction and complete entire program. The pause leaves the program visible on screen while its awaiting further instructions destroying the over all effect.....Help from anyone thats in the know....I use Bsplayer to launch movie files on my harddrive. I'm totally clueless as to how to write command lines, not sure what goes in the external line and what goes on the parameters line to launch these files, can someone please help the clueless. Thanks in advance.

bump

Is Supertal still working on this or is it an orphan?

Another shameless bump.....still looking for an answer!

Hey! I appreciate the kind comments and encouragement.

The timing is doable, but not so sure about the recording thing.

I just started a new job and have a baby due within 4 weeks so I'm not sure when I'll get back on this system.

Thanks again and donations are always welcome!!!


How is the new job? Has the baby arrived? If so I hope all is well. Looking forward to when you have the time again for MyPreMovie.

Woo hoo!! I'm back!!! Love the new job, and we've got a baby! Cute little girl, she'll be 2 weeks only tomorrow so I've been a busy daddy these past couple of weeks, huh?

I'll catch back up with this thread in a few days... I see some great recommendations and have gotten some great emails from my web site!!

Thanks guys!

Woo hoo!! I'm back!!! Love the new job, and we've got a baby! Cute little girl, she'll be 2 weeks only tomorrow so I've been a busy daddy these past couple of weeks, huh?

I'll catch back up with this thread in a few days... I see some great recommendations and have gotten some great emails from my web site!!

Thanks guys!

Congratulations!

Congrats on becoming a dad! Best wishes to your family.

Another grateful Premovie user to pass of congratulations on the new baby!!!

I realize that little ones take up a lot of your time but are there any pending updates to the software?

Another "glitch" is that even after checking off the box that says to close My Premovie after the premovie show is finished, the program remains open and must be closed manually.

Hopefully you'll be able to find some time to make this awsome app even better!!!

Chuck

Hope the new baby and parents are all well. I hope you will soon have some time to post again.

Super Tal,
It looks like the program has been put to rest. We have not heard from you for sometime. Should we move on?

Super Tal,
It looks like the program has been put to rest. We have not heard from you for sometime. Should we move on?

I, too, would like to know :(

Hey guys, sorry for disappearing. My project isn't dead, I've just been distracted on other projects (paying projects). Funny, everytime I get started back on it, something else pops up. Not sure when I'll get back on it, but feel free to post suggestions and all.

Thanks for all of the support,
Tal


PS. If some of you rich guys could make some massive donations, I could get real motivated! :)

:cool:

so. is this program dead? q key does not start trailers and program does not close despite close program option being checked..any alternatives to this program? I tried slideshifter, but it does not work, either..premovie mgr does not appear to work with win vista...:confused:

so. is this program dead? q key does not start trailers and program does not close despite close program option being checked..any alternatives to this program? I tried slideshifter, but it does not work, either..premovie mgr does not appear to work with win vista...:confused:

I think the program is a little neglected since it does have a few bugs, but it is a pretty good program.

-To start the trailers. I found that I was using an older version of quicktime did not work, but the newest one does.
-Don't check the "show player's default controls", it'll make the trailer all blocky
-For the slides, the folder selection won't recursively go down a directory, so it seems to best to copy all of the slides to a common folder.

I share the sentiments of many other AVSers here-- I love MyPreMovie and just wish it were a bit more stable / less buggy.

Some tips:
- WMV trailers don't play in full screen and have other problems as well-- use Quicktime instead.

- To get the slide show to end and force the program to move on to the trailers, click the left mouse button once, THEN press "q"

- I have MyPreMovie launch Vista WMC after it's done. However, when the movie is complete and I quite VMC, I get a black screen. Alt+F4 will quite the program and return to the MyPreMovie options screen.

- Do not allow ANY files in your slides or trailers to have any spaces in their file names. Drop them in C: in a folder with no spaces in its name, and don't put any spaces in the files names of the actual slides or trailers.

- Sometimes during manipulation of the slide list, you will see a phantom white line entry above the real entries in the list. You must delete these phantom lines.

- You can use Intelliremote to run the entire MyPreMovie from a remote (MCE remote, Pronto, etc.). Assign one button to launch MyPreMovie and to click the "start" button (which always appears in the same place). Assign the second button to left click the mouse and press "q". Assign the third button to close VMC and Alt-F4 to close the black screen, then Alt-F4 to close MyPreMovies. You'll need to learn the basic scripting language that comes with Intelliremote but it's simple.

Enjoy!

SuperTal-- if you are still out there, your program has amassed quite a few fans! We would love it if you would return to the fold (I would be happy to donate some PayPal funds for the cause)!

Would you be willing to take on some development help? Looks like there are a few of us here with some C# experience. I know I'd be willing to help.

SuperTal-- if you are still out there, your program has amassed quite a few fans! We would love it if you would return to the fold (I would be happy to donate some PayPal funds for the cause)!

Count me in for the donation as well. I am about to start building my HTPC and it would be nice to have most of the bugs worked out in the very near future. I will be more than happy to contribute donation-wise, if everyone is on the same page.

Any idea why my trailers won't play with this? Slides and everything work great but the trailers just won't play :(

Any idea why my trailers won't play with this? Slides and everything work great but the trailers just won't play :(

I just ran into the same issue with Quicktime not launching to play a high def 1080P trailer downloaded from Yahoo through the MovieList website (http://www.movie-list.com/)

It will play movies thats are auto-played by Windows Media Player, but it will not launch Quicktime any more to play the MPEG-4 high def trailers.

I just built a new HTPC w/ Windows 7 and I was trying to set up my first pre-show and was dissapointed that the sequenced Pre-Movie show just stops and exits back to the Pre-Movie application when it's about to play a Quicktime highdef video.

I wish next update for this should support TS files so we can add all the Dolby and DTS demos to the pre-show.

Looking forward to that update.

Love the demos.

Did you get the Quicktime update? Otherwise, Check your File Types associations if needed for your system, and Change.

Just got Notorious in on DVD, will watch it tonight.

I am still unable to play HighDef 1080P .MOV trailers through SuperTal's Pre-Movie software. I left him a couple of PMs but I am not sure if he's even logged into the forum in weeks.

I have downloaded the latest versions of Quicktime, Windows Media Player, and even the new VLC 1.0 and the problem still exists whether I associate the 1080P .MOV file to open through eiter of the latest versions of Quicktime, VLC, or Windows Media Player even though each of the 3 media players can play those 1080P HighDef .MOV trailers on their own, but when I try to automate them through the Pre-Movie software, the show just stops and exists back to the application window when it reaches the HD trailers stage.

The only thing I can tell you is that I am running Windows 7, the RC version. I actually built my HTPC for the sole purpose of running the Pre-Movie applications and even purchased a custom intro as well. But now I am back to square one with no way of playing a pre-movie show because the app just quits playing when it gets to the HD trailer stage. I have tried everything I could think of, it seems like the Pre-Movie software will only play low resolution WMV's but nothing in 1080P or a .MOV video.

Please advise....thanks

-Sam

This is the error log, it doesn't leave any clues. After some digging around I found out that it will play HD WMV trailers, but it will NOT play HD .MOV files no matter which of the 3 media players I associate the >MOV file type with.


Also the issue exists on both XP Pro and Windows 7 platforms.

-Sam


Log Entry : 1:10:34 PM Monday, July 13, 2009
- Error playing trailer file.
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Log Entry : 1:10:35 PM Monday, July 13, 2009
- Error playing trailer file.
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Log Entry : 1:10:36 PM Monday, July 13, 2009
- Error playing trailer file.
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Log Entry : 1:10:37 PM Monday, July 13, 2009
- Error playing trailer file.
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I really thought more AVSers used SuperTal's Pre-Movie software. If anyone is currently using it to automate highdef .MOV trailers, could you please PM me. I have not heard back from SuperTal and at this point I just need a little help in figuring out why highdef .MOV files are causing the Pre-Movie show to stop, even though Quicktime, WMP, and VLC 1.0 will play them without any issues.

Looks like a great program. I'm pretty tech savvy but can't get it to work at all. Not sure what the deal is. There is really no help/explanation in the program so its kind of hard to figure out when there is a problem. Hey.. it was worth a try. Anything else like this out there anywhere that might be similar?

Thanks

Looks like a great program. I'm pretty tech savvy but can't get it to work at all. Not sure what the deal is. There is really no help/explanation in the program so its kind of hard to figure out when there is a problem. Hey.. it was worth a try. Anything else like this out there anywhere that might be similar?

Thanks

It used to work great with both 1080P .MOV and WMVHD, now it just quits back to the program. I just wish SuperTal would answer my PMs or check this thread. His Pre-movie program was the primary reason that inspired me to build my HTPC.

SuperTal...we need you dude :D

Seeing how little feedback I have gotten in the past few weeks about this Quicktime/MOV playback issue through MyPreMovieShow, I decided to take it upon myself to resolve the issue especially since I haven't heard back from SuperTal in over 3 weeks.

Ok as far as the fix....I distinctly remember being able to play .MOV 1080P trailers using the PreMovie show along with Quicktime late last year. So I did a little search and found this cool website below, which had the last 20 or so versions of Quicktime dating back to the very old 2.x version (we're in 7.6.2 now which does NOT work w/ PreMovie). So I tested the latest version available on that site which was 7.5.5 and it MAGICALLY worked, no crashing and the PreMovie Show effortlessly and smoothly transitions from Slides to Trailers.

http://www.oldversion.com/QuickTime.html#download
(click on version 7.5.5 and make sure Quictime is the default player for .MOV)

I understand that SuperTal may either be too busy or may not have interest in maintaining his application going forward, but that's why we (users of his app) should pitch in some cash together to keep this wonderful app alive, or have someone else work with him to update and maintain the code. As of right now, the code is not updated so it will NOT work with the any of the 7.6.x versions of Quicktime, also it would be nice if we could get the software to recognize and play MT2S files since many of us use Volley's excellent highdef custom intros.

I will go on record that I will agree to pitch in an agreeable donation amount to keep the code updated so we can all use this app in our dedicated theaters for years to come. I hope to hear back from SuperTal and at least get his feedback, and let us know if he ever plans to maintain and update his software.

I can't seem to get mypremovie to launch WinDVD (or any other player for that matter). The slides and trailers work great. When it gets to the launch, it just shuts down.

Thanks!!!

I can't seem to get mypremovie to launch WinDVD (or any other player for that matter). The slides and trailers work great. When it gets to the launch, it just shuts down.

Thanks!!!

Even though I have a good BD-ROM in my HTPC, I always chose to use the PS3, so I switch to PS3 on my harmony remote as soon as the custom intro is through player, after the slides and trailers. But I will test to make sure that whatever BD software I have launches automatically. I am sure you know this already, but just in case, you do need to browse the the exe file in WinDVD within the PreMovie set up, and check a box that will make it automatically launch. again I am sure you know this little detail, but wanted to pass it along just incase. Either ways, I am gonna give it a shot this weekend to make sure it works

Even though I have a good BD-ROM in my HTPC, I always chose to use the PS3, so I switch to PS3 on my harmony remote as soon as the custom intro is through player, after the slides and trailers. But I will test to make sure that whatever BD software I have launches automatically. I am sure you know this already, but just in case, you do need to browse the the exe file in WinDVD within the PreMovie set up, and check a box that will make it automatically launch. again I am sure you know this little detail, but wanted to pass it along just incase. Either ways, I am gonna give it a shot this weekend to make sure it works

I've tried it with the full path and with just the .exe file name. Neither seems to work. The box is checked as well. Very odd. . .

Thanks for your help.

Hey guys, I'm back! Hopefully for an extended period of time! Here is what I've got in mind:

1. Update MyPreMovie to use the latest version of QuickTime available from Apple.
2. Review code for improved error handling and support.
3. Research VLC and see if I can include it instead of QuickTime and Media Player. The QuickTime Interop is such a headache!! :(

I've temporarily abandoned re-writing in Microsoft WPF due to time...

Thanks guys and YES, donations are greatly needed! :)

Hey guys, I'm back! Hopefully for an extended period of time! Here is what I've got in mind:

1. Update MyPreMovie to use the latest version of QuickTime available from Apple.
2. Review code for improved error handling and support.
3. Research VLC and see if I can include it instead of QuickTime and Media Player. The QuickTime Interop is such a headache!! :(

I've temporarily abandoned re-writing in Microsoft WPF due to time...

Thanks guys and YES, donations are greatly needed! :)

Welcome back. Unfortunately it no longer works for me. Looking forward to your next release which I hope is soon.

Hey guys, I'm back! Hopefully for an extended period of time
...................

Thanks guys and YES, donations are greatly needed! :)

HE IS BACK!!!!! YES!!! I will be sending my first donation soon, and will continue helping with whatever I can financially and otherwise.

One request, do you think you can make it where it can recognize and open M2TS (AVCHD) files? reason I ask which I probably stated in my prevoius PMs is because this is the file format that Volley uses by default for his custom intros. He tried converting the files to WMV-HD and the quality difinitely took a hit.

-Sam

I guess I am Also back to square one, I had been able to get PreMovie to launch .mov HD trailers using the older 7.5.5 version of Quicktime, this was on my work's laptop which is XP-Pro. Tonight I was hoping to replicate this success on my new Windows 7 HTPC and PreMovie exited the show when it hit the trailer stage...So instead of continuing to mess with it again, I will patiently wait on SuperTal's upcoming upgrade. His return couldn't have come at a better time because I am about to start pulling my hair and smashing the keyboard :eek:

Hi,
Do you know where I can get a sample M2TS file format so I can test?

Ah, running Windows 7 already? As soon as I get my hands on the final release of Windows 7 I'll compile under that OS. I noticed Apple doesn't list Windows 7 as compatible with QuickTime, something I'm sure they will do by October 22? :)

Hi,
Do you know where I can get a sample M2TS file format so I can test?

Ah, running Windows 7 already? As soon as I get my hands on the final release of Windows 7 I'll compile under that OS. I noticed Apple doesn't list Windows 7 as compatible with QuickTime, something I'm sure they will do by October 22? :)

Standard Def: http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/

HD section: http://www.demo-world.eu/trailers/high-definition-trailers.php

The part # is the download link.


:)

Hi,
Do you know where I can get a sample M2TS file format so I can test?

Ah, running Windows 7 already? As soon as I get my hands on the final release of Windows 7 I'll compile under that OS. I noticed Apple doesn't list Windows 7 as compatible with QuickTime, something I'm sure they will do by October 22? :)



Supertal,

See the links below for the M2TS intro files and the website I use to download high def 1080P trailers.


Two custom intro's authored by Volley (in M2TS AVCHD format)


https://www.yousendit.com/download/cmcwWGJKMGtsMHpIRGc9PQ (Horror Intro)
https://www.yousendit.com/download/cmcwWGJOOW5ubHpIRGc9PQ (Action Intro)


FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING THEIR OWN CUSTOM INTROS: PLEASE CONTACT VOLLEY IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM INTRO WITH YOUR FAMILY and/or THEATER NAME, THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE HIGH QUALITY OF HIS M2TS intros


As far as highdef trailers, I get this from this website:

http://www.movie-list.com/

(search for a movie trailer by title, right click on the Yahoo 1080P trailer to download & save the .MOV 1080P trailer, rather than stream)



I belive you can still get a free RC download for Windows 7 for the next few days before they take it offline. Also Quicktime's latest version works flawlessly with Windows 7, and so does your PreMovie app as is, because if it works for Vista, it will work almost 99% of the time with Windows 7. BTW, I should say Windows 7 ROCKS!!!! Ia m so glad that Vista will be phased out soon!

Supertal,
While I still cannot get Premovie to play nice with the latest version of Quicktime, I did a little experimenting with your current 0.5 version to see if there is a way I can still play the custom M2TS intros for the mean time while you work on updating your code. So I was able to use the FINISH tab, which is used to launch external programs, to launch VLC instead of a DVD/BD media player, to play the custom M2TS intros and it worked.

So if for any reason you cannot get VLC to be the default player to open .MOV or .WMVHD or .M2TS files, maybe you can instead just add another option in the finish tab to launch a Secondary external app. This way we can use the first launcher option to launch VLC and play the intro, and then assign the second launcher option to launch whichever DVD/BD player software. Which means the trailers are still being played during the trailer stage via the latest version of either WMP or QuickTime, then the custom M2TS intros can be played in the "FINISH" stage by launching VLC and playing the intro as the first action, then launching the DVD/BD media player to play the movie for those who use their HTPC to play movies.

Just another option if enabling your app to use VLC becomes a hassle :D

After purchasing a new laptop and installing mypremovie on it, my problem is that it won't save so I can't run the show. There's an error message at the bottom stating Error Saving Data - (Access to the path'C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPreMovie\MyPreMovie\PreMovieConfig.xml' is Denied). The other laptop I was using, the program worked without any problems. The old laptop had 32 bit Vista operating system and the new one has 64 bit Vista. Would that make a difference? Really looking forward to see what the HDMI output and mypremovie would look like on my 50" plasma.

Thanks

Try right-clicking on the MyPreMovie shortcut and select "Run as Administrator". Let me know if that works.

Yep, just like SuperTal said, you don't currently have admin rights under the account you are logging with. Log in with the default admin account, and give your current login account local admin rights.

On the other hand, you can just right click and run as admin as Supertal had suggested.

-Sam

After purchasing a new laptop and installing mypremovie on it, my problem is that it won't save so I can't run the show. There's an error message at the bottom stating Error Saving Data - (Access to the path'C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPreMovie\MyPreMovie\PreMovieConfig.xml' is Denied). The other laptop I was using, the program worked without any problems. The old laptop had 32 bit Vista operating system and the new one has 64 bit Vista. Would that make a difference? Really looking forward to see what the HDMI output and mypremovie would look like on my 50" plasma.

Thanks

Try right-clicking on the MyPreMovie shortcut and select "Run as Administrator". Let me know if that works.

Yep, just like SuperTal said, you don't currently have admin rights under the account you are logging with. Log in with the default admin account, and give your current login account local admin rights.

On the other hand, you can just right click and run as admin as Supertal had suggested.

-Sam

Thank you for your quick responses. I double checked my setting and went into control panel under users and I am logged on as admin. I am the only account setup on this computer. And I checked the mypremovie shortcut and I can't seem to find where to change that setting?

Thank you for your quick responses. I double checked my setting and went into control panel under users and I am logged on as admin. I am the only account setup on this computer. And I checked the mypremovie shortcut and I can't seem to find where to change that setting?

I am assuming you're running Vista? Try holding the SHIFT key down, as you Right-Click and select "Run As Administrator" from the right-click menu. You will have to browse to the actual exe file in the MyPreMovie directory under C:\Program Files. Find the .exe file, hold SHIFT, Right Click, and select Run As Admin. This should work...

I am not sure why it doesn't see you as an admin...is this a work laptop? or is it your personal PC/laptop?

I am assuming you're running Vista? Try holding the SHIFT key down, as you Right-Click and select "Run As Administrator" from the right-click menu. You will have to browse to the actual exe file in the MyPreMovie directory under C:\Program Files. Find the .exe file, hold SHIFT, Right Click, and select Run As Admin. This should work...

I am not sure why it doesn't see you as an admin...is this a work laptop? or is it your personal PC/laptop?

Ok that seems to work as long as I start the program by holding the shift key and select run as each time. A window appears each time to allow or cancel the program. But, when I try to select it without holding the shift key the error still appears when you go to save. This is my personal laptop with Windows Vista 64 bit.

Ok that seems to work as long as I start the program by holding the shift key and select run as each time. A window appears each time to allow or cancel the program. But, when I try to select it without holding the shift key the error still appears when you go to save. This is my personal laptop with Windows Vista 64 bit.

Glad to know it worked for you. Until you figure out how to give your account permanent admin rights, you will need to Shift+RClick the EXE file and run as admin. But it will work this way everytime.

BTW, Good to hear that you are using Windows Vista 64bit, because I am having some trouble playing trailers through PreMovie in Windows7 64bit. That gives me some hope that it might be a minor bug fix for SuperTal. Can you confirm that you are for sure able to play .MOV 1080P trailers via QuickTime through PreMovie ?

Supertal,
It may sound like your PreMovie app works with 64bit Vista, any ideas why it may not work with Windows 7_64bit?

-Sam

BTW, Good to hear that you are using Windows Vista 64bit, because I am having some trouble playing trailers through PreMovie in Windows7 64bit. That gives me some hope that it might be a minor bug fix for SuperTal. Can you confirm that you are for sure able to play .MOV 1080P trailers via QuickTime through PreMovie ?

Supertal,
It may sound like your PreMovie app works with 64bit Vista, any ideas why it may not work with Windows 7_64bit?

-Sam

It does not play the trailers with Vista 64 bit. I started the show went through the slide show when the time came to play the trailers the show ended. I tried playing just the trailers and it ends before it starts.

I would imagine it has something to do with the QuickTime Interop that is used. I compile the final release on a 32-bit Vista or XP machine.

Looks like I may have good reason for setting up a 64-bit Vista machine now. :)

I'll upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as it comes out, provided funds are available. ;)

I'll upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as it comes out, provided funds are available. ;)

My donation has been deposited :D

I will do my best todonate to this project on a regular basis, so this will not be the last time.

Bring on Windows 7 64bit compatability please :D

-Sam

SuperTal

I have been trying MyPreMovie on Vista 64bit. It plays the slides but not the trailers. Receive message:"error playing trailer file".

I then tried to play wmv files. It plays the slides and this time shows a black screen, no wmv file and goes on to play the movie.

SuperTal

I have been trying MyPreMovie on Vista 64bit. It plays the slides but not the trailers. Receive message:"error playing trailer file".

I then tried to play wmv files. It plays the slides and this time shows a black screen, no wmv file and goes on to play the movie.

Hey Ioma,
Tal is aware of this issue on 64bit machines and I believe he is working on recompiling the code for 64bit Vista/Windows-7. So hopefully an update will be released soon.

Please help as you can with your Pre-Movie donations to keep this application going http://www.mypremovie.com/donate.aspx?ID=0

Hey Ioma,
Tal is aware of this issue on 64bit machines and I believe he is working on recompiling the code for 64bit Vista/Windows-7. So hopefully an update will be released soon.

Please help as you can with your Pre-Movie donations to keep this application going http://www.mypremovie.com/donate.aspx?ID=0

If you check in SuperTal's original thread, you will see that I was among the early testers. Thanks for making me aware but I am aware. My comment was to SuperTal so that he could be aware there was also another user of 64bit. For your information, in my early testing I was using 32bit and it worked perfectly. Actually it still works on one of my other computers. I am also aware of the donation request which was made from the early days. I believe SuperTal can speak for himself.

I am also aware of the donation request which was made from the early days. I believe SuperTal can speak for himself.

Ioma,
I did not mean to rub you the wrong way you by plugging the donation bit at the end of my post. I was not aware that you were either an tester or a contributor to his early app development efforts. I have decided to help Tal out of my own will because this is a great app that should stay alive. I am just trying to get some of the load of Tal's back at this point and let new users of his app be aware of the paypal donation option. I am very enthusiastic about this application and how much value it can add to any dedicated theater, so I hope you don't take offense if I jump in and reply to messages that were directed to Supertal, this is an open forum and the more members pitch in with their feedback and suggestions, the better it will be.

EDIT: BTW, the current and beta versions of Premovie both work on my 32bit XP laptop, so we can safely say that the trailer playback issue can be narrowed down to 64bit PCs.

Ioma,
I did not mean to rub you the wrong way you by plugging the donation bit at the end of my post. I was not aware that you were either an tester or a contributor to his early app development efforts. I have decided to help Tal out of my own will because this is a great app that should stay alive. I am just trying to get some of the load of Tal's back at this point and let new users of his app be aware of the paypal donation option. I am very enthusiastic about this application and how much value it can add to any dedicated theater, so I hope you don't take offense if I jump in and reply to messages that were directed to Supertal, this is an open forum and the more members pitch in with their feedback and suggestions, the better it will be.

EDIT: BTW, the current and beta versions of Premovie both work on my 32bit XP laptop, so we can safely say that the trailer playback issue can be narrowed down to 64bit PCs.

OK. All is well.

UPDATE:
Having major problems with QuickTime when trying to convert to 64-bit. Apple does not support QuickTime in a 64-bit environment. Not happy! :(

UPDATE:
Having major problems with QuickTime when trying to convert to 64-bit. Apple does not support QuickTime in a 64-bit environment. Not happy! :(

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

:mad:

Does this mean you will ditch Quicktime and enable VLC 1.0 ? I know you know it's absolutely the BEST MEDIA PLAYER on the market, and it easily trumps both QT and WMP, plus it will play every video and audio format there is including the AVCHD M2TS files and even .VOB and .MOV.

But the question is, how hard is it to implement in your app? think about it this way, it may be a lot of work at first but you will no longer have to worry about keeping up with the QT or WMP updates, and you know its 64bit and Windows 7 ready :D

Updated MyPreMovie to version 0.0.6 to use the latest versions of QuickTime and Media Player, and should work with 64-bit OS.

Yes, I am working on a VideoLan version, but could take quite a while to complete... lots of research. :)

Updated MyPreMovie to version 0.0.6 to use the latest versions of QuickTime and Media Player, and should work with 64-bit OS.

Yes, I am working on a VideoLan version, but could take quite a while to complete... lots of research. :)


Tal,
I know your post is directed toward Vista 64bit users, but I went ahead and tested the new version you sent me via PM and it's still not working on Windows 7 (64bit), I was so sure that it was going to work since you say it works on your Vist 64bit, but it did not. I tried to uninstall and reinstall everything from scratch (both PreMovie and Quicktime) and I even installed both in the default X86 folder and the standard 64bit ProgramFiles folder paths, just to test to see if that was the problem, and it wasn't. Let me know if I can help with any further Windows 7 testing, it is definitely a priority on my list, so I will continue testing until we can confirm fucntionaliy on Windows 7.

Has anyone been able to test the latest version of PreMovie with Windows 7 and the latest version of Quicktime?

I d/l the latest version onto my Vista 64bit and still the trailers do not play. The same error playing trailer message appears on the log.

I d/l the latest version onto my Vista 64bit and still the trailers do not play. The same error playing trailer message appears on the log.


That's odd because Tal tried it on his 64bit Vista box and said that it worked. So I thought maybe this is a compiling issue within Windows 7. But now you are saying that your Vista 64bit + Quicktime is Not work with PreMovie.

I guess we will just have to wait on a response from Tal. Man if I knew that PreMovie isn't going to work on Vista or Windows 7, I would have seriously reconsidered dropping $600 to build my HTPC last month, seeing how the sole purpose at the time being was to use it to run the PreMovie show. :(

Just to verify things, I just recompiled MyPreMovie 0.0.6 on my Vista64 machine. I compiled it into a hard x86 program (32-bit).

I downloaded, installed, and ran it successfully.

Things to try:
1. Uninstall any old copy of MyPreMovie.
2. Then make sure all "Program Files/MyPreMovie" folders are deleted, don't want any old QuickTime Interops laying around.
3. If you upgraded to QuickTime 7.6.2 then try uninstalling then manually unistalling like here (http://cnx.com/?p=417). Even though you do an Uninstall it leaves folders, etc. laying around.
4. Reboot and then install QuickTime 7.6.2 and then MyPremovie.

Hope this helps, if it doesn't then try a really simple MyPreMovie showing like adding 3 slides and then 1 trailer just to test basic functionality. The problem may lie elsewhere.

Update:
On your 64 machine MyPreMovie will install in the following directory unless told differently: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPreMovie
I compiled into a hard 32 bit program because QuickTime Interops will not work on 64bit at this time.

Tal, do you think if I follow the same steps below on my Windows7 64bit box, PreMovie may actually work with Quicktime again?

Also could you explain how you manually uninstall Quicktime? I clicked on the link but the IE browser at work had it blocked as Malware site.

Just to verify things, I just recompiled MyPreMovie 0.0.6 on my Vista64 machine. I compiled it into a hard x86 program (32-bit).

I downloaded, installed, and ran it successfully.

Things to try:
1. Uninstall any old copy of MyPreMovie.
2. Then make sure all "Program Files/MyPreMovie" folders are deleted, don't want any old QuickTime Interops laying around.
3. If you upgraded to QuickTime 7.6.2 then try uninstalling then manually unistalling like here (http://cnx.com/?p=417). Even though you do an Uninstall it leaves folders, etc. laying around.
4. Reboot and then install QuickTime 7.6.2 and then MyPremovie.

Hope this helps, if it doesn't then try a really simple MyPreMovie showing like adding 3 slides and then 1 trailer just to test basic functionality. The problem may lie elsewhere.

Update:
On your 64 machine MyPreMovie will install in the following directory unless told differently: C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPreMovie
I compiled into a hard 32 bit program because QuickTime Interops will not work on 64bit at this time.

It's worked for me in the past (on XP) especially when I've upgraded QuickTime.

Here is another article that may help: Apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923)

Tal,
I have some good news and minor bad news.

So I followed your advice above by COMPLETELY uninstalling Quicktime 7.6.2 and UTTERLY removing any traces of it in the registry or throughout the C: drive. I had already uninstalled PreMovie and deleted those left over folders in Program Files. I cleared my Recycle Bin and rebooted. Then I downloaded and reinstalled both Quicktime 7.6.2 and PreMovie 0.0.6 and everything works now...But...

Here are the issues I have:


I had to disable this fancy Aero Desktop in Windows 7 and switch to Basic or Classic, otherwise PreMovie quit playing after the first trailer, so it wouldnt go to the 2nd trailor. But the good news, is that changing your desktop/toolbar settings to Windows Basic or Windows Classic did the trick.


You can still see the small white square on the top left corner flash for a second when transitioning from slides to trailers (Can you fix that, so that the transition is more seamless?)


The final transition after the trailer stage to the External Program parameters stage is still not smooth, where PreMovie will show the last default PreMovie "Now to our feature presentation" slide then it exits back to the Windows desktop for a couple of seconds to launch VLC or Windows Media Player to play those custom M2TS (AVCHD) intros. This interrupted transition kind of kills the experience because you can totally tell it's a Windows PC running in the show, rather than a seamless premovie show.



Here is a simple suggestion, and I think it should be fairly easy:

Since I can confirm that Windows Media Player 12 - (preloaded w/ Windows 7) - works with PreMovie, I also found out that it will play those M2TS (AVCHD) files and it will play them like a champ with an earth shaking Dolby Digital Plus surround sound which is literary about 20 times louder and better sounding that what VLC 1.1 can do. So now I could care less about VLC and I will be happy to use Windows Media Player to play those custom M2TS (AVCHD) intros.

Here is the questions, seeing how the transition from the Quicktime Trailor stage to External Program Launch isn't so smooth and noticeably interruptive...



Is there a way that you can allow the TRAILER stage in PreMovie to also look for M2TS files? Or at the very least, allow the the drop down menu selection to recognize All Types of files when browsing to pick a trailer .MOV file? Where you will then have the the option in the drop down menu to show .MOV, .WMVHD, and either M2TS (AVCHD) or All File Types?


If we can achieve that, then I can pick however many .MOV trailers to to play through Quicktime, and instead of using the External Program Launcher step to play those M2TS intros, I can avoid that by picking the M2TS intro file which will play through Windows Media Player by default and still within the Trailor stage (avoiding the interruptive external program launch stage), and the good thing is that Windows Media Player plays nice with your PreMovie App.


So a simple solution would be to allow M2TS (AVCHD) files to be recognized in the Trailer selection stage. Hopefully I explained this well to you. I am starting to get excited again about this tool, but I am still hoping for an all around smooth transition from the Slides stages, to the trailer stage, to the custom intro, to the final Premovie slide.


Of course this will still not resolve the "Interruptive Transition" issue that lies within the the transition from Trailers to External Program launch, which means if anyone using this app intends to play the BD/DVD movies from within the same HTPC, then they will probably run into the same unsmooth-like transition, where PreMovie quits, exposing desktop, while it launches the external program. So this will still need to be addressed I guess.



EDIT: Winodws 7 does come pre-loaded with the currently unavailable Windows Media Player 12, and even though Windows Media Player 11 cannot play M2TS/AVCHD files, Windows Media Player 12 will play them without any hiccups and will play them WAY better than VLC 1.1.


.

That sounds great! Remember, if Apple releases a new version of QuickTime tomorrow then it will probably break again if you are a quick upgrader. :)

I'm really excited to hear that Media Player 12 supports AVCHD, and that MyPreMovie works with it since it is using Media Player 11 Interops. Microsoft probably has backward compatibility built in. Does Media Player 12 play .mov files?

Be glad when I get my hands on Windows 7.

I added .M2TS file ability to MyPreMovie last night and will upload it later in the week. I'm trying to work on that White box when the trailers start (I've battled that before to no avail).

Thank you for the excellent post above! I'll keep working...

I will wait to either get a PM from you or check this thread when you have the latest update uploaded on your site.

You know, I will need to remember to turn off the Auto Update on Quicktime, and/or save the last working download of Quicktime and Windows Media Player, this way if an update rolls in by mistake, I can always go back, uninstall everything and reinstall the latest working version. I will also check tonight to see if WMP_12 will play .MOV, I doubt that it won't play it. I have a feeling MS will finally pull their heads out of their butts and start competing directly with Quicktime and VLC.

So what about the few seconds of interruption between Trailor stage and final External App launch stage? Is this something that can be solved as well? I say that because if anyone is planning to use PreMovie to launch WinDVD or other apps, to play the BD/DVD movies from within the same HTPC, will probably run into the same unsmooth-like transition, where PreMovie quits, exposing desktop, while it launches the external BD/DVD program. I remember this was non-issue with .0.0.5 because I was able to launch external apps at the final stage in a smooth transition from the trailer stage without a single disruption or hiccup.

Thanks for all you continued help and support with your app.


-Sam

On the transition issue, which option are you choosing? On the Finish tab in the Closing section?

On the transition issue, which option are you choosing? On the Finish tab in the Closing section?

I have it set to Close My PreMovie at end of the show or after External Program launches. It doesn't close it just exits the PreMovie show itself exposing the desktop (at this point PreMovie's control panel is still up) and within 3-5 seconds VLC, WMP or WinDVD would launch. I have also used the second option which is to leave PreMovie open in the background and that had the same effect because once the last PreMovie "Feature Presentation" slide ends it will minimize back to the PReMovie Control panel still, so ultimately giving the same interruptive effect as the first option.

Did you upload the new update which will allow me to pick AVCHD files in the trailer stage? Please let me know and I will test it right away.

-Sam

Supertal,

After downloading the newest version I have three issues:

1) During the slideshow the cursor remains visible
2) The trailer never plays (blank screen for a short time then launches the next step (feature presentation splash screen). This is with any available .mov file. File plays properly in Quicktime.
4) Premovie does not exit with the "Close My Premovie....." selected.

Running WinXP (32bit) with currently available Quicktimeplayer installed (version 7)

TIA,

Chuck

Hmmmmmm,

Seems SuperTal went AWOL again :(

SuperTal was hit with the flu last week, and then just hit with the stomach bug this week and it went through the whole family. I've been beat down... patience... hopefully I'll be back to full strength soon...

Still under the weather?

We're being patient!

Hello..ello..ello..ello? Anyone home..ome..ome..ome?

Tal,

Still trying to be patient. At least tell us we're not forgotten!

Hello..ello..ello..ello? Anyone home..ome..ome..ome?

Tal,

Still trying to be patient. At least tell us we're not forgotten!

Chas,
Did you try PM-ing Tal?


-Sam

Sam,

PM'd Tal on 13 Oct.....no response.

Looks like we're orphaned again!

Sam,

PM'd Tal on 13 Oct.....no response.

Looks like we're orphaned again!

Oh man, I sure hope not. I bet you he will be back on this thread within the next week or two. I hope so because I still have a couple of glitches here and there with my HTPC.