INI Error in Projector in Dir 8.5

[NM]

Hi All,

I am getting this INI error in my projector which says...

Director player Error: Unable to load movie playlist. Does the .INI file
exist? It must contain a section ["Movies"] with an entry
'Movie01=pathname.dir'.

I checked the Technote below...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/ini_error.htm

According to the technote, this error occurs when one uses QuickTime and the
projector path is over 125 characters. HOWEVER: my projector path is just 32
characters long and I'm still getting this error.

Any ideas what else could be wrong? I'm using director 8.5 with QuickTime
videos for a hybrid (Win/Mac) application.

Regards,

Nitin

[Word of Mouth Productions]

although this is not a solution, I would put this in your startmovie handler
(add one if you're not using one)

alert "the moviePath length is ", (the moviePath).char.count

just to be sure you are counting your path correctly. It might be different
in projector mode if it's not where your authored movie is.

So when you run the projector you get an alert telling you the number of
characters of the moviePath to the projector. Of course, you'd be better
doing this with one of the Quicktime movies but I'm not sure you'd be able
to get to that point since you're getting the error. Maybe the alert won't
even work if the error comes up before that.

Keep in mind that your video path may be longer than the moviePath if your
video is in a folder.

Add the additional count of characters including the video file name to get
an accurate count.

These kinds of obvious things are often overlooked and worth checking.

[Andrew Morton]

Any ideas what else could be wrong? I'm using director 8.5 ...

You should update to 8.5.1 for XP compatibilty.
http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/download/dir851_updater.html

Andrew

[NM]

Thanks all.

Actually this was caused by W32.Pate.b virus creating havok through the
entire network. And my very popular anti-virus had somehow got the system
scan off therefore the virus went undetected.


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Regards,

Nitin

Post by NM
Hi All,
I am getting this INI error in my projector which says...
Director player Error: Unable to load movie playlist. Does the .INI file
exist? It must contain a section ["Movies"] with an entry
'Movie01=pathname.dir'.
I checked the Technote below...
http://www.macromedia.com/support/director/ts/documents/ini_error.htm
According to the technote, this error occurs when one uses QuickTime and the
projector path is over 125 characters. HOWEVER: my projector path is just 32
characters long and I'm still getting this error.
Any ideas what else could be wrong? I'm using director 8.5 with QuickTime
videos for a hybrid (Win/Mac) application.
Regards,
Nitin

[Word of Mouth Productions]

That's why I take penicillin every morning.