Video Playback Issues Summary

[Trevor Newell]

D. Youtube

Youtube has a nifty feature that most don't know about. The text below best explains this feature:

"If you go to a link on YouTube, the link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[someid#].

To get to just the video instead of the page, do you just put
http://www.youtube.com/v/[someid#] for the url?"

Quoted From: http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=475

The answer is yes, as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/v/hh6eT_zhmRg
Original link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh6eT_zhmRg

If you've already logged into your own account on youtube, you may even be able to do this with private videos; however this has not yet been tested.

The advantage to this functionality is that you can now simply use an HTML item within MediaLab to play your video file without even including the video file in your stim folder. The video should play back without a problem.

You can also embed a youtube video into your own HTML document. Doing so allows for even more customization. Fore more information, try embedding your own youtube video, as well as reading up on the following information:
http://www.google.com/support/youtub...n&answer=57788

[Trevor Newell]

E. MediaLab and DirectRT 2010

Both MediaLab and DirectRT 2010 have eliminated most occurrences of the problem at hand. Upon receiving reports that this statement is not true, we will update this thread (or the software itself) with the appropriate changes.

Our 2010 lineup is current in its beta form, and is available upon request. An official release will be made sometime next month. More information about our 2010 lineup can be found here:

DirectRT - http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=2562
MediaLab - <Not Yet Available>

[Trevor Newell]

I. Related Links (Some are not listed above.)

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=4801
How to use the VLC media player to play video files within MediaLab.

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=552 [Solution Found]
A very helpful, lengthy thread that acts as a previous version of the current thread.

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=728 [Solution Found]
Video problems in Windows on an Intel Mac

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=739
MPG videos not playing in MediaLab

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=1146 [Solution Found]
How to control video within a scale response item?

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=236 [Solution Found]
A comprehensive list of parameters that can be used to control video files.

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=1389 [Solution Found]
Make video stop with a key press, record RT? - It should be noted that you can accomplish this using HTML as well.

http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=241 [Solution Found]
Bizarre QuickTime codec error?

To find more related links, use the search function on our forums ( http://www.empirisoft.com/support/search.php ) and make a search for what you're looking for. Typically being vague can help you find the best results, for example; searching for 'Video' will come up with more results than searching for 'Video Errors'.

[Trevor Newell]

II. Attachments

- clipTest (http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=552)

"It's basically an instruction screen followed by a movie with no parameters at all. That's it. This will simply help us rule out any explanations that have to do with the content of your experiment.
To test it, rename one of your .wmv clips "test.wmv" and put it in the same folder with this que file (after unzipping it!). Run the clipTest.que questionnaire and see if the test clip plays ok or if you get the same problem as before."

- playVideo (http://www.empirisoft.com/support/showthread.php?t=654)
This file contains an example of a video file being embedded within an HTML file. If you choose to head in this route, this sample can be a good starting location to understand how the solution works.