From: Geert Fannes <Geert.Fannes@...>
Date: 2006-06-27T16:28:02+09:00
Subject: Re: creating graphical application with video

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disk access is indeed necessary.

I've been experimenting with SDL and rubysdl yesterday and managed to =
stream video, althought it was not very fluently (I think smpeg is used =
in the precompiled Windows rubysdl package). Next, I found ffmpeg, which =
also works in combination with SDL, which seems more mature and =
performant than smpeg (correct me if I'm wrong), but only had the time =
to try things in C++. Hopefully I can find a ready-made ruby interface =
for SDL/ffmpeg (all suggestions are welcome ofcourse). The good thing is =
that I could compile both SDL and ffmpeg using MinGW on a M$-machine.

Greetings,
Geert.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ilmari Heikkinen [mailto:ilmari.heikkinen@gmail.com]
Sent: Mon 6/26/2006 4:05 PM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: creating graphical application with video
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On 6/26/06, Geert Fannes <geert.fannes@ikanconsulting.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have to teach my sister how to create an application that can show =
pictures
> and small video files on a windows-based system and get some user =
input in
> return. Being able to work fullscreen is optional, but would be nice.
>
> In short, I'm looking for an easy to use library set that comes with =
video
> capabilities enabled and that can handle user interaction as clear as
> possible.
>
> All suggestions (and examples) are welcome.

SDL can show images and videos but is not really a gui toolkit.
http://www.kmc.gr.jp/~ohai/rubysdl.en.html

ruby-gnome2 + gstreamer might work.
http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Simple+Audio+Player

IMHO the easiest way to show pictures and videos would be
HTML plus JavaScript for interactivity.

But it's harder to read and write to disk that way.


HTH,
Ilmari



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