Question

I,m not c++ programmer on a daily basis, so I need help. I ‘wrote’ this. It’s new project ‘Windows Application’ in DevC++. I add this

#include <Commctrl.h>
//...
HWND film;
//...
film = Animate_Create(hwnd, 10, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ACS_AUTOPLAY, hThisInstance);

Animate_OpenEx(film, hThisInstance, "a.avi");

Animate_Play(film, 0, -1, 1);

Animate_Stop(film);

But it’s not work. What is wrong? Window is open, but video not playing.

Answer 1

As Raymond Chen once blogged about, that animation control has many limitations. It was purposefully designed for only simple animations.

* The AVI must be non-interleaved.
* The AVI must have exactly one video stream.
* The AVI may not have an audio stream.
* The AVI may not use palette changes.
* The AVI must be either uncompressed or BI_RLE8-compressed. 

If any of these apply, you with either have to alter your AVI or use a different method to display it.