[REBOL] Re: facts we will have to face ...
From: media:quazart at: 24-Oct-2001 11:14
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From: "Carl Read" <[carl--cybercraft--co--nz]>
To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 5:57 AM
Subject: [REBOL] Re: facts we will have to face ...
> On 24-Oct-01, Robert M. Muench wrote:
>
> > Hi, I might not understand the discussion.. .but why should Rebol be
> > used for things it's not made for? I don't see a need to play MP3s,
> > or movies.
>
> I do, as I want to be able to write scripts that can play them with
> just the press of a button. Also, I think you may be wrong when you
> say it wasn't made to play them. I'm sure multi-media support's been
> in REBOL's design specs from day one.
yeah and if you have /pro its a sinch to provide most of the things related
to conversion with external converter/players... to prove my point, that's
one of the things I do with rebol myself...
>But anyway, RT have
> signalled they're going to support 3D and sound, so it is coming.
> (When though's another matter.:)
sound IS supported... .wav files (only in /pro... which is a shame, maybe
its just a temporary support thing, maybe not)
> > Did you ever see a farmer working with a Formula1 racing car in the
> > fields? I didn't.
>
> No, but I've seen plenty of tractor drivers wearing stereo headphones.
> (:
And I've seen tractor racing ;-) it was fun to watch :-)
>REBOL/multimedia would then only need to directly support
> one music format, one movie format and so on, with conversion to and
> from other formats being done by the libraries when necessary.
I have a hunch its on RT's to do list already...
-MAx