The Shoes Manual

Video

Shoes supports embedding of QuickTime, Flash video (FLV), DivX, Xvid and various other popular video formats. This is all thanks to VideoLAN and ffmpeg, two sensational open source libraries. Use the video method on a slot to setup a Shoes::Video object.

In addition to video formats, some audio formats are also supported, such as MP3, WAV and Ogg Vorbis.

Video support is optional in Shoes and some builds do not support video. For example, video support is unavailable for PowerPC. When you download Shoes, the build for your platform will be marked novideo in the filename if no video support is available.

hide() » self

Hides the video. If already playing, the video will continue to play. This just turns off display of the video. One possible use of this method is to collapse the video area when it is playing an audio file, such as an MP3.

length() » a number

The full length of the video in milliseconds. Returns nil if the video is not yet loaded.

move(left, top) » self

Moves the video to specific coordinates, the (left, top) being the upper left hand corner of the video.

pause() » self

Pauses the video, if it is playing.

playing?() » true of false

Returns true if the video is currently playing. Or, false if the video is paused or stopped.

play() » self

Starts playing the video, if it isn't already playing. If already playing, the video is restarted from the beginning.

position() » a decimal

The position of the video as a decimanl number (a Float) between the beginning (0.0) and the end (1.0). For instance, a Float value of 0.5 indicates the halfway point of the video.

position = a decimal

Sets the position of the video using a Float value. To move the video to its 25% position: @video.position = 0.25.

remove() » self

Removes the video from its slot. This will stop the video as well.

show() » self

Reveals the video, if it has been hidden by the hide() method.

stop() » self

Stops the video, if it is playing.

time() » a number

The time position of the video in milliseconds. So, if the video is 10 seconds into play, this method would return the number 10000.

time = a number

Set the position of the video to a time in milliseconds.

toggle() » self

Toggles the visibility of the video. If the video can be seen, then hide is called. Otherwise, show is called.

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