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The service component of my player on Linux has been unstable since I started using the IPC functions that were added a year ago. Since this occurs especially when a large number of IPC messages are transmitted, and an attempt to use DebugOutput() did hang at SendMessage(), I wrote a test script tha...

Juan Carlos wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2026 5:29 pm there are other variables to evaluate, for example, it's to copy a file, the file size, copy ratios

Take a look at my for loop — there’s a reason it goes from (almost) zero to one. So all you need is a division, for example, the current copy progress divided by the file size.

Some time ago, I learned that Hollywood’s graphics system can set the position and size of graphic objects only to integer pixel positions. Now I’ve noticed that the function for scaling vector brushes can handle floating-point numbers to achieve the anti-aliasing effect. This makes it possible to d...

Errors in MakeButton's callback function table return -1 as the argument number. Although the source of the message is relatively easy to find, I don't think this is ideal. EnableLayers() Box(0, 0, 50, 50, {Name="x"}) MakeButton(1, #LAYERBUTTON, "x", {OnMouseOver=Function() EndFu...

Due to a bug, I came across a combination of commands that causes SetLayerStyle to freeze (tested on Windows and Linux). While this is easy to fix, it’s not so easy to find in a larger program. Perhaps there’s a way to prevent this. @DISPLAY {Layers=True} SetFormStyle(#ANTIALIAS) Line(5, 67, 90, 67,...

Hi,
I recently added FLAC support to my player and noticed (on Windows) that SeekMusic() to position 0 only works once; all subsequent attempts set the position to a later point in time. I'll send an example via PM.

Ralf

Then you could try it. If something changes, it will probably help to narrow down the problem.

Do you use the avcodec plugin? This has such problems mainly with MP3s with variable bit rate, but for me it's more of an issue on Linux.

Bohun wrote: ↑Thu Feb 26, 2026 11:00 pm Today I found httpstreamer plugin.

Don't expect too much. It would sometimes help to use the search function of this forum.
Anyone used Hollywood to play podcast?

Here is a function for reading text that I wrote without much Hollywood experience. Probably there is a faster and easier way to do this, but since it works, I haven't changed anything. However, it only reads UCS-2 because that was sufficient in my case. Of course, you could also extend it to UTF-16...