So I saw this ugly message when trying to compile a SWF from an FLA: “Error initializing Java Runtime Environment” Flash CS3 (and CS4 I’m sure) apparently uses a Java compiler during the publish process, and perhaps other times too. Unfortunately in CS3 it looks like it is hardcoded to a certain VM version as… Continue reading Fixing Flash CS3 and Java error, on a PC
Month: March 2009
Gotchas with my reintroduction to the Facebook API
I’m prototyping a Facebook app, with the CakePHP framework as described here, and I hadn’t looked at the API for a few months, and never with my current hosting provider. A few things I found out: The “sample code” gzip off Facebook’s SVN server has a much different layout than the one linked off the… Continue reading Gotchas with my reintroduction to the Facebook API
Tricks for debugging Vista Media Center plugins, part II
This is a followup to my earlier post about the development experience for MCE plugins. First, check out the “Media Center Markup Language Preview Tool” page in the CHM help file that’s included with the SDK. It gives a number of tips, the most helpful of which (and successful, I might add) is to launch… Continue reading Tricks for debugging Vista Media Center plugins, part II
Tips for debugging RTMP traffic
Debugging network traffic is hard enough to start with. When you’re trying to reverse-engineer a protocol like Adobe’s RTMP, then it becomes a nightmare. These tips helped me a bit (but it still is painful): A very throrough explation of the protocol is at http://wiki.gnashdev.org/RTMP Use Wireshark for packet-sniffing (don’t bother with Fiddler, since it… Continue reading Tips for debugging RTMP traffic
Batch script to convert movies for Zune using ffmpeg
I have a first-generation Zune and am fairly happy with it. Music-wise, it’s much better than an iPod since half my music is in WMA format and I’m not about to transcode it. Video-wise, though, it doesn’t decode anything but WMV. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if the Zune software at least transcoded… Continue reading Batch script to convert movies for Zune using ffmpeg