[jitter] 2 problems with the Jitter tutorials

On Dec 18, 2007, at 9:07 PM, Adam Murray wrote:

> I'm on an intel Mac OS X 10.4.11
>
> First, I can't run the flash tutorial 44. I read how starting with  
> quicktime 7.1 you need to manually enable flash support in the  
> quicktime system preferences. Problem is, I have no option to  
> enable flash. I did some googling and found this:
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307176
> (see the last fix listed on the page).
> There's security vulnerability so they disable the entire feature.  
> Nice. So... I can't view flash in quicktime anymore, and therefore  
> can't use flash with jitter as demonstrated in this tutorial? Any  
> workarounds?

In Max 5 there will be a patcher embedded web browser which could be  
of use, but otherwise, the only simple solution to downgrade to an  
earlier version of quicktime.


> Second, in tutorial patch 31jMoreRenderDestinations, drawing order  
> is backwards. When I first start rendering I only see a blue  
> circle. The tutorial pdf "Multiple Renderers and Drawing  
> Order" (page 278-9) says that if I click the top B (blue circle)  
> and then the bottom B (yellow circle) I should see a yellow circle  
> over top of a blue circle. I only see the blue circle. I have to go  
> backwards (click the bottom B and then the top B) to see what the  
> tutorial describes. Can anyone explain that?

Sorry for this legacy documentation problem. The thread Derrick  
posted should explain all the issues.

Thanks,
Joshua