(This item applies to the Comment dialog box, accessible through Insert | Report Command | Comment.)
To import this button, you must first mark the Display Full Screen check box.
The Import Media button lets you browse to a valid media file and import that file into your measurement routine. PC-DMIS then displays it within a full-screen comment when the measurement routine executes that comment. When you click OK, the file is imported into the measurement routine and becomes a component of the measurement routine. This makes it so you don't need to remember to move image and video files when you move the measurement routine to another computer system or directory. However, it can also make your measurement routine size quite large, depending on the type and number of media files you choose to include.
The chosen file appears in the box to the right of the Import Media button.
Valid image file types include the following:
.bmp
.png
.jpg
Valid move file types include the following:
.avi
About the Media Container
When PC-DMIS executes a comment containing a media file, it sizes the displayed media to fit within a portion of the full-screen comment called a "container". This means PC-DMIS sizes the image or movie to fit within the container.
This sized image shows a full-screen Operator comment. Notice that the media container in the top portion of the comment contains a movie sized to fit within that container.
(A) - Take four hits on the top of the part, as shown in the video above.
The horizontal slider below the container displays the current progression of a loaded movie file. You can drag the slider to jump to different spots along the movie's timeline.
This
icon stops a movie file from playing.
This
icon resumes playing a stopped movie file.
Supported AVI Codecs
A video codec is the algorithm that compresses and decompresses a video file. If you try to use an .avi video file with an unsupported codec in an Operator comment, during execution, you may receive an "MCI Error" that says, "No Driver installed" or "The specified file cannot be played on the specified MCI device."
If you get any of these errors, check your video format and your codec.
You must use an .avi file that was created or compressed with the Microsoft Video 1 (MS-CRAM) codec.
To check your video's codec, you can use the free and open source VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
To create a video with the Microsoft Video 1 codec, here are some possible options to consider:
Use the older free and unregistered HyperCam 2 software and record with the Microsoft Video 1 codec.
Use a newer recording application that supports recording or exporting in the Microsoft Video 1 codec. For example, with TechSmith Camtasia 2021, you can import a modern video format, such as .mp4 file, and then export that file as an .avi with the Microsoft Video 1 codec.