It works! And Totem reports that the content being streamed is indeed using Theora and Vorbis. Thanks very much, Michael.
Denver http://ossguy.com/
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Michael Dale dale@ucsc.edu wrote:
committed the fix in revision 48071 .. I have pushed the update out to mvbox2.cse.ucsc.edu .. let me know if that works for you.
Denver Gingerich wrote:
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Michael Dale dale@ucsc.edu wrote:
Thanks for your feedback Denver.
Yea the default ubuntu install would be a good thing to support :)
I'm glad someone recognized that I was describing a default Ubuntu install. I should have mentioned that.
... I will see about patching mv_embed for generic object / support tomorrow.. some functionality might not be supported as totem just tries to "act" like other plugins not really exposing its own javascript API...
Generic <object> support was what I was looking for. There should be some way for plugins that don't support JavaScript hooks or whose API is unknown to still play video with mv_embed.
Is there a particular reason, aside from having custom player controls, that mv_embed needs to use a plugin's JavaScript hooks? If not, generic <object> support should be a given.
Denver http://ossguy.com/
Stjepan Rajko wrote:
Hi Denver,
I have been out of touch with mv_embed for a while, and I am also not familiar with Totem, so I might be a bit off in my response:
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Denver Gingerich denver@ossguy.com
wrote:
I am using Firefox 3.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.10. I do not have any Flash plugins installed, nor do I have the VLC plugin installed. However, I do have the Totem plugins installed for a wide variety of media formats. According to my Applications list in Preferences, "Totem Web Browser Plugin" is associated with "Ogg Audio", "Ogg Video", and "Ogg multimedia file". I am able to play Theora/Vorbis files embedded via <object> without any problems through Totem.
Is my setup supported? If not, are there plans to support it?
The players that mv_embed looks for are hard-coded in the mv_embed.js list, so we'd have to add Totem to it. We'd also need to add a layer that adapts the plugin functionality to what mv_embed needs, assuming Totem provides the necessary functionality. Does Totem provide any javascript hooks? I can't seem to find much reference on the plugin.
It would be nice to see mv_embed support arbitrary video plugins that claim to play Ogg media.
I think this would be difficult unless the plugins all provide their functionality in the same way.
Best,
Stjepan