On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:59:03 +0200, Jens Ropers ropers@ropersonline.com wrote:
Of course, what would be *really* nice, would be if we could *embed* the player, but that might be a bit awkward.
Hmm... Java applet?
Well, that requires the user to have a Java VM. Which is arguably no more/less of an imposition than standardising on embedding RealPlayer, or QuickTime, or a Flash gadget, or...
Not that means it's not the way to go, but the awkwardness comes of having to deal with what people will and won't have, how to instruct them to get it, whether to have it as a preference only, off by default. Those are all true of any embedding system, be it Java, an existing media player, or a home-made construction that people can install for this and only this use.
I note that there is a Java Ogg implementation out there though - I added to the list on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Multimedia/Help:Listening_to_sounds