Greg wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: commons-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:commons-l- bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Maxwell Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:03 AM To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List Subject: [Commons-l] New Java audio player, now with video.
Greetings. Tonight I setup a test version of a new Java based install-free player for our Ogg files.
Unlike the prior version it also supports Ogg/Theora Video. It also should improve compatibility with some Java implementations such as the old Microsoft JVM, and it should have working buffering which should make it useful for people with slow or intermittent links where the prior player was not.
I was planning on testing it out for a few days before taking it live, but the database feel over on toolserver which broke the old player anyways. The new player setup is a little more robust against database failures.
We still have a server problem which causes large media files to get stuck in the cache as zero byte files. If a particular file doesn't play for you, it's very likely that the file has been hit with this caching bug. This is a long standing bug, but we know the general cause now. It just is not fixed yet.
Here is a video example: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/commonsJOrbisPlayer2.php?path=V ibraphone_Orchestra,_early_1940s.ogg
See, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Video for more. Unfortunately most do not yet have a template which provides a direct link to the player.
Here is an audio only example: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/commonsJOrbisPlayer.php?path=Sc arborough+Fair.ogg&wiki=en
Feedback is appreciated.
It worked perfectly on my system, although there was some considerable buffering delay. I rather enjoyed the orchestra, although my first choice for an example would have been a much shorter selection, like, say: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~gmaxwell/jorbis/commonsJOrbisPlayer.php?path=Blen der3D+BouncingSoftbodyBall.ogg
Cary Bass