Bryan Tong Minh wrote:
On 9/6/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
In any case, Tim's extension isn't cortado only: It has the same general compatibility behavior as hack of mine we've used for the last few months. Cortado is only one of several supported playback techniques. If you don't want to install Java, you can also install the VLC plugin, or run Opera 9.5 beta (which supports the HTML5 video tag).
Great work! Gmaxwell's Jorbis player used to preselect QuickTime for me, while this player selects VLC for me. In my experience QT used to be a little smoother than VLC. Is there any chance that this will be supported? Or is it too unfree? :)
Greg's player did not detect QuickTime explicitly, it handled it as a generic Ogg plugin. I added QuickTime detection, and put it in a preference order after VLC, because it's not free software, and we like to support free software.
Note that when you choose a player, it saves a cookie with your selection, and then uses that choice from then on. The expiry time might need some tweaking though, I think at the moment it expires at the end of the session.
-- Tim Starling