I'm having a similar issue with the media plugin and Safari. According
to Safari's plugin list, mime type "video/quicktime" is limited to the
file types: mov,qt,mqv. This of course means that if you try and
publish an mp4 file, or if you would remap mp3 to play with Quicktime
instead of Flash, it'll fail (btw, the Flash demo on malsup.com/jquery/
media fails as well in Safari 4/Mac -- prompts alert claiming
incorrect mime type...). The list of file types associated with mime
type video/quicktime in jquery.media.js isn't correct (in the Safari
context). My question, see it as a follow-up to Jerome's if you will,
is if it's necessary to add new mime type definitions or if mime-types
can be made chainable (not sure if chainable is the right word here,
but, you get the drift)? I was thinking something like:
----
mimetype: 'video/quicktime, video/mp4, video/mpeg',
pluginspage: 'http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/',
types:
'aif,aiff,aac,au,bmp,gsm,mov,mid,midi,mpg,mpeg,mp4,m4a,m4v,psd,qt,qtif,qif,qti,snd,tif,tiff,wav,
3g2,3gp',
---
(The mime chain above still doesn't match all file types btw)
The alternative I guess would be to simply add a new block for each
QuickTime mime type?
Suggestions are welcome of course, I'm crap at scripting. ;)
Cheers,
Fred K
On Sep 17, 10:05 am, Jerome Chevreau <jerome.chevr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am using themediapluginand it works fine and is a lovelyplugin
> to have but i encountered a few problems where i needed to alter the
> js so i could be able to play certain file flv, mp4, mp3 as it could
> not be played. It looks like using my flash player it could not play
> flv and mp3 and my quicktime could not play my mp4. I Had to change
> them and make them play via winmediaplayer.
>
> Does anybody have had those problems?? or is it bad to change it as
> some users dont have codecs to play certain file and therefore need to
> use the flash player or quicktime.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerome
