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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> >>> >>> 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 _______________________________________________ MetaVid-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/metavid-l
