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

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