i am using 2.3.8 rails and ruby 1.8.7 does it work in this version. is it mandatory to have rails 3
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Ralph Shnelvar <ral...@dos32.com> wrote: > hr> hey everyone i want to add a video and play it using ruby on rails . > hr> how can i do it. can anyone help me plzz.. > > hr> Thanks in advance > > After struggling with this for several days, I have finally been able to > get some videos to play in Rails 3.1.2. There may be other ways of playing > videos and if there are I'd sure like to hear about > it. > > Here is some preliminary documentation. I'm gonna write up more when I > get all the kinks out. > > > The following instructions are for Rails 3.1.2 > > 1) Download from here: > http://rubydoc.info/gems/jw_player_helper/0.0.1/file/README.markdown# > > > 2) Add > gem 'jw_player_helper' > to your Gemfile > > > 3) Do > bundle install > or > bundle install --deployment > depending on your needs. > > > 4) Assuming that you are using sprockets (which seems to be the > recommended default), make sure that swfobject.js is accessible from your > assets. > > You can check if swfobject.js is accessible by displaying > Rails.application.config.assets.paths. > > Rails.application.config.assets.paths is an array of fully qualified > directory names where assets can be found. Make sure that swfobject.js is > in one of the directories and not in a subdirectory > of one of these directories. > > > 5) Place your video(s) in a directory underneath public. I chose a > directory named "videos". > > = video_player( {:file => 'videos/my_video.flv'}, {:width => '100%'} ) > > > > Let me know if you get videos to work and if this sketch of documentation > needs to be beefed up. > > Oh, this sketch is due to a frustrating 5 days of trying to get videos to > play on 3.1.2. I hope it takes you a lot less time. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
