[Dspace-tech] Flash files in DSpace
Hi... One of our users would like to store there videos in our DSpace repository as Flash Files and would like them to play when people click on View/Open. Is there a way to set this up to play properly? *** George Kozak Coordinator Web Development and Management Digital Media Group 501 Olin Library Cornell University 607-255-8924 *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Flash files in DSpace
Well, the first step is to ensure that the file will be served as 'content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash'. You'll need to ensure that an appropriate entry has been made in the bitstream format registry and that it is applied to the Flash bitstreams. The next hurdle is that this may cause the client to download the entire presentation before starting it. If the presentation is large, the delay may range from unpleasant to unacceptable. With other AV formats I've had some success in placing a copy of the actual presentation on a streaming server and submitting a SMIL document which points to it. This requires that the client know what to do with an 'application/smil' document. RealPlayer and Quicktime understand these, but I don't recall whether they understand Flash. Depending on your specific needs, another AV format might serve better. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is intuitive he means the exact opposite. pgptsG434SMHE.pgp Description: PGP signature - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Flash files in DSpace
Thanks, Mark... The content type (which I forgot) helped me get closer to getting this going, but I have some more work to do to get this to work properly. At 09:32 AM 7/12/2007, Mark H. Wood wrote: Well, the first step is to ensure that the file will be served as 'content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash'. You'll need to ensure that an appropriate entry has been made in the bitstream format registry and that it is applied to the Flash bitstreams. The next hurdle is that this may cause the client to download the entire presentation before starting it. If the presentation is large, the delay may range from unpleasant to unacceptable. With other AV formats I've had some success in placing a copy of the actual presentation on a streaming server and submitting a SMIL document which points to it. This requires that the client know what to do with an 'application/smil' document. RealPlayer and Quicktime understand these, but I don't recall whether they understand Flash. Depending on your specific needs, another AV format might serve better. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is intuitive he means the exact opposite. - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech *** George Kozak Coordinator Web Development and Management Digital Media Group 501 Olin Library Cornell University 607-255-8924 *** [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech