It works! And Totem reports that the content being streamed is indeed
using Theora and Vorbis. Thanks very much, Michael.
Denver
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 <dale(a)ucsc.edu> 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 <denver(a)ossguy.com>
>>>
>>
>> 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