Thanks for your feedback Denver. Yea the default ubuntu install would be a good thing to support :)

...  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...

Stjepan Rajko wrote: 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

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 &lt;dale(a)ucsc.edu&gt; 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 &lt;denver(a)ossguy.com&gt; >>> >> >> 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