[Ma-linux] [Dclug] How to put a video into a web page?

[Mike Shade]

Hi Alan.

You've got a pretty simple typo in your final javascript snippet:

<script> language="JavaScript">
         flowplayer("player", "flowplayer-3.1.1.swf");
</script>



The first <script> should not have a trailing bracket.

<script language="JavaScript">
         flowplayer("player", "flowplayer-3.1.1.swf");
</script>


That should work.

-- Mike

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Alan McConnell <alan at patriot.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 01:56:54PM -0400, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
> >
> > 1) You might have put your video into a format such as xvid or dvix
> > which can work with Windows but generally requires additional software
> > to be installed, hence it works on Linux but not Windows.  Note: ".avi"
> > is a "container" for video and within an avi you can have windows, xvid,
> > dvix, and many other formats.  So one cannot assume that any avi will
> > work on Windows (or Linux).
>        I use this opportunity for an interim report.  I have spent
>        some time on learning about   flowplayer  , which has been
>        recommended by several people.   After some struggles, and
>        some self-induced pain(*), I have "mastered" flowplayer up
>        to what may be a step from the end.  (flowplayer is GPLed
>        and easily available, hence it is not "cheating")
>
>        I comment on the rest of Uncle Max's post, and then describe
>        this hopefully last remaining problem.
>
> > 2) Getting the scroll bar to work may require streaming the video from a
> > server as opposed to simply playing the file from start to finish which
> > is what you're doing by simply pointing a browser to a file on a web
> > page.
>        I grok not the difference between "streaming the video" and
>        "playing the file".  But Max certainly has a point, in that
>        flowplayer, which seems to be a Javascript script, does give
>        instructions that most visual browsers seem to understand.
>        For the first time, my brother in CA, running IE, gets the
>        same results as do I with my Iceweasel.
>
>
> > 3) Youtube works really well and thats why so many of us enjoy using it.
>        Yup.  Nothing against youtube!  If I want to see some great
>        Kobe Bryant moves, or watch Gilles Apap's violin wizardry,
>        or watch Obama play with Bo, I go to youtube.
>
>        BUT: are we Linuxers wimps?  must we depend on cloud computing?
>        I sincerely hope not.   Besides, youtube doesn't allow uploads
>        of more than 10 minutes; my video is just short of 20 minutes.
>        And, as I've said before, my video was on googlevideos for
>        a year and a half, and then got taken down.  So a) I'm grateful
>        for the time it was allowed; b) I've got the message that I now
>        have to fend for myself.
>
>        My video is at   www.waifllc.org/kensington  .  Point your
>        browser(not lynx!) there, and you'll get the error message:
>        TypeError  Error #1009 .   I've googled, and it seems that
>        in html, Error 1009 means: the reference can't be found.
>
>        For flowplayer mavens;  Here is the relevant snippet of my
>        code:
> <center>
> <a href="http://www.waifllc.org/kensingon-1.flv"
>  style="display:block;width:480px;height:350px;"
>    id="player"> </a>
> </center>
>        I believe that the href points at the wrong thing.  It doesn't
>        look right, does it?  yet that is what my reading of the
>        documention says.  Of course I've tried changing that one
>        line, but haven't hit the button yet.
>
>        At such time as I achieve success, I'll do a Summary for the
>        Assembled Multitude, with the hope of saving others anguish,
>        and enhancing every Linuxer's powers.
>
> Best wishes to all,
>
> Alan,
>
>
>
> (*)  One can waste tens of minutes if one inadvertently types
>        <script>  (stuff) <script>
> instead of the correct
>        <script>  (stuff) </script>
> Grrrrr!
>
>
> --
> Alan McConnell :  http://patriot.net/users/alan
>        They finally got King Midas, I hear.  Gild by association.
>       What a giftless bastard! (Tchaikovsky, about Brahms)
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