Quicktime embeds in forum posts

osteoderm · Jul 15, 2012

Does anyone know if the forum supports Quicktime embeds, such as in the form of <rtsp://streaming.mydomain.com:554/streaming.mydomain.com/quicktimefile.mov >?

I'd like to post some videos to my build thread, and would prefer to use my own domain for streaming rather than YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Thanks.

Travis · Jul 21, 2012

No it won't. I haven't really looked into it, but it seems like it could be abused or hacked. I could look into it if you want. Don't you have to download a plug-in or an add-in for Quicktime movies to work in your browser (unless you're using Safari)?

osteoderm · Jul 21, 2012

I don't have a Quicktime preference. Just asking as my host makes QT streaming from my web-directory super simple.

I'm totally open to other better suggestions for posting self-hosted video to the forum!

Travis · Jul 22, 2012

Well if you can do flash like all of the other video sites use, I could try to create a custom code for you to post the videos. I would just need the html embed code like the one you posted above.

osteoderm · Jul 22, 2012

Holy heck, this is more complicated than I thought it would be... I installed a standalone player in my webspace, and can show a video thusly:

Code:

<html>
<head>
	<title>Sample Integration</title>
	<script src="player/js/hdwebplayer.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="player"></div>

<script>
hdwebplayer({ 
	id        : 'player',
        swf       : 'player/player.swf', 
        width     : '640', 
        height    : '360' ,
        video     : 'http://www.osteoderm.com/player/videos/chuckle.flv',
        autoStart : 'false'
});
</script>

</body>
</html>

...but it's not embed-friendly. I can see why everyone goes with YouTube! I could post links to vids on separate standalone pages, but I thought it would be cool to somehow embed them inline in forum posts... probably not worth the effort! :banghead:

Travis · Jul 24, 2012

Something like this might work:

PHP:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="640" height="360">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.osteoderm.com/player/player.swf" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="flashvars" value="type=video&video=http://www.osteoderm.com/player/videos/chuckle.flv&autoStart=false&" />
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.osteoderm.com/player/player.swf" width="640" height="360">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.osteoderm.com/player/player.swf" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" />
<param name="flashvars" value="type=video&video=http://www.osteoderm.com/player/videos/chuckle.flv&autoStart=false&" />
<video onclick="this.play();" width="640" height="360" controls>
<source src="http://www.osteoderm.com/player/videos/chuckle.flv" />
</video>
</object>
</object>

Do you have a working video on your site now?

osteoderm · Jul 25, 2012

I have an otherwise blank webpage up with the player and a sample video:

www.osteoderm.com/chuckle.html

Crummy vid, crushed down to a 2Mb .flv from a 1080p .mp4 capture, just wanted something to test with. And the rueful chuckle at the end? That's the only reasonable response when you run out of gas just as you're reaching in to blip the throttle for the camera... :thumbsup:

Quicktime embeds in forum posts

osteoderm

out of the box

Travis

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osteoderm

out of the box

Travis

Forum Staff

osteoderm

out of the box

Travis

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osteoderm

out of the box

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