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It would be helpful to see the context in which that advice was given. As you've seen, media files tend to be handled well locally within browsers, but it's JavaScript for which some of the more secure browser impose limitations.Steve Collins wrote:I was advised in a LC forum post that calling out a video file to play in a browser is prohibited, for security reasons.
So it wouldn't work to just load the video URL, you need to construct an html file and load that. Also, you might have an extra slash at the front of the file URL, so check.Unlike the previous non-CEF browser, we no longer need a media player such as Quicktime installed in order to play many of the media types available to us. As long as the video/audio is in the appropriate tags within a web page, the content should play.
<video width=”320″ height=”240″ controls>
<source src=”movie.mp4″ type=”video/mp4″>
<source src=”movie.ogg” type=”video/ogg”>
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
This HTML file opens and plays the video fine when dropped onto a browser, with the video in the same folder/directory:jacque wrote:According to the LC page you linked to, you'll need an html file that includes video tags:
So it wouldn't work to just load the video URL, you need to construct an html file and load that. Also, you might have an extra slash at the front of the file URL, so check.Unlike the previous non-CEF browser, we no longer need a media player such as Quicktime installed in order to play many of the media types available to us. As long as the video/audio is in the appropriate tags within a web page, the content should play.
<video width=”320″ height=”240″ controls>
<source src=”movie.mp4″ type=”video/mp4″>
<source src=”movie.ogg” type=”video/ogg”>
Your browser does not support the video tag.
</video>
Neil Rogers posted that concern and provided this link for an HTML5 discussion:FourthWorld wrote:It would be helpful to see the context in which that advice was given. As you've seen, media files tend to be handled well locally within browsers, but it's JavaScript for which some of the more secure browser impose limitations.Steve Collins wrote:I was advised in a LC forum post that calling out a video file to play in a browser is prohibited, for security reasons.
There may be other considerations as well, so if you can turn up the URL to that earlier discussion it would be helpful.
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answer file "Choose a file to display:"
if the result is not "cancel" then
put it into tFile
put revBrowserOpenCef(the windowId of this stack, "file://" & tFile) into sBrowserId
end if The above script alone only produces the answer file dialog, I select the mp4 and nothing happens after that.jacque wrote:That's odd. I'm using revBrowserOpenCEF and it works:
I noticed you used three slashes in the URL though, and wondered if that was one too many. Does the non-CEF browser work with three slashes?Code: Select all
answer file "Choose a file to display:" if the result is not "cancel" then put it into tFile put revBrowserOpenCef(the windowId of this stack, "file://" & tFile) into sBrowserId end if
I understand the CEF browser is the only one in LC that supports HTML5. HTML5 makes mp4 videos pretty much universal on PCs. Why the non CEF version works on my Mac is a mystery to me. Neither work on Windows 10 for the play video. I have not tried opening a Web page yet. On my Mac, the CEF version opened either no part or just part of an URL, where as the non-CEF opened the same page instantly and completely. Hmm.FourthWorld wrote:Do you need the CEF browser specifically?
I should keep chasing the CEF version, then. Working on the most PCs is top priority. Just tried CEF version in LC 8.0 dp15 to see if updated since my version 7.1.1. No luck.FourthWorld wrote:My understanding is that the benefit of the CEF browser is to provide consistency across platforms. Without it revBrowser will use whatever browser engine is available on the host OS. In your case that may be a good thing.