I downloaded and installed this module for a test drive. I could only get it to play mp4 files that were stored locally on my server. What media formats will HTML5 Media support? And, will it play Youtube and videos located on other online video sites?

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robwithhair commented

I think you need to look at the media module and it's other contributed modules. This module is built to work with the media module.

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rwilson0429 commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Thanks robwithhair for sheddng some light on my issue. I did install the media module.

What I was trying to do was ..... find a way to use core file field to play both Youtube videos and videos stored locally on my server. The HTML5 Media player played the files stored on my server fine but, I couldn't get it to play files that were on the YouTube server. So, I ended up installing the MediaFront module and its OSM player.

It seems that the only way I can use a single field to play both YouTube and locally stored videos is to use the MediaFront OSM player and Media's Multimedia asset field type which is deprecated. Using the MediaFront module OSM player and the Multimedia asset as my field type, I was able to successfully use a single field to play videos from both sources. The problem is ....I had to use a deprecated field (Multimedia asset) to do so.

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travist commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Fixed

So, you can actually do that with this module with the latest updates that I have made. I would love for you to take it for a test drive.

Here is what you do:

  • Download the latest DEV version of this module.
  • Create a text field on your node.
  • Within the display settings of the text field, select Media Player and provide the settings you wish to have.
  • Now, when you create a new node, simply copy and paste the URL from either YouTube or Vimeo and press save.
  • It should just work... but please let me know if it doesn't.

Thanks!

Travis.

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robwithhair commented

Sorry, yes. Didn't notice the Media's Multimedia asset field type was deprecated. I've tried using the file field on my drupal install, with the Media File Selector as the widget and HTML5 Media module as the display and I'm able to use youtube and local files fine. They play fine in the player too. I do have the Youtube module and the media module installed too.

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rwilson0429 commented

I've tested this following the steps in #3. I created 10 nodes with Vimeo links in the text field and 10 nodes with Youtube links in the text field.

It worked consistently with the Vimeo links but, I had couldn't get it to work consistently with YouTube links (short or long). Of the 10 YouTube links, I could only get the player to work about twice.

This message appeared on the player for several of the YouTube tests: 'Cannot play media: unknown' and below the player I got the following message 'Player not available'. When these combination of error messages displayed, I couldn't get any debug info.

On other tests of using YouTube links in the text field, inside the player's display screen showed 'an error occurred. Please Try again'. And, below the player, it showed 'Player not available'. When this combination of error messages occurred, I was able to get the debug info below

Debug info:
splay=1&videoFps=0&stageFps=4&framer=http%253A%252F%252Fdev2%2Ebpm%2Dingenuity%2Ecom%252Fnode%252F2&el=embedded&debug%5Ferror=Not%20specified%2E&cfps=0&volume=80&screenw=1024&screenh=768&playerw=689&playerh=400&scoville=1&pd=0&iframe=1&mos=0&debug%5FvideoId=&hl=en%5FUS&debug%5FsourceData=&debug%5FplaybackQuality=small&vq=auto&w=533&fs=0&eurl=http%253A%252F%252Fdev2%2Ebpm%2Dingenuity%2Ecom%252Fnode%252F2&debug%5FflashVersion=WIN%2011%2C1%2C102%2C55&droppedFrames=0&debug%5Fdate=Fri%20Feb%2017%2003%3A17%3A28%20GMT%2D0500%202012&h=400.

The Brighter side:
I was able to get the MediaFront html5 minplayer and OSM player to play both Vimeo and YouTube videos using core's file field and the media file selector from the media module. This was a big plus for me because it means that 1) I can use a single field to store local videos and, 2) use the same field to link to YouTube and Vimeo videos and 3) take advantage of the Media module's media library and 4) have a consistent player (either minplayer or OSM player) to play the video.

I'm not quite sure what are the differences between the HTML5 media player, the minplayer (which is dependent on the HTML5 player) and the OSM player. Aren't they all HTML5 media players?

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.