By mmlr38 on

It appears that blip.tv is no longer providing an *.flv file by default when uploading a video nor does there appear to be any way to create one. New videos are now displaying the error message:
FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this)
as seen here:
http://www.eorthopod.com/videos/anterior-shoulder-instability

Should the code be modified to be able to use a different extension than *.flv? Or does someone know if Blip.TV is going to allow the generation of *.flv files again?

Anyone else seeing this issue as well?

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WorldFallz commented

http://theblog.blip.tv/post/1367676198/its-all-h-264-now

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mmlr38 commented

OK, but how does that translate into getting the Media Blip TV module to work again?:
http://drupal.org/project/media_bliptv

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mmlr38 commented

Update: It seems like the parameter needed to play the file isn't being captured correctly. Below is the HTML output from a non-working page. Notice that there is no string after the http://blip.tv/play/:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="615" height="506">
      <param name="movie" value="http://blip.tv/play/" />
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />
      <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
      <!--[if !IE]> <-->

      <object data="http://blip.tv/play/" width="615" height="506" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />
      <param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
      FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).
      </object>
      <!--> <![endif]-->
      </object>

Here's what a working page looks like:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" width="615" height="506">
      <param name="movie" value="http://blip.tv/play/guNcgoasDwI" />
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />
      <param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
      <!--[if !IE]> <-->

      <object data="http://blip.tv/play/guNcgoasDwI" width="615" height="506" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" />
      <param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
      FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).
      </object>
      <!--> <![endif]-->
      </object>

Any idea why the string isn't being saved off correctly?