Not sure if this would do what you want, but you might want to check out https://wimpyplayer.com/
Wimpy Player has the capability of playing both audio and video files on a web page. I presume that it would work on a Web Area as well (?). In the HTML you pass a path to the file you want the viewer to be able to play, and the path can include 4D tags. In my case I'm using MP3 files. You can see it at work here: http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=35 Janie Marlow webmas...@namethatplant.net ---------------------------------------------- > On September 15, 2018 at 4:21 PM Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > In years gone by, I used to provide this feature through an Escape plugin. > > It seems to me that one should be able to do this through a WebArea. I am > obviously getting thick, but when I read the Web Area Language Reference I > seem to be missing a lot. > > I thought it would be something simple like use a command like WAOpen URL and > pass in the field in the structure that contains the video. Since I didn’t > see that, the way we used to do it was to download the video locally, and > then load the pass in the file location from there. > > Am I on the right track, of missing the boat totally. > > Some clues / pointers would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Jody > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
