Hi Koen, thanks for the video.js link, that looks very promising. For playing mp3's, this looks to be a very simple library to include: http://williamrandol.github.io/bootstrap-player/demo/
I'm thinking I'll pitch the youtube approach for videos, and then store the audio-only files on our local server, playing them through some simple player included on the form. I suppose I'll look at adding a basic "type" node to the Information Resources graph, either audio, visual, map, etc. from which the report could be informed as to what panels to display/construct. Will cross that bridge when I get to it. Cheers, Adam On Friday, February 20, 2015 at 9:41:23 AM UTC-6, Koen Van Daele wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > I do believe ExtJs has been replaced by jQuery in v3. Nowadays, there's > also the HTML5 video tag that should work for most browsers. I think that > adding a JS library like this: http://www.videojs.com/ will also help you > in catering to older browsers. > > So, I think you should just be able to create a custom report that loads > some extra javascript files and uses the video tag to point at your > resource. Just how easy or hard that would be is a question best answered > from somebody at Farallon. But I do believe they're currently working very > hard at technical stuff, so it might take them a while to get back to you. > > Cheers, > Koen > ________________________________________ > Van: [email protected] <javascript:> [[email protected] > <javascript:>] namens Adam Cox [[email protected] <javascript:>] > Verzonden: donderdag 19 februari 2015 23:53 > Aan: [email protected] <javascript:> > Onderwerp: [Arches] Re: Dealing with Audio and Visual entries in the > database > > Ok, been looking around a bit, and per the roadmap it seems like the > adoption of jQuery and Bootstrap in Arches v3 would indicate a replacement > of ExtJS. I have found simple examples of videos embedded in bootstrap > modals, so I feel that this whole concept is possible... Still, any > feedback or suggestions would be welcome. > > Adam > > On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 11:50:40 AM UTC-6, Adam Cox wrote: > Hello all, I'm doing some planning would be interested for any input on > this issue. > > One thing that the Cane River National Heritage Area is very interested in > is using Arches as a way to store and catalogue their collection of oral > histories and other interviews/recordings from around this area. One way I > had envisioned this was uploading videos and audio files as Information > Resources, similar to a pdf or photo. I figured that they would at the > very least be downloadable by anyone viewing the database, and most > browsers seem to play .mp3 files without needing to download them so if > someone found an audio file in the database, the report for that entry > would just have a link to the file itself. > > I've been looking at ExtJS and I haven't found there to be a good > up-to-date extension that would support an embedded video in the report for > a resource. So, I was thinking maybe all of the videos could be uploaded > to YouTube instead, and then the Arches resource report for that video > would have an embedded YouTube video (html iframe element). I think the > workflow could be along these lines > > 1. upload the video to YouTube and copy the video ID from the YouTube > watch link (e.g. vAOVRkSCWmg) > 2. Create new Arches resource for the video, and store the video ID > somewhere within the resource graph > 3. construct the form for video Information Resources pull the video ID > and construct the YouTube embed link. > 4. Optionally, you could go back to the YouTube video and add description > with some way of linking to the Arches resource report (maybe) > > This could be done with the .mp3 files as well, I suppose, but that would > require some conversion and prior editing. > > There are some good upsides to this, like not having to store and use your > own server for people streaming video. Also, people could find more videos > on YouTube and then be referred to the Arches database that way. > > Anyway, any feedback on this strategy would be much appreciated. I > haven't gotten my feet wet with ExtJS yet, so there may be some issues that > would not make this possible... > > Thanks, > Adam > > -- > -- To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. 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