Yeh that's another point, for guidance content, if you implemented the autostart switch you would need to disable the switch for that. Regarding the MythTV stuff - can you scrape the URL and play it in a firefox window fullscreen? Would that work?
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:45 AM, John O'Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a reason why some autostart and some don't... > > If the content is on a News Story then it waits for you to press play as > the primary content is the News Story and you can choose to start the video > or not...e.g: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7494891.stm > > Some start automatically because they are on Media Asset Pages - i.e. the > purpose of the page is to host the video and so if you get there then you > obviously just want to play the media, so it just starts, eg: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7496377.stm > > There are some exceptions such as when content within the media has a > guidance warning, meaning it won't be suitable for all users. These videos > will never auto start as you may not want to see what is in then. > > Cheers, > jod > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mr I Forrester > Sent: Fri 7/4/2008 12:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [backstage] Quick idea for BBC News video > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm not so sure, its actually a good idea I think. > > A simple querystring element which starts the video as soon as possible. > I'll put it in our ideas section, including your reason why not :) > > Peter Bowyer wrote: > > You pretty much talked yourself out of that one, then :-) > > > > Peter > > > > 2008/7/4 Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hi, just browsing the news and I wanted to send a link to a friend, and > was > >> wondering if it would be good to have a switch we could append to the > URL, > >> to make the video play automatically. Unsure if this would in some ways > be > >> detrimental - i.e. I could then force someone to unwittingly start a > video, > >> and at work with the sound up that could cause problems for some people, > >> also maybe it's a feature that noone would use... but yeh, just a > thought. > >> As it's said, the signal is the noise! > >> > >> Ta, Matt > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFIbgb4QiJ2fWCDT3cRArnVAJ0Wgi5kbHA5BYTg98RO4pBx63EkwACdF/iK > yWnszMfbrFtqlvTUJ3rZr+I= > =WdIV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
