Well, those of us who depend on browser technologies are pushing HTML5
standards hard. But mpeg is the standard streaming format used for
video and audio. Since FireFox is an open sourced initiative they feel
that they are "selling out" to include a licensed streaming component
for mpeg. Their way around that is to include flash player [out of the
box].
Having said that - at least presently - you would have to use a flash
player wrapper as a fallback if the browser is FireFox. As for Chrome
you would be well off using the <audio> tag to construct an instance.
If you know JavaScript the Aurawin VDM comes with extensive streaming
media support via HTML5. You can download it at
https://aurawin.com/downloads/
Look in the /core/vdm/music/coMusic.js file. While it is an entire app
built around a certain framework - you can certainly view the code to
learn how build your own player for your own web page.
Look in the /core/vdm/music/Player.js file for my "wrapper" that just
encapsulates the browser's playback implementation.
There are politics involved with regard to streaming support. I feel
that "pressure" should be applied to FireFox for lack of support for
mpeg. HTML5 is supposed to "pave the way" to have a native solution for
streaming - e.g. to help developers depend less on proprietary
components like FLASH; and move into depending on the browser.
I'm sure egos are involved with regard to the lack of mpeg support.
However, the market is clearly demanding streaming capabilities for
mpeg. Ogg support (and that's with Google backing) has never
materialized as expected. So it's time for FireFox to invest back into
their browser and include support for mpeg audio and video. They have
the money. They just need to realize they are not compromising on their
standards but embracing a great piece of technology that is mpeg.
On 02/13/2014 08:06 AM, duilio foschi wrote:
Hi Andrew,
which is a conservative way to go for a music player on the web ?
Which is method used by - say - YouTube ?
Thank you
Duilio
2014-02-13 14:37 GMT+01:00 Andrew Brunner <[email protected]>:
Not all HTML5 browsers support multi-media. Supported file formats depends
on the operating system and browser. Chrome is by far the most widely
versatile. FireFox did not spring for MP3 licensing. Firefox requires
streams as ogg. So don't expect much media support from them.
On 02/13/2014 03:09 AM, Michael Schnell wrote:
On 02/12/2014 10:36 PM, duilio foschi wrote:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
This requires the browser to support HTML5 (nowadays most do)
-Michael
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