Good so far. Next step is to get the HTML correct. Adding an <embed> tag seems to cause an attempt to load the entire movie into the browser. Since movies can be large, that's not good. What syntax should be used so that the movie does not load immediate, but streams when a user clicks on a button or link?
Thanks. Edgar On Dec 26, 10:39 pm, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 4:21 PM, edgarsmolow <[email protected]> wrote: > > Related question: > > Suppose I have a file in a directory *not* under public, and in fact > > not directly under the Pylons root directory. Let's' say it's defined > > in the project ini file as: > > myproject.special_dir = %(here)s/special > > I can then access the directory throughout my project as > > g.special_dir. Here's my question: > > Suppose that directory contains video files (movies). What would the > > value attribute be set to for filename "myfirstmovie.mov"? > > > <object width="300" height="200"> > > <param name="movie" value="some-value-goes-here"></param> > > <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param> > > <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> > > <embed src=value="some-value-goes-here" type="application/x- > > shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" > > width="300" height="200"></embed> > > You'd have to serve it in a controller action using > paste.fileapp.FileApp or DirectoryApp. > (There's another fileapp-like thing, and I can never remember the > differences between it and fileapp.) You'd have to create a route to > the action, and the URL would be whatever the route specifies. So > something like this: > > map.connect("/urlprefix/{path:.*}", controller="mycontroller", > action="myaction") > def myaction(self, path, environ, start_response): > realpath = os.path.join(config["myproject.special_dir"], path) > app = FileApp(realpath) > return app(environ, start_response) > > This would match any path including those which contain a slash. (You > should probably prohibit ".." for security, by checking for it and > aborting 404.) It then creates a WSGI application and calls it. You > may be able to use pylons.controllers.util.forward(); I'm not sure -- > it has very specific requirements. > > I suppose DirectoryApp is not as useful with Pylons, but maybe you can > figure out a way to use it. > > -- > Mike Orr <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
