Re: v16 - playing videos stored in the database

2018-09-18 Thread Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech
Thanks Janie, Tai, and Keisuke for your suggestions. We will look at these and decide which way we want to go. Sincerely Jody Bevan > On Sep 17, 2018, at 11:00 AM, Tai Bui via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Perhaps the following two Tech Tips can give you an idea on

Re: v16 - playing videos stored in the database

2018-09-18 Thread Pat Bensky via 4D_Tech
We use Wistia to manage our videos (https://wistia.com). You have lots of control over the appearance and functioning of each video, and can easily get links to embed in an email, web page, etc. You also get useful stats on who viewed each video, their level of engagement, etc. It's not free of

Re: v16 - playing videos stored in the database

2018-09-17 Thread Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech
Tai: Thanks, I will take a read through these. In the case for the current client I am wanting this for it is a one off application so having the videos stored locally (on their server) is likely the better way. For our Shell training videos the other storage off site is the better way to go

RE: v16 - playing videos stored in the database

2018-09-17 Thread Tai Bui via 4D_Tech
Hi, Perhaps the following two Tech Tips can give you an idea on how to implement your feature: If HTML5 is available: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77517 If Youtube is available: http://kb.4d.com/assetid=77911 Best Regards, -Tai B.

Re: v16 - playing videos stored in the database

2018-09-15 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
if you must serve directly from 4D, conceptually, the On Web Connection database method must process the "range" HTTP header, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Range_requests and return the requested video segment. you could either splice the BLOB stored in your database

Re: v16 - playing videos stored in the database

2018-09-15 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
on the client side, technically it could be as easy as having an HTML5 video tag and specify an mp4 file as its src attribute, but for performance you can't just serve a large video file directly from the web folder as if it were a still jpeg photo. you would need a purpose build video