Re my last paragraph above I now understand that '<source src="media/BigBuckBunny_...' refers to *the root statement of your nginx site configuration file, * so no need to provide the full path of the url (https://...).
Too bad this wasn't documented. Anyway this now works fine and your assistance has been very useful, thanks digit! Le jeudi 10 décembre 2020 à 10:54:40 UTC-5, [email protected] a écrit : > Yes, it works that way, i.e. when I input the url of a file located on my > ngnix server to the 'source src=' . > > However I thought that I could also address a video located within the > tiddlywiki folder, as we do with images. And Tiddlywiki shows right such a > video as it does for an image using the transclusion syntax: > {{video.mp4}}. The only problem is that the plugin isn't used hence no > control on the size of it. > > Isn't it what the statement ' <source > src="media/BigBuckBunny_SampleVideo_1280x720_1mb.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>' > from TwTube Github page > <https://thediveo.github.io/TwTube/output/twtube.html> suggests? > > Thanks again digit! > > Le mercredi 9 décembre 2020 à 20:07:12 UTC-5, [email protected] a écrit : > >> So I don't think it will work this way - trying to access it by tw >> import. You have to think of it this way - *nginx is serving the file* >> within tiddlywiki. nginx has to be able to serve the file separately on >> its own. Here is the code I put in for the video you see in my wiki: >> >> ``` >> <$videojs controls="controls" fluid="fluid" width="800"> >> <source src="https://digitalap3.com/christinemessages_0.mp4"; >> type="video/mp4"> >> </$videojs> >> ``` >> >> So I put the video in a place that I can directly access it from nginx if >> I copy paste the address in the src into the address bar. It is the same >> for external images. External images or any files are not imported >> directly into tiddlywiki. Nginx is serving the file to the browser inside >> of tiddlywiki. This is what makes relative addresses as your src tricky. >> Nginx is looking relative to the webroot in the website's config file. >> >> On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 10:42:06 AM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> I'm getting closer! >>> >>> One thing I missed was to import the videos using tiddlywiki import, >>> rather than just copying them from the server file system into mywiki >>> directory. So I was missing the .meta file. >>> >>> Now if I put this imported name within the <source >>> src="BigBuckBunny_SampleVideo_1280x720_1mb.mp4" type="video/mp4"/> >>> statement, I get an error message. >>> If I just put the imported video name within {{ }} then I can play it, >>> but without any controls of the visual.js / Twtube plugin, see below. >>> BTW I can play without issue your video that I copied into my test >>> tiddler, probably because this is a network location rather than a server >>> file. >>> >>> So all of this seems to lead to a file location or permission problem. >>> I'll have to play with Firefox Web Developer tools to find the address / >>> file location that is asked. >>> >>> >>> >>>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/5394a587-8ec5-43a1-89c6-134fc2a3e5f2n%40googlegroups.com.
