wooo I can't wait to try it out! I'm not an HTML newbie, but prefer the auto-javascript rewrite idea because it will work on old posts without going back and editing them, and leaves 'pure' links should I move to a different system in the future.
On 1/31/07, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This a major new release of vPIP. There's new features for people > with different interests doing video on the web. > > Before that, vPIP now has it's own domain: http://vpip.org/ The old > domain, http://utilities.cinegage.com/videos-playing-in-place/, > informs of the changed domain. The documentation has been updated for > the changes and a new page is available on using vPIP with Flash: > http://vpip.org/home/playing-flash/ . Let me know of any errors in > the docs. > > For HTML Newbies > ---------------- > vPIP can now take all the <a href="<url to movie>" ...>...</a> links > and make them work immediately with vPIP. The nmew script vpipit.js > will do that. All the installation instructions for different web > platforms include vpipit.js. With this you don't need to figure out > how to call the vPIP function (onclick="vPIPPlay(...)") in the link. > This is similar to how Andreas' and David Meade's scripts > automatically embed. > > NOTE: The downside to this approach is that the web page needs to > fully load before the script sets all <a href= links that it sees > pointing to movies to embed with vPIP. If a viewer clicks on a link > before the page finishes loading it will just jump to the movie rather > than embed through vPIP. So it's recommended to use the standard > approach of calling vPIP, if you want your movies to consistantly embed. > > For Designers > ------------- > You may now design the visual interface of the vPIP internal Flash > player, cirneViewer.swf. The visual interface for buttons like Play, > Pause, Rewind, etc. are loaded dynamically from an XML file when the > player starts. You can specify a different XML file than the default > that points to your own images for the visual interface. The > information on the XML file tags and the controls they dress up is on > the vPIP page for Flash: > > http://vpip.org/home/playing-flash/ > > An example of the default interface included is on this recent vlog > entry of mine: > > http://tinyurl.com/38lwb5 > or > http://www.cirne.com/vlog/2006/11/30/carp-caviar-extracts-122/ > > > For Programmers > --------------- > vPIP has been rewritten as object-oriented javascript. This should > make it easier to extend and modify vPIP for your own purposes. This > is a first pass, so furthe encapsulation may be useful. > > If you create a new capability that would be useful for others, please > let me know so that I can look at including it in a future release. > If you would like to be a co-developer of vPIP, let me know. I'm > going to look at including it in a open source repository. > > More Flash Player Features > -------------------------- > Besides being able to dynamically load the visual interface, there are > now two versions of the internal flash player. The smaller version is > 320x300 in size and will be used if the video width is 320 or less. > This is the default width and player. If the video is larger than 320 > in width, it will use the 450x340 player. > > About vPIP > ---------- > vPIP (video Playing In Place) dynamically embeds a link video after > the viewer clicks on the link. > > Web pages load quickly with just image and text links. Then when the > viewer clicks one of the links, it's replaced with the video. Clicking > on another link closes the prior video and opens the new one. > > The supported video (and audio) formats are: > > * Quicktime > o .mov > o .mp4 > o .mp3 (audio) > o .smi or .smil > o .3gp > * Windows Media > o .avi > o .wmv > o .asf > o .wma (audio) > * Flash > o .swf > o .flv > > > ;), > > Enric > -===- > http://www.cirne.com > http://www.cinegage.com > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.DavidMeade.com
