Cool, hadn't that of that scenario (leaving pure links.) ;),
Enric --- In [email protected], "David Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
