Perhaps you can store the encoded filename in the db rather than the
original or add a new field to store newly encoded filename?
video-js helped make playing vids easier.
Best of luck,
David
On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 6:04:21 AM UTC-4, Charles Tang wrote:
>
> I am using web2py to play user's uploaded video file encoding with
> different encoding params.Only the original uploaded video is in db and it
> can be accessed and played using code below:
> <script type="text/javascript">
> var flashvars = {};
> flashvars.myurl = "{{=URL('download',
> args=video.file)}}";
> flashvars.width = {{=video.width}};
> flashvars.height = {{=video.height}};
> flashvars.widthshift = {{=video.widthshift}};
> flashvars.method = "{{=video.method}}";
>
> var params = {};
> params.play = "false";
> params.loop = "false";
> params.menu = "false";
> params.quality = "best";
> params.scale = "showall";
> params.wmode = "window";
> params.swliveconnect = "true";
> params.allowfullscreen = "true";
> params.allowscriptaccess = "always";
> params.allownetworking = "all";
> var attributes = {};
> attributes.id = "container";
>
> swfobject.embedSWF("{{=URL(c='static',f='videoPlayer/videoPlay.swf')}}","myAlternativeContent",
>
> {{=video.width}}, {{=video.height}}, "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params,
> attributes);
> </script>
>
> <div id="myAlternativeContent">
> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";>
> <img src="
> http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/
> get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player"
> />
> </a>
> </div>
>
>
> In the code flashvars.myurl = "{{=URL('download', args=video.file)}}";
> the controller download is below:
> def download():
> return response.download(request, db)
>
> It works to play the uploaded video.The problem is the converted video
> files using ffmpeg with other params is not in db, so I can't access these
> videos via response.download.
> I tried two methods:
> 1.Set flashvars.file="{{=URL(r=request,c='static',f='test.flv')}}",but the
> flash player didn't play the video but the browser automatically popup a
> file download window.
> 2.Set flashvars.myurl="{{=URL('show_video')}}"
> in controller:
> def show_video():
> response.headers['Content-Type'] = "application/octet-stream"
> response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = 'filename=test.flv'
> return
> response.stream(open('/data/python_website/web2py/applications/encodeupload/uploads/test.flv','rb'),chunk_size=4096)
> It still popup a download window rather than play it.
> Neither of them works. So how to play a video file without
> response.download?
>
>
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