webmovieplayer how?

Targets Web
1

The documentation on using webmovieplayer is poor. I’ve got an app that uploads a video to a folderitem and then it should play it, but I can’t get it to work. I certainly do not understand the mobileWiFiURL thing. It seems that identifying the video should be different.

Any ideas?

code below:

[code]videoUploader.visible = false
btnBeginUpload.visible = false
mpUploadedVideo.visible = true

dim f as folderItem
f = app.uploadedFiles.child(session.uploadedFiles(0))

if f <> nil then
if f.exists then
mpUploadedVideo.autoPlay = true
mpUploadedVideo.mobileWifiURL = f.urlPath
mpUploadedVideo.play
end if
end if[/code]

Edit (Paul): Add code tags per Post Formatting Tips.

2

You can’t point a WebMoviePlayer at a file url. Try creating a WebFile, loading the file into that and use the WebFile’s url property instead,

Make sure the WebFile is instantiated as a property of the WebPage or the Session so it doesn’t go out of scope before the MoviePlayer requests it.

You’ll eat something like:

myWebFile = WebFile.Open(f, False)

Second parameter leaves the file on disk.

http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/WebFile.Open

3

As for the three urls, browsers will automatically choose the correct version based on their connectivity to the web, so you should be doing something like this:

Desktop = High Bandwidth
WiFi = Medium Bandwidth
Cellular = Low Bandwidth

4

I’ve updated these doc pages to explicitly state you cannot use local file URLs as a web URL.

5

Thanks Greg. Any way to play the video in my web page?

6

Did you try my suggestion about the web File?

7

Yes Greg . . . Worked great. Allowed a download and play on my movie player on my computer.