Web playback
From Wikanual
Web playback
INTERDUBS can play clips via different technologies.
Contents |
web playback choices
INTERDUBS has a configuration called
web playback
that can be set to the following values. Below you can find a description of the different players.
HTML5 only
INTERDUBS will always use HTML5 for the playback of clips.
HTML5 auto
INTERDUBS will use HTML5 - unless the browser does not support playback of h264 video. This is currently the case with Firefox. Clips in Firefox will be played back via quicktime.
QT auto
INTERDUBS will use Quicktime - unless the browser does not support quicktime. This is currently the case with Chrome, Safari Version 9 or higher, Android or Windows. Clips will playback in HTML5 in this ever growing list of cases.
QT only
INTERDUBS will also use Quicktime to play back movie clips.
flowplayer
INTERDUBS will use the flowplayer to playback clips.
players
Below you can find details about the players that INTERDUBS can use to play content.
quicktime
Apples quicktime can be used to play many different file formats. Unfortunately Chrome no longer supports Quicktime. Regardless of the webplay configuration quicktime will be used if the client URL contains
&ph5=1
html5
Modern browsers can directly play clips via the video tag. Unfortunately Firefox can not play back files that are encoded via the h264 codec.
Currently INTERDUBS will disable Play_in_page when playback is set to use HTML5
Regardless of the webplay configuration HTML5 will be used if the client URL contains
&ph5=2
flowplayer
Flowplayer is an alternative player that uses Flash technology to play back clisp. Regardless of the webplay configuration HTML5 will be used if the client URL contains
&ph5=3
Feedback
INTERDUBS can show a feedback form on the play page (that also allows setting a comment). This form also has links to switch between the different players. This feature can be enabled via the
show playback feedback form on add comment page