[Xerte-dev] Re: HTML5 report

[Pat Lockley]

i'm not sure longtail is "open" though

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Julian Tenney
<Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> Or, as Pat says, distribute the badged one, and let people upgrade it.
>
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> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
> Johnathan
> Sent: 24 April 2012 10:00
>
>
> To: For Xerte technical developers
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: HTML5 report
>
>
>
>  "Presumably we can't redistribute a non-badged version? Maybe if we pay
> enough,"
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>
> I am pretty sure that Moodle used to include an early version of the JWFLV
> player from Longtail Video in their release, so it may well be possible to
> cut some kind of deal with them.
>
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>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Johnathan
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> On 24 April 2012 09:54, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> which you need to pay for to have an unbadged version
>
> Presumably we can't redistribute a non-badged version? Maybe if we pay
> enough,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: 24 April 2012 09:49
> To: For Xerte technical developers
>
> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: HTML5 report
>
> Firefox can play mp3 - it's mp4 where the confusion occurs - and
> google have bought (i think) or are making an Open Source mp4 codec
> (which is why firefox can't do it).
>
> http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/chaucer-audio is an MP3 playing in HTML 5 in
> firefox.
>
> There is a lot of JS around which goes (in psuedo)
>
> create me a video node
> if no
> use something else
>
> long tail does it (and is perhaps a better option as it has plugins),
> then there is videoJS, or mediaelements (we use mediaelements on
> podcasts, but are moving to longtail - which you need to pay for to
> have an unbadged version)
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Julian Tenney
> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> http://www.longtailvideo.com/html5/
>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting. Fay pointed out that Firefox won't play mp3 files, I was
>> surprised. So in the Xenith project we will have to consider how to manage
>> html5 audio because there is not a common format that works in all
>> browsers.
>> WTF.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
>> Johnathan
>> Sent: 23 April 2012 19:39
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 25th - 26th April (was RE: Translation support of
>> Wizard)
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't know if you have come across this site, but they keep updating
>> their
>> assessment of html5 across the various platforms.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you haven't seen their report before you may find it useful.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.longtailvideo.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnathan
>>
>> On 23 April 2012 11:38, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Cheers, yes, I'll let you all know. We need to get the prototype so you
>> guys
>> can all hit it and comment as we go along: I'll get Fay to do that on
>> Friday,
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Kemp
>> Johnathan
>> Sent: 23 April 2012 11:25
>>
>>
>> To: For Xerte technical developers
>>
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: 25th - 26th April (was RE: Translation support of
>> Wizard)
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Julian,
>>
>>
>>
>> Just wanted to wish you well with the Xenith project meetings later this
>> week. Thanks for the invite, unfortunately I have other commitments.
>>
>>
>>
>> I shall follow the developments with interest, particularly those relating
>> to any facilities for the generation of new page types.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Johnathan
>>
>> On 14 April 2012 23:38, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I'll get back to you, thanks. I'm out at a conference Mon - Weds this
>> week,
>> then I have a manic week, but then I will get some time to work on ths
>> stuff, and get it released. Thanks for all your work the last few weeks.
>>
>> We are meetng wth some developers from EDINA here in Nottingham 25th and
>> 26th April, to discuss approaches to the Xenith Project. A lot of that
>> discussion is relevant here - there is a very open agenda right now.
>> Anyone,
>> if you fancy coming along, let me know.
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tom Reijnders
>> [reijnders at tor.nl]
>> Sent: 14 April 2012 07:45
>> To: 'For Xerte technical developers'
>> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Translation support of Wizard
>>
>> Julian,
>>
>> (or any other person that is able to work on the flash code)
>>
>> I added translation support to the wizard, i.e. I am trying to
>> accomplish that.  That will be the final step for this release.
>>
>> -  We will have the code for a complete translated version of XOT
>> - Only the Editor will remain in English, I think that is acceptable for
>> now.. I don't have the time to add translation for that at this point.
>>
>> I've got two issues.
>>
>> 1. I somehow have to embed a language code t=in a project, to be able to
>> set the language correctly when reopening a project. What is the best
>> way to do that?
>> 2. I can't get the labels of the two check boxes (Advanced and Language)
>> changed into a new language string. Could you please have a look at
>> attached .fla what I am doing wrong, cq. missed?
>>
>> What did I change?
>>
>> 1. Added some attributes to the language-config.xml file
>> 2. Added a language chooser in the Pages menu of the editor
>> 3. Pass the 'language code' to the wizard as a third option
>> 4. Created  English and Dutch wizard language files
>> 5. Used these in attached .fla file
>>
>> Everything is committed, except attached .fla, because I want to figure
>> out what I did wrong with the check boxes, and the translation is not
>> complete yet.
>>
>> NOTE:
>> 1. The wizard already had a version of XML.prototype.toObject, but that
>> version expects unique XML nodes throughout the file (so no set of
>> <item> for a combo box etc). I wanted to keep the look of the xml
>> relatively close to what you did for the engine, but I didn't want to go
>> over the wizard to change all the code if I changed the toObject that
>> interprets the xwd. So I added a second version XML.prototype.toArrObject.
>> 2. Most of the work is done in a function called setTranslation (line
>> 2533) that is called after the language file has successfully been read
>> in (in function  init)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> --
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>>
>> Tom Reijnders
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