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gecko-mediaplayer
Hi,i use Xubuntu 11.10 64 bit with opera version 11.60.
I cannot get any sound with the gecko-mediaplayer, no mp3 or ogg.
i want to include a sound player on a webpage and like to use something like:
http://www.w3schools.com/html5/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_audio
but as i say, no sound to be heard.
When i click on the play button it turns into a pause button but there is no sound.
I have the gecko-mediaplayer1.04 enabled.
Help would be appriciated.
tjingboem
Did you put the file in the <embed>'s 'src' attribute?
You have two options:
1. <embed> or <object> - the media file is played by a video plugin/player, gecko-mediaplayer, vlc, totem, WMP, QuickTime etc. You can embed any type (codec) of media file you like, all media players should play it.
2. HTML5's <audio> and <video> - the media file if played by video plugin provided by the browser. You cannot play any type of media file. Only Theora video/Vorbis audio plus WebM (VP8+Vorbis) on FF, Opera, Chrome/Chromium.
You have two options:
1. <embed> or <object> - the media file is played by a video plugin/player, gecko-mediaplayer, vlc, totem, WMP, QuickTime etc. You can embed any type (codec) of media file you like, all media players should play it.
2. HTML5's <audio> and <video> - the media file if played by video plugin provided by the browser. You cannot play any type of media file. Only Theora video/Vorbis audio plus WebM (VP8+Vorbis) on FF, Opera, Chrome/Chromium.
i think i'm going the wrong way with this.
I'll tell you what i trying to do: i am working on a manual of an open source program (Csound) and for each page in that manual there has to be a small player that plays an OGG sound file.
As you say, that will probably not work in Internet Explorer? That means i will be forced to use a closed source file format like mp3....not good, problem.
So in fact i need to have a sound file player that should be build from XML to HTML. That is because i have to rebuild the manual a zillion times from XML to HTML.
I think i will have to figure this all out somewhere else, because this is becoming very OT.
Back to Opera and sound; i need GStreamer? i will check this out.
Thanks for your answers, Sebaro, you helped me to order my thoughts and priorities!
bye,
tjingboem
I'll tell you what i trying to do: i am working on a manual of an open source program (Csound) and for each page in that manual there has to be a small player that plays an OGG sound file.
As you say, that will probably not work in Internet Explorer? That means i will be forced to use a closed source file format like mp3....not good, problem.
So in fact i need to have a sound file player that should be build from XML to HTML. That is because i have to rebuild the manual a zillion times from XML to HTML.
I think i will have to figure this all out somewhere else, because this is becoming very OT.
Back to Opera and sound; i need GStreamer? i will check this out.
Thanks for your answers, Sebaro, you helped me to order my thoughts and priorities!
bye,
tjingboem
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