Experimental <video> build released on Opera Labs
By olli. Thursday, 8. November 2007, 14:52:50
Yesterday we published an experimental build with support for the <video> element and 3Dcanvas for the "standard geeks" to play with :-)
This build is based on Opera 9.5 Alpha so if you want to play with this please remember to not install ontop of a existing version.
You can download it from the article on dev.opera.com.
We have added new native controls and you can also embed Video in SVG.
You can find video examples here:
Some pages using the video element in SVG:
And a dancing and lip syncing to Spice Girls wannabe video of Lachlan from Core QA
This build is based on Opera 9.5 Alpha so if you want to play with this please remember to not install ontop of a existing version.
You can download it from the article on dev.opera.com.
We have added new native controls and you can also embed Video in SVG.
You can find video examples here:
- native controls
- scripted controls
- scripted with opacity
- Wikipedia-based demo on parrots
- Wikipedia-based demo on octopus
Some pages using the video element in SVG:
And a dancing and lip syncing to Spice Girls wannabe video of Lachlan from Core QA

By AyushJ, # 8. November 2007, 15:59:48
By The Fiddler, # 8. November 2007, 16:03:01
By Tamil, # 8. November 2007, 16:03:55
By fearphage, # 8. November 2007, 16:04:57
Only use this build if you want to test video.
By Junyor, # 8. November 2007, 16:07:44
Almost beleived i could test it.
Will this be included in 9.5 release?
By Hypezor, # 8. November 2007, 16:13:01
By qoqosz, # 8. November 2007, 16:39:01
It won't be implemented in this Friday's build - information from Junyor.
No crash while Listing IRC-rooms.
I like this simple idea for embeding ogg-videos. Quite some time ago there were another build supporting <video>, so the idea si not new. - Information from Wildente
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 16:39:50
"I like this simple idea for embeding ogg-videos."
How does it "work" ?
By Hypezor, # 8. November 2007, 16:50:01
By cyb0y, # 8. November 2007, 17:03:00
Other tests and special Firefox builds you can find on this page.
By FataL, # 8. November 2007, 17:05:11
Originally posted by Hypezor:
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/a-call-for-video-on-the-web-opera-vid/
<video src="video.oog">Theora decoder not found</video>
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 17:10:42
Originally posted by cyb0y:
Just copy the locales-folder, traslation are not finished yet.
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 17:14:27
Makes more sense to me when you develop new functionalities on newer builds.
Let me know!
Thanks!
By DandS, # 8. November 2007, 17:28:15
By nenericardo, # 8. November 2007, 17:40:23
Originally posted by DandS:
May be because this bata is very stable and the result after adding this new feature is not sure.
Anyway, in Betas, are mostly no new functionality added, right?
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 17:45:22
Really good job !!
By SoulOfDoinel, # 8. November 2007, 18:27:18
Is there any documentation for the 3d canvas element?
By theallan, # 8. November 2007, 19:07:48
By lamarca, # 8. November 2007, 19:20:28
By Charlie_X, # 8. November 2007, 19:24:22
Originally posted by lamarca:
There is no one.
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Edited: wrong spelling of "no"
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 19:39:13
By intelimac20inch, # 8. November 2007, 19:43:10
Originally posted by zoquete:
where?!
By lamarca, # 8. November 2007, 19:47:51
I installed this build, but I received a message about a missing d3d9.dll. I use XP SP1. After I copied the d3d9.dll, I received a message about a conflict with ddraw.dll. What do I wrong? (I'm very wondering about this video-build)
By vinczej, # 8. November 2007, 20:11:50
By Zajec, # 8. November 2007, 20:30:58
There is no one
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 20:48:09
Originally posted by vinczej:
Indee, you should update to SP2
By zoquete, # 8. November 2007, 20:49:34
By vinczej, # 8. November 2007, 20:59:05
@vinczej: d3d9.dll is part of Direct X 9. Do you have that installed?
By Junyor, # 8. November 2007, 21:25:04
Just say 'none' and there is no misinterpretation
By .Dani, # 8. November 2007, 21:31:38
But you could spend a bit more making the design better, like using semi transparent glassy round like icons, preferably red, like hte Opera logo, and the controls lack a progress bar.... :/
Also, the controls are black by default, therefore they're not immediately visible in black videos like the beginning of this one
http://people.opera.com/howcome/2007/video/controls.html
By xErath, # 8. November 2007, 21:39:04
it gives a "Secure connection: fatal error (47)" on all the 9.5 weekly's, but works fine on Opera 9.24
By elitegeek, # 8. November 2007, 21:40:07
I like that Opera can scale video very well, just try to zoom in or out.
By FataL, # 8. November 2007, 22:22:44
By FataL, # 8. November 2007, 22:58:50
2. Return extensions to the files, which are situated in Cache folder.
By tsarhan, # 8. November 2007, 23:11:31
Originally posted by tsarhan:
+1
By lamarca, # 8. November 2007, 23:13:04
Load my preview site in *Safari 3*, enable CSS3 at the top right via 'Site Options'. It's a good indication of how much CSS3 owns, if it would only be supported. Webkit's CSS3 goodness...
http://www.jabcreations.net/themes/classic/style-broadband-css3-webkit.css
By jabcreations, # 8. November 2007, 23:28:56
One issue though; playback doesn't stop on back/next navigation...
By eVirtus, # 9. November 2007, 01:25:59
Originally posted by FataL:
No problem using 9624.
By DoubleT, # 9. November 2007, 03:47:19
Originally posted by FataL:
Download this RAR archive, extract files, modify paths in operadef6.ini & run Opera.By Tamil, # 9. November 2007, 04:34:30
Konqueror has the best reference to this feature as an example for implementation.
Thank you Opera Devs!!!
By heavensrevenge, # 9. November 2007, 07:02:39
To achieve this functionalty you have to use proxy autoconfiguration files (PROXY.PAC)
Here you can find a pointer
http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/automatic-proxy.html
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An another interesting question is what about SOCKS Proxy support?
By h143570, # 9. November 2007, 08:13:52
By CyberEye, # 9. November 2007, 08:19:54
what about the possibility of printing drafts? This is currently not possible.
Thanks!
By Chetto, # 9. November 2007, 08:50:29
Originally posted by Junyor:
Thanks, Junyor! The DirectX9 solved the problem!
This video-function is very impressive! Good work!
[EDIT]This new build have some positioning problems with UserJS-s (e.g. Ospell, textarea-resizer), that can affect other brwosing functions, too.
By vinczej, # 9. November 2007, 08:51:30
By SoulOfDoinel, # 9. November 2007, 09:27:02
was surprised that there was a windows build and not a linux one, seeing ogg is supported by default in linux but not in windows.
By rhonnysparks, # 9. November 2007, 09:35:20
By haavard, # 9. November 2007, 09:46:30
By grv02, # 9. November 2007, 10:38:51
new, improved weekly build should be released today...
bbalazs
By bbalazs, # 9. November 2007, 11:04:56