[TYPO3-project-4-3] File references, Multimedia

[Christian Kuhn]

Hey Steffen,


Steffen Kamper wrote:
>> Quicktime didn't work on my system, but it was ok on some others, so I
>> need to sort out a local problem here.
>>
> what happens, do you have qt installed on the system? Do you see 
> alternative Content?

Didn't check yet. libquicktime seems to be installed, but I have no clue
 if and how this is tied to ff. Will investigate further if I have some
time.


>> The swf player might have a license issue, it's the one from
>> http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/ right? If yes, it's
>> Creative Commons attributes denies commercial use, which is a show stopper.
> 
> this player is often used, also within wordpress. I don't think that 
> there are license provlems.
> And if so, i ask a friend of mine for building a simular in flash.

IANAL, someone has to nail this down.


>> The file references had some problems with my setup, related to the
>> "absRefPrefix" line (maybe my setup is wrong here), I did a nasty "will
>> eat your children" hack to fix this (the player did a GET relative to
>> its own location and didn't take subdir settings into account).
> 
> if you don't set them in config, they should be empty. Set them to same 
> value as baseURL to get full qualified links.

I see. Will do further tests here.


>> mp4 files then lead to a black screen for me, ideas welcome.
> 
> works for me with flash player out-of-the-box

I will happily provide a test file (personal mail only). Its probably
just a standard mp4 from final Cut.


>> URLs shouldn't be limited to http only.
> 
> no. There are streaming server with own protocol, or https. All should 
> be possible.

Exactly. Maybe this changed in your latest version, will check.


Regards
Christian