UI::HtmlDialog not playing MP4 video, UI::WebDialog does

tt_su · December 13, 2018, 11:50am

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UI::HtmlDialog not playing MP4 video, UI::WebDialog does

opened 11:47AM - 13 Dec 18 UTC

closed 04:51PM - 31 Jan 19 UTC

thomthom

bug wontfix Ruby API SketchUp logged

Reference forum thread: https://forums.sketchup.com/t/ui-htmldialog-not-playing-…mp4-video-ui-webdialog-does/83255 > I am trying to play a MP4 video in HTML with [UI::HtmlDialog](http://ruby.sketchup.com/UI/HtmlDialog.html) using the HTML5 standard way to embed it: > > <video width="1280" height="720" controls> > <source src="movie.mp4" type="video/mp4"> > </video> > > The video is not embedded properly, and I have to convert it to .ogg to make it work. This was working correctly with the deprecated [UI::WebDialog](http://ruby.sketchup.com/UI/WebDialog.html), so I guess there is any problem either with the codecs or with the HTML5 usage. > yeh, > > CEF in SU v18 loads an empty player for mp4’s… > > drop the mp4 in the zip into Sketchup.temp_dir so that it’s relative to the [not yet created] html, and it won’t play… > > add the .ogv and that will play… > > anyone of you used ffmpeg2theora windows? > > I used brew install ffmpeg2theora on the mac… > > it’s very fast but drops the last few frames on this short clips… ```ruby dlg = UI::HtmlDialog.new( dialog_title: 'local mp4 or ogv?', preferences_key: 'com.local.mp4', scrollable: true, resizable: true, width: 800, height: 450, style: UI::HtmlDialog::STYLE_WINDOW ) html = <<-HTML <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <video width="400" controls autoplay> <source src="pencil.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> <source src="pencil.ogv" type="video/ogg" /> </video> </body> </html> HTML dlg.set_html(html) dlg.center dlg.show ``` [pencil.zip](https://github.com/SketchUp/api-issue-tracker/files/2675809/pencil.zip)

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