playing videos / macintosh

[frmars]

Hi
My computer : Mac G4, 1,25 Ghz, OSX3.9
I have installed coppermine 4.5 on web sever. Works fine. Ok, i know, no thumbnails for videos.

Problem :
I have noticed I can play videos right from coppermine in the web browser if they are .mov files.
I would like to be able to play .avi directly. (For the moment I have to convert my .avi — camera files —  to .mov files to do so.)

Is there a solution ?

[eruss]

Hi
My computer : Mac G4, 1,25 Ghz, OSX3.9
I have installed coppermine 4.5 on web sever. Works fine. Ok, i know, no thumbnails for videos.

Problem :
I have noticed I can play videos right from coppermine in the web browser if they are .mov files.
I would like to be able to play .avi directly. (For the moment I have to convert my .avi — camera files —  to .mov files to do so.)

Is there a solution ?

4.5?  Do you mean 1.4.5?  You should start by installing 1.4.8, but that probably wouldn't fix your issue.  I suspect that your problem isn't a Coppermine issue but rather a web browser issue.  Depending on the browser you are using, you may need the appropriate browser plugin to allow you to view the file (in this case a movie) within the browser.

MOV is a Quicktime format that would be handled by the Quicktime browser plugin.  AVI is more of a Windows/Microsoft format.  Do some web searches for:  AVI +browser +plugin

[Joachim Müller]

AVI actually is not a defined video format, but a container for thousands of codecs. Two files that both have the extensions ".avi" can therefor be totally different: one may work for you, the other may not. Basically, you need to find out what codec a certain avi file uses and check if your OS has the needed codec to play it. Windows handles this pretty well - the Windows Media Player checks what codec an avi file needs and then tries to download the needed codec (if it is available for free). Your media player may or may not have similar powers (I'm not familiar with Macs). After all, the opposite situation exists for Windows users when they try to play mov files: mov is a proprietary Mac format, Windows boxes can't play them without downloading the Apple Quicktime player first.

[frmars]

Thank you for answering. Now that raises another issue :
- Is Coppermine able to recognize the presence of a new specific codec/plugin that I would inject into my browsers (I have tested Safari, , Mozilla and Explorer and the problem is the same) ?

- Another way of asking the question :
Coppermine opens this screen when clicking on a video  (see below)
Is this screen specific to Coppermine or to my browser ? (or is it a "Windows" screen-type)
Would Coppermine be able to "branch" to another plugin ?
(https://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fh1.ripway.com%2Faneemus%2FImage1.jpg&hash=1d583593f36e9be6e28ad5e628e23e95a989df16)

[Joachim Müller]

Coppermine is not a video player, so what you're asking is beyond the scope of what Coppermine can do. Basically, Coppermine just embeds the code that triggers the desktop video player of a client into an HTML page. Coppermine itself doesn't "know" nor care if the player of the client is configured to play the media file it is serving.
The only thing you can do is apply the "download" option to coppermine's core code, which will then in turn not embedd the client's player into the html page, but send the video file to the client's browser. In the end, it just "tells" the operating system of the client: "Here's a file for you named <<foobar.avi>>. Do with it whatever you see fit.".
Bottom line: there's no way (using Coppermine) to predict wether the client will be able to play a multimedia file. As suggested above: Coppermine is not a desktop app, but an app that runs on a webserver, creates dynamic pages there (with limited interaction with the client) and sends them to the clien't browser, that's all.

[Huntingc]

Sounds like you need to get windows media player for Mac or see if there is a plug-in for QuickTime to play .avi I think there is such a plug-in for QuickTime Pro.