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Video plays when published but not in DITA

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:11 pm
by jcadel
Hi,

I insert a video by inserting an object element with these attributes:
  • data: the URL of the video which is hosted on a video hosting site
  • height: 468
  • outputclass: iframe
  • width
It looks like everything is correct, but when I try to test it in Oxygen XML Editor, it doesn't play and gives me a "html5: Video file not found" message.

Yet, when I publish the document, it plays the video successfully.

Is there a reason why the video does not play in Oxygen?

Janice

Re: Video plays when published but not in DITA

Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:35 pm
by Radu
Hi Janice,

Oxygen's in-editor video player is way more limited than a web browser's. So it's possible for things to work better in a web browser.
How does the DITA XML content look like for the video reference?

Regards,
Radu

Re: Video plays when published but not in DITA

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:09 pm
by jcadel
<conbody>
<p>This webinar was presented on 16 December 2020.</p>
<p><object
data="https://www.iceportal.com/brochures/Med ... 7c5c023998"
height="468" outputclass="iframe" width="600"/></p>
</conbody>

Re: Video plays when published but not in DITA

Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:37 pm
by Radu
Hi Janice,

Thanks for the sample.
From what I tested on Windows and Mac, playing the video in the Oxygen Author visual editing mode works but takes a long time (1-2 minutes) before pressing the Play button and the video starting. I added an internal issue to see if there is anything we could do about this.

Regards,
Radu