Item11358: Embedding an mpg uses the default template, which produces html that doesn't work.
Priority: Normal
Current State: New
Released In: n/a
Target Release: n/a
Embedding mpg movies using
MediaPlugin does not produce a playable movie.
In Opera you see a "Plug-in not available" placeholder but with no plug-in to install. In Firefox nothing is seen at all.
The html source shows an object tag with no metadata, and a number of child param tags including one called "type" with "video/mpeg" as the content.
Fix
In
templates/mediaplugin.tmpl
changing the "syntax:object_attributes_only" label to "syntax:object_attributes" changes the generated html to include "classid" and a "pluginpath" metadata to the object tag, amongst other things. The movie is then playable in both Opera and Firefox.
Given that the latest release notes mention changes to the template, I assume this bug was introduced in 1.3.4
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HeathRaftery - 16 Dec 2011