Is it possible to import video file into panel

[vedadramovic]

Hello,
i have a video file that is user manual for SCADA operators.
I would like to embed it in panel, so operators can easily find it and view it in case of emergency.

Is there a way to embed video file in panel?
We have no video licence.

Best regards,
Vedad

[mkoller]

Yes you can.
WebView.ewo uses the WebKit engine, which can use the HTML5 video tag.

create a panel with a WebView.ewo
The init script shall contain e.g.:

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main()
{
  this.url = "file://" + getPath(DATA_REL_PATH, "video.html");
}

The video.html file contains:

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and the video.mp4 file also resides in your project/data dir

[vedadramovic]

Hi Martin,
first of all thank you very much for fast reply.

I have tried WebView using EWO, as you suggested, but I was not able to play the video.
Widget is loading but the video is not shown, only white square.

I am able to load web page using WebView, so the widget is working.
I tried to play a video on YouTube, but video will not play.

We do not have license for video!
Is it because of absance of video license, or something else?

Please help, we need this feature (playing video file), if available.

Best regards,
Vedad

[mkoller]

The WebView.ewo has nothing to do with the Video license. It is a plain HTML5 feature to have the video tag in an HTML page.
I did my tests with 3.13 on Linux.
With which version are you testing ?

[vedadramovic]

3.11 and 3.12 on windows

When I try to play video on YouTube it reports that it needs Adobe Flash Player HTML5

Both 3.11 and 3.12 uses QT version 4.8.4.

I downloaded video below as .mp4, and trying to play it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HDZWeEDhAc

Please find attached video I am using.

[mkoller]

I'm not sure but it is probably due to the Qt version being too old (not having HTML5 support in WebKit).

Can you upgrade to 3.13 ?

Otherwise, you could try to install the flash player browser plugin and enable plugins in the WebView.ewo by setting:
WebView.setAttribute("PluginsEnabled", true);

[vedadramovic]

I am not sure if our license allows us to upgrade to 3.13.?

I could try to install flash player.
Thank you Martin.