Why is adding HTML code so difficult?

Hey Cmath,

Thanks for all the tips, unfortunatly the video still will not work in a hype app which is what I really need, I guess back to the drawing board.

Thanks!

Sorry, Rycankun. I'm not sure why the same html5 video tag wouldn't work in a Hype app. I coded my HTML myself. Don't know anything really about Hype. Good luck. Hopefully Apple will fix this issue so everyone can easily add mp4 videos to HTML widgets like the documentation says. Seems like such a simple thing - you'd think they'd at least aknowledge the problem or publish correct documentation to do it correctly. Good luck!

Hi cmath! I'm trying to make it work a video in Html Widget but I get this:

I start from an Mp4 - H264 file that works with Media Widget. I open it in Subler, I change the profile in "Main@3.1", then I save it as ".m4v". I change back ".m4v" extensione in ".mp4" but it doesn't work.

Any help?

Thanks,

Davide

Use QuickTime 10 and go to File > Export for Web. The resulting files can be used in .m4v format in Author

That's not the problem, tk0us. Aminta is trying to use a mp4 (not m4v) video in a HTML widget. The m4v file is working fine in the Media widget but the HTML widget requires a mp4.

Aminta - see my post reply in the other thread you posted on https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3676998?answerId=18960438022#18960438022&ac_cid=tw123456#18960438

Thanks tk0us, I followed your hint, then I changed the extension from m4v to mp4 but still no luck....

don't chnage it, you need the m4v

tK0us - please tell us how you get an m4v video to work in an HTML widget. Apple's documentation says that HTML widgets will only accept .mp4 videos. If you have an example widget I'm sure we would all love to see it. Thanks!

sorry, thought you were talking about media or Keynote

I have used QuickTime 10 > File > Export for Web then take the .m4v and change it to .m4a

next, use the html5 video tags like

<video src="yourvideo.m4a" controls></video>

I have "faked out" the widgets with this technique for html widgets. I do not know if it works everytime however it works on an iPad2 for me

hope this helps

Thanks tk0us, I followed your hint but still no luck. Maybe the problem is that I have the new iPad...

Hi cmath, I've finally found the solution!

Strange but true, is a problem of path! I mean: assume you have internally working Html wdgt with video into in a highly branched folder of your Mac but when you put it in a iBook of yours it doesn't work. You have to:

1) Extract the contents of the .wdgt file in a very simple branched folder of OS X like "User" or "Download"

2) Rebuild the .wdgt from this folder

3) Create a brand new iBook always from the same folder. The book has to have a simple title like "Try"

4) Put the .wdgt in the new iBook, make a preview on iPad and - voilà - it magically and strangely works!

Wow! Whatever works. This has obviously been a collection of 'work-arounds' to get it work properly. I've been traveling and haven't had a chance to respond. Are you able to get it to work without going through the step of converting to m4v with Subler and back to mp4 by changing the ext? If so that would be so great if the videos you're getting out of Handbrake are working when you go through the packaging process you've described. Thanks for all of you investigation on this. I understand how frustrating it is when things don't work the way they're supposed to.

Just for the record. I was creating the wdgt package from my Desktop or Downloads folder. Good work!

Hi cmath!

Not. I've tried, but - if you dont' convert .mp4 to .m4v changing the ext in .mp4 - you will get "The HTML Dashcode file “Untitled” wasn’t added. The file contains a media file that isn’t in a supported format." error!