Subject:
Re: Help inserting
From:
Bob Stayton ####@####.####
Date:
22 Dec 2003 22:52:21 -0000
Message-Id: <20031222141437.E1784@sco.com>
On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 12:34:36PM -0800, Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 09:07, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 06:06:12PM -0800, Tabatha Marshall wrote:
> > > Has anyone been able to successfully include an audio clip in a docbook
> > > file? I've been beating myself in the head senseless trying to make
> > > this work, using the docbook xsl 1.64.1 stylesheets, but it's a no go.
>
> > The stylesheets have pretty primative
> > support for audio. Currently an audiodata element
> > just generates:
> >
> > <embed src="filename"></embed>
> >
> > where "filename" is the audio file referenced
> > in the audiodata element. Do you get this in
> > your output? If you do, then that's pretty much
> > all the stylesheets can do.
>
> No, unfortunately I didn't even get that much. I set it up using the
> example given in the DocBook guide, so it was wrapped with mediaobject,
> which I assume is correct.
Really? When I have this in my file:
<mediaobject>
<audioobject>
<audiodata fileref="foo.swf"/>
</audioobject>
</mediaobject>
and process it with the 1.62.4 html stylesheet, my
HTML output contains:
<div class="mediaobject"><embed src="foo.swf"></embed></div>
You should at least get that much.
> > I'm curious as to what else is needed on the
> > HTML side to make audio work.
>
> Yes, matter of fact it is the html conversion I want to see it in...glad
> you knew what I was looking for.
>
> Don't audio types have to be defined somewhere? After all, all the
> video and image file types are. Incidentally, I'd like to find out if
> video will come out too (haven't tested myself, only audio so far).
>
> I figured that trying to embed audio wouldn't be the most desirable
> thing in an html conversion. I assume that the audio will play until
> the browser window is closed, because there would be no way to shut it
> off.
I don't know much about audio in HTML. But I assume
that an audio file, like other embedded applicactions,
would need a helper application to play it, based on its
MIME type? The helper application would run in a separate
window and would provide controls. I notice that the
<embed> element can take a 'type'attribute that identifies
the MIME type of the thing. Maybe that's where the
connection is made.
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