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This page will be used to investigate integration with the Engage player.

How Engage works

Demo of Engage in action: http://demo.opencastproject.org/engage/ui/watch.html?id=1733c580-1fb8-44c7-a6d8-e93577463cfe

Engage's watch.js extracts information from URL parameters or JSON to display video, annotation, segmentation and other things: http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Engage+URL+Parameters

Engage expects the HTML page to have certain elements in order to work, as evident in watch.js and init-watch.js.

Looking at the demo, we see

  • watch.js gets /engage/ui/json/servicedata.json, sets segmentsUIURL = data.plugin_urls.segments_ui, which is /search/episode.json
  • segments_ui.js makes ajax call to Opencast.Watch.getSegmentsUIURL(), using data: 'id=' + mediaPackageId
  • from returned data, passes data['search-results'].result as data to segments_ui-plugin.js using addAsPlugin(),
  • segments_ui_dataMPMedia = data.mediapackage.media, gets tracks info from segments_ui_dataMPMedia.track and
  • write track.url to element oc-vide-presenter-delivery-x-flv-rtmp in watch.html
  • watch.js then reads this element to set media URL using Opencast.Player.setMediaURL
  • which calls Videodisplay.setMediaURL.
  • End of clunky process.

Json examples. Theoretically, we could modify these REST endpoints to be pointing to Matterhorn server and the full featured Engage would just work, provided we don't run into cross-domain problems. JSONP helps with the crossdomain problems, with the exception of usertracking.

servicedata.json
{
 "plugin_urls":
 {
 "analytics": "/usertracking/footprint.xml",
 "annotation": "/annotation/annotations.json",
 "description":
 {
 "episode": "/search/episode.json",
 "stats": "/usertracking/stats.json"
 },
 "search": "/search/episode.json",
 "segments_text": "/search/episode.json",
 "segments_ui": "/search/episode.json",
 "segments": "/search/episode.json",
 "series":
 {
 "series": "/search/series.json",
 "episode": "/search/episode.json"
 }
 },
 "mediaDebugInfo":
 {
 "mediaPackageId": "",
 "mediaUrlOne": "",
 "mediaUrlTwo": "",
 "mediaResolutionOne": "",
 "mediaResolutionTwo": "",
 "mimetypeOne": "",
 "mimetypeTwo": ""
 }
}

Building the Engage player

http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Engage+Media+Player

svn checkout https://opencast.jira.com/svn/MH/trunk/
cd trunk/modules/matterhorn-engage-player/
mvn clean install
cd ../../shared-resources/player/
mv matterhorn-engage-player-1.4-SNAPSHOT.swf Videodisplay.swf

Additional operation in the pom.xml file can copy the player files structure to a new directory, suitable to use with Hydrant.

Testing the Engage player

cd ../../modules/matterhorn-engage-ui/
mvn install

Deploy the app?

Modify the servicedata.json to use test data

"mediaUrlOne": "http://demo.opencastproject.org/static/1733c580-1fb8-44c7-a6d8-e93577463cfe/2e3340ad-d309-4238-b85b-eb09e06a2bc4/presenter.flv",
"mediaUrlTwo": "http://demo.opencastproject.org/static/1733c580-1fb8-44c7-a6d8-e93577463cfe/2149f073-abde-46ef-a828-91c8a2016749/presentation.flv",

How to take out an Engage component

Figure out which HTML elements we don't need and have javascript calls to detach() them.

Engage structure

Videodisplay.swf

Actual video player written in ActionScript

FABridge.js

A proxy between JS and ActionScript functions

Videodisplay.js

Videodisplay

Contains basic events & functions to interact with the video player.

Events:

  • VideodisplayReady()
  • initialized()

Functions:

  • play()
  • stop()
  • pause()
  • mute()
  • skipBackward()
  • rewind()
  • stopRewind()
  • fastForward()
  • stopFastForward()
  • skipForward()
  • passCharCode(int)
  • seek(number)
  • mute()
  • setVolumeSlider(number)
  • setVolumePlayer(number)
  • closedCaptions()
  • setMediaURL(argCoverOne, argCoverTwo, argStringOne, argStringTwo, argMimetypeOne, argMimetypeTwo, argPlayerstyle, slideLength)
  • setCaptionsURL(string)
  • videoSizeControl(sizeLeft, sizeRight)
  • getViewState()
  • setMediaResolution(argWidthMediaOne, argHeightMediaOne, argWidthMediaTwo, argHeightMediaTwo, argMultiMediaContainerLeft)

player-multi-hybrid-initialize.js

Opencast.Initialize

Calls

  • Opencast.segments.getCurrentSlideId()
  • Opencast.segments.getSegmentSeconds(
  • Opencast.Watch.seekSegment(sec)
  • Opencast.Description.doToggleDescription()
  • Opencast.Analytics.doToggleAnalytics()
  • Opencast.Series.doToggleSeriesDropdown()

Initializes the player, setting divId...

  • bindVidSize
  • doResize
  • dropdownVideo_open
  • dropdown_timer
  • setPlayerReady
  • onPlayerReady
  • init
  • setMediaResolution

player-multi-hybrid.js

Opencast.Player

Calls

  • Opencast.engage.setLoadProgressPercent(value) 
  • Opencast.ariaSpinbutton.jumpToRange(newVolume)
  • Opencast.Initialize.bindVidSize()
  • Opencast.Initialize.doResize()
  • Opencast.segments.getSecondsBeforeSlide()
  • Opencast.Watch.seekSegment(sec)
  • Videodisplay.videoSizeControl

Has

  • getShowSections: getShowSections,
  • getDuration: getDuration,
  • getCaptionsBool: getCaptionsBool,
  • getCurrentPosition: getCurrentPosition,
  • getMediaPackageId: getMediaPackageId,
  • getSessionId: getSessionId,
  • getCurrentVideoSize: getCurrentVideoSize,
  • getViewState: getViewState,
  • getHtmlBool: getHtmlBool,
  • getCurrentTime: getCurrentTime,

// setter

  • setDragging: setDragging,
  • setMediaURL: setMediaURL,
  • setCaptionsURL: setCaptionsURL,
  • setBrowserWidth: setBrowserWidth,
  • setCCIconOn: setCCIconOn,
  • setCCIconOff: setCCIconOff,
  • setPlayerVolume: setPlayerVolume,
  • setPlayPauseState: setPlayPauseState,
  • setCurrentTime: setCurrentTime,
  • setTotalTime: setTotalTime,
  • setMediaPackageId: setMediaPackageId,
  • setUserId: setUserId,
  • setSessionId: setSessionId,
  • setOptionClassName: setOptionClassName,
  • setDuration: setDuration,
  • setPlayhead: setPlayhead,
  • setProgress: setProgress,
  • setVolumeSlider: setVolumeSlider,
  • setVideoSizeList: setVideoSizeList,
  • setShareTimeLink: setShareTimeLink,

// do

  • hideAll: hideAll,
  • doToggleNotes: doToggleNotes,
  • doToggleTranscript: doToggleTranscript,
  • doToggleEmbed: doToggleEmbed,
  • doToggleShareTime: doToggleShareTime,
  • doToggleShare: doToggleShare,
  • doToggleTimeLayer: doToggleTimeLayer,
  • doToggleShortcuts: doToggleShortcuts,
  • doToggleDownloads: doToggleDownloads,
  • doTogglePlayPause: doTogglePlayPause,
  • doToggleMute: doToggleMute,
  • doPlay: doPlay,
  • doPause: doPause,
  • doFastForward: doFastForward,
  • doSkipBackward: doSkipBackward,
  • doRewind: doRewind,
  • doSkipForward: doSkipForward,
  • doSeek: doSeek,
  • doToogleClosedCaptions: doToogleClosedCaptions,

// show

  • showShare: showShare,
  • showEditTime: showEditTime,
  • showEmbed: showEmbed,
  • showShareTime: showShareTime,

// hide

  • hideShortcuts: hideShortcuts,
  • hideShare: hideShare,
  • hideEmbed: hideEmbed,
  • hideShareTime: hideShareTime,

// video size control

  • videoSizeControlSingleDisplay: videoSizeControlSingleDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlAudioDisplay: videoSizeControlAudioDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlMultiOnlyLeftDisplay: videoSizeControlMultiOnlyLeftDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlMultiOnlyRightDisplay: videoSizeControlMultiOnlyRightDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlMultiBigRightDisplay: videoSizeControlMultiBigRightDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlMultiBigLeftDisplay: videoSizeControlMultiBigLeftDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlMultiDisplay: videoSizeControlMultiDisplay,
  • videoSizeControlSinglePlayerWithSlides: videoSizeControlSinglePlayerWithSlides,

// alert

  • addAlert: addAlert,
  • removeOldAlert: removeOldAlert,

// sound

  • lowSound: lowSound,
  • noneSound: noneSound,
  • highSound: highSound,
  • muteSound: muteSound,

// play/pause

  • PlayPauseMouseOver: PlayPauseMouseOver,
  • PlayPauseMouseOut: PlayPauseMouseOut,
  • PlayPauseMouseDown: PlayPauseMouseDown,

// misc

  • isPlaying: isPlaying,
  • shareOverlayDisplayed: shareOverlayDisplayed,
  • shortcutOverlayDisplayed: shortcutOverlayDisplayed,
  • refreshScrubberPosition: refreshScrubberPosition,
  • embedIFrame: embedIFrame,
  • stopRewind: stopRewind,
  • stopFastForward: stopFastForward,
  • hideEditTime: hideEditTime,
  • editTime: editTime,
  • currentTime: currentTime,
  • flashVars: flashVars,
  • addEvent: addEvent,
  • addFootprint: addFootprint

player-multi-hybrid-flash.js

Opencast.FlashVersion

Calls

  • Opencast.engage.getPlayerType()

Has

  • AC_Generateobj(objAttrs, params, embedAttrs): creates actual <object> to embed using document.write(str)
  • AC_FL_RunContent(args)
  • AC_GetArgs(args, ext, srcParamName, classid, mimeType)

engage-ui.js

Opencast.engage

Calls

  • Opencast.Player.getDuration()

Has

  • getCookie
  • getPlayerType
  • getLoadProgress
  • setLoadProgressPercent
  • getSearchServiceEpisodeIdURL
  • getSearchServiceEpisodeJsonURL

watch.js

Opencast.Watch

Calls

  • Opencast.Player.getDuration()

Has

  • getAnalyticsURL
  • getAnnotationURL
  • getDescriptionEpisodeURL
  • getDescriptionStatsURL
  • getSearchURL
  • getSegmentsTextURL
  • getSegmentsUIURL
  • getSegmentsURL
  • getSeriesSeriesURL
  • getSeriesEpisodeURL
  • onPlayerReady
  • seekSegment
  • continueProcessing
  • durationSet
  • getClientShortcuts

Plugins

Analytics

Annotation

Bookmarks

Description

Download

EmbedControlHide

Logging

Segments

Segments Text

Segments UI

Series

Embeded mode

Shows the player without Matterhorn Media Module components.

Replace 'watch.html' with 'embed.html' http://someURL:8080/engage/ui/watch.html?id=someMediaPackageId -> http://someURL:8080/engage/ui/embed.html?id=someMediaPackageId

Url parameters: http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Engage+URL+Parameters

 

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