Smart Players and HTML5. What I'm doing wrong?

[deian]

Hello, I'm trying to run the HTML5 player.

I did this example:
http://www.luxurydreamhotels.fr/_beta/video-test.html
but what I see is here:
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-example-01.png

1. HTML5 delivery in the account is enabled:
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-01.png

2. Player HTML5 delivery is enabled:
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-02a.png
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-02b.png

3. Codec is H.264
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-03.png


So, What I'm doing wrong?...

Notice that all URL from this forum that I've tried
are not visible with HTML5 player:

http://www.insiderknowledge.tv/dev/html5-validate/html5/index.html
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-example-02.png

http://video.competitor.com/2010/03/triathlon/tri-center/tri-center-march-22-2010/
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-example-03.png

[BC-TomR]

The way that our players are delivered is that Flash is favored when it is installed.  So:

if Flash is installed

• render as Flash

If Flash is not installed

• check for device / browser capabilities
• if the capabilities are sufficient to support our HTML player - render as HTML

Otherwise

• Prompt for the Flash installer

You are testing in what looks like Chrome with Flash installed.  In order to test with desktop browsers you can add a param (URL or player snippet) called forceHTML and set it to true.  

You should NOT deploy with forceHTML enabled though as some browser configurations do not provide the support needed for our HTML player to work (the H264 codec is the biggest item - neither Firefox nor IE support it).

Hope this helps,

Tom 

[deian]

Tom,

Thank you for your answer.

<param name="forceHTML" value="true" />
is working for me if I want to force HTML5.

But I want to have flash player if the browser supports it
and to have HTML5 player if the browser doesn't have Flash.

It doesn't work for me.

I'm testing it under
Chrome with Flash player disabled.

http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-example-04.png
http://www.maquett.com/_temp/brightcove/html5/brightcove-example-05.png

[BC-TomR]

I actually misspoke slightly.  As is the HTML player will only render on devices that Brightcove actively supports which currently include Android and iOS.  You can add the param htmlFallback = true to allow the HTML player to be rendered in desktop browsers without Flash and other devices that have proper HTML 5 / H264 support.  This works well for Safari and Chrome.  

More info on HTML Fallback - http://support.brightcove.com/en/docs/allow-html5-players-flash-supported-environments.

[deian]

Tom,

Thanks, now it makes sence.

You should fix http://admin.brightcove.com/html5support/
because now I see in Chrome:
"Your browser is compatible with Brightcove HTML5 players"
wicth is not correct as I understand.

Or maybe at least add

"Your browser is compatible under some conditions"