Is there any way to force a Kaltura videoplayer to stop ONLY using code and the Kaltura API?
Currently I have solved it by adding a Access Control Profile named "Free preview" under Settings > Access Control in KMC and then added this profile to the Entries I've choosen.
I then add the session to the players flashvars to restrict non-members to only watch the preview, not the whole clip.
But I would like to restrict ALL, or even better selected Categories of clips by using only code, so I don't need to involve KMC.
Is that possible?
Alt) Can you create a new player in KMC and restrict it to viewing only X seconds, no matter what length of Entry? Then I can do the check if user is valid or not and get the category via API and show it in the "preview-player" och the "default player".
If I use the mediaProxy.mediaPlayTo attribute the clip stops, but is easily started again by presing play.
Would greatly appreciate an answer
I got this answer from a guy named oferc in a different forum:
You can listen to the head move event and pause the clip it goes beyond a certain time (then if someone pressed play, you can stop it again)
function jsCallbackReady(player_id) {
my_kdp = $("#"+player_id).get(0); // document.getElementById(player_id) if you do not use jquery/ prefer pure js
my_kdp.addJsListener("kdpReady", "kdpReady"); // when you load the player with an entry (and the player is ready to begin playing it using doPlay for instance)
}
function kdpReady() {
my_kdp.addJsListener("playerUpdatePlayhead","headMove");
}
function headMove(position) {
if (position > "30") { // Your Time, example 30 seconds
my_kdp.sendNotification('doStop')
}
}
Works like a charm!
fredrik_w - neither of the ways you chosen here are a good option to restrict access.
in both cases, your videos are made public, and can be easily accessible by anyone.
The best way to limit access to a video is by defining an Access Control, and like everything in Kaltura, you can define an ACL using API as well.
Check this out as a reference sample-
http://blog.kaltura.org/turning-profit-online-video-made-easy-using-paypal-html5-digital-goods
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How to use these private functions on other windows? It would be nice to have this knowledge back in the wild. I am specifically trying to get CGSOrderWindow and CGSSetWindowLevel to work.
I was trying in the direction of:
temporarily register as the dock and then register the dock as the dock again immediately afterwards
or
code injection into the Dock process per this comment:
Also, the author of the above project seems determined to make all core functionality available as a framework. It seems to be implemented as code injection into the Dock process.
Reason I know this is possible
I have been doing work on trying to setLevel on window of another app, and focus window of another app if focused. I am posting this again with the info I learned because from my searching online, I know this was done in the past, its just the knowledge is not publicly out there anymore. The sourceforge pages are no longer there. So I was wondering if you could help me make this information public again.
This is the topic I read that gave me this information - http://cocoadev.com/HowtoControlOtherAppsWindows
Here you see comments like:
You cannot control an another app's windows from a user-level process, unfortunately.
SlavaKarpenko
You can, Slava, you just need to register as the Dock. It might be possible to temporarily register as the dock and then register the dock as the dock again immediately afterwards, not sure. I think the call you'd be wanting to investigate as CoreDockRegisterDockOwner in HIServices.framework.
FinlayDobbie
You could also use APE or similar to do control the windows, or (as mentioned above) register as the Dock (look for the private APIs with Universal Connection in their name). Has anyone found a polite way of getting the Dock to give up its universal connection? The only way I can find is to force quit the Dock and grab the universal connection when it's not looking (which prevents the dock reloading).
SamTaylor
There's an open source project up on sourceforge.net that looks much more like the window managers I've used on Unix boxes than Space.app (or Space.dock): http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/
SteveCook
Verifying things work
This is what I learned, from the sources at bottom of this post, we see all these functions work with CGWindowIds, so how do I get that, this is how:
Get all windows with CGWindowListCopyWindowInfo. Then access each element from that array with CFArrayGetValueAtIndex and then get the CGWindowId with objectForKey:, kCGWindowNumber, and then integerValue.
Now if I try to focus or set level of a window that is OWNED by the app running the code, it works fantastic. For instance:
MY_TARGET_CGWINDOW_ID = 179;
rez_CGError = CGSOrderWindow(_CGSDefaultConnection, MY_TARGET_CGWINDOW_ID, kCGSOrderAbove, 0);
Will focus it, rez_CGError is 0. Even if the window is minimized, it is unminimized, without animation, and shown.
Now however, if I try this on a window of a different app we get some errors:
MY_TARGET_CGWINDOW_ID_of_other_app = 40;
rez_CGError = CGSOrderWindow(_CGSDefaultConnection, MY_TARGET_CGWINDOW_ID_of_other_app, kCGSOrderAbove, 0);
This fails and rez_CGError is 1000, which I suspect means "cid (CGSConnection) used does not have permission to modify target window". The same happens if I first do [app activateWithOptions: (NSApplicationActivateIgnoringOtherApps | NSApplicationActivateAllWindows)] before making the call above.
So I first get the cid of that owning window like this:
var rez_CGError = CGSGetWindowOwner(_CGSDefaultConnection, MY_TARGET_CGWINDOW_ID_of_other_app, &ownerCid);
This works good and I get ownerCid is set to a value. Then I do the focus command with this new connection:
rez_CGError = CGSOrderWindow(ownerCid, MY_TARGET_CGWINDOW_ID_of_other_app, kCGSOrderAbove, 0);
However this gives rez_CGError of 268435459, which I suspect means "current app does not have permission to use this ConnectionId (cid)". (Same happens if I call activateWithOptions first.
My Sources for the Private Functions
Here is the sources for some private functions I found - https://code.google.com/p/undocumented-goodness/source/browse/trunk/CoreGraphics/CGSPrivate.h
This one source here contains a function that is not in the above link - CGSGetConnectionIDForPSN - i test it and it exists - from - https://github.com/mnutt/libqxt/blob/767498816dfa1742a6f3aee787281745afec11b8/src/gui/qxtwindowsystem_mac.h#L80
I'm successfully using Soundcloud's widget API, except the setVolume() method is broken :(
First, I love the widget, but I'm blown away that after all that amazing work there is no volume control available! People will immediately "back button" out of my site when they hear 100% audio and I can't alter it using setVolume()... I have to get it working or pull it :(
Here is what is happening, I have an instance named "widget" (which loads and plays well on the page).
widget.bind(SC.Widget.Events.READY, function() {
$('#audioIndictments').removeClass('remove'); // This disables a CSS rule, making the soundCloud iframe visible
widget.setVolume(10); // This should set the volume to 10% but doesn't :(
widget.getVolume(function(vol){
console.log(vol); // This outputs 0.1 in the console :/
console.log(widget); // This outputs the object in the console and I don't see anything out of whack :|
});
widget.play(); // This successfully fires up the widget and the audio begins playing :)
widget.setVolume(10); // Just to see if it makes a difference, after the play() method, I ran setVolume again after the play() method and still no change :(
widget.getVolume(function(vol){
console.log(vol); // This still outputs 0.1 in the console :/
});
});
Strange results. I found another blogger who asked a similar question and got no satisfactory answer. What's the deal here? What am I not seeing?
Thank you for taking the time :)
Try using the a volume between 0 and 1. This fixed it for me.
0.25 = 25% volume
I too am facing the same issue and I discovered that the volume does not reset to full when setVolume method is called outside of the READY event. This is why the setVolume button on the SC api playground works since it's called externally. But there is another problem - when the next track in the playlist is loaded into the widget, it resets the volume back to full and as a result, deafens the user.
I've used a hacky workaround until this is fixed.
Setup a new PLAY_PROGRESS event and call the method inside there.
widget.bind(SC.Widget.Events.PLAY_PROGRESS, function() {
widget.setVolume(10);
});
The setVolume method will continuously be called when the track is played. Not ideal but it works.
If you have a slider in place for volume then you may use this instead:
widget.bind(SC.Widget.Events.PLAY_PROGRESS, function() {
var vol = jQuery('.slider').val();
widget.setVolume(vol);
});
I'm working on a Windows Form Application in which I have embedded a Windows Media Player that lets you play video files. The unique thing is that I have changed the extension of the media files (for reasons which I can't get into here). For instance, "xyz.wmv" might be called "xyz.ext". They play just fine, but before they play, I get the message:
"The file you are attempting to play has an extension that does not match the file format. Playing the file may result in unexpected behaviour. Do you want the Player to try to play the file?"
You can click yes and you can even check the box to not show that message again, but I don't want that for all the obvious reasons including the fact that it confuses users. I have looked into the .settings properties but I cannot find a way to suppress this message and more importantly other messages that might come up.
The .ext (for example) extension is not known to media player, hence the warning.
What you can do to change this is modify the registry and register this extension. This is described officially here: File Name Extension Registry Settings
The most simple way to do it is to create a registry key like this:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MediaPlayer\Player\Extensions\.ext
And add two key values:
Runtime (DWORD): 6
Permissions (DWORD): 15 (or 0xF in hexa)
This is shown here:
NOTE: this answer was originally in response to a bounty question and edit which was removed on how to do this via code. Parts of this are still relevant to the original question.
You can do this pretty straight forward IF you have admin rights as you need to edit the registry. Not sure how far you will get without admin rights and can test later, but here is how to do this via code (in a real implementation I would do this as part of a setup - or check if the keys exist each time which seems wasteful):
You need to add one key (showing two here for registering the extensions, you may need additional keys for auto-play or a setting on the player):
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
/*This first key is not necessary - and if you will be using common
* extensions like mp4, skip this step altogether!!
*/
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software", true)
.OpenSubKey("Classes", true);
key.CreateSubKey(".myExt");
key = key.OpenSubKey(".myExt", true);
key.SetValue("", "WMP11.AssocFile.myExt");
key.SetValue("Content Type", "video/x-ms-wmv");
key.SetValue("PerceivedType", "video");
/*Here is the magic key which will make the dialog go away*/
key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software", true)
.OpenSubKey("Microsoft", true)
.OpenSubKey("MediaPlayer", true)
.OpenSubKey("Player", true)
.OpenSubKey("Extensions", true);
key.CreateSubKey(".myExt");
key = key.OpenSubKey(".myExt", true);
key.SetValue("", "");
key.SetValue("Permissions", 0x20);
axWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = #"C:\Users\Public\Documents\Wildlife.myExt";
}
Media Player creates other keys when you add through its dialog, but the only one definitely needed is: HKEY_Current_User.Software.Microsoft.MediaPlayer.Player.Extensions
If you want to see all the keys Media Player adds,
choose a crazy extension,
click always allow when prompted and then
search the registry for all the keys that get created.
The above code is tested and working for me - confirming the dialog before adding the keys and the lack of any dialog after.
This is a good generic process for programmatically adding file associations and default programs to the Windows Registry from .NET. You have to be careful about registering the extension (the first key I set above) IF the extension already exists (TEST FOR THIS). Otherwise the above code will happily overwrite your current values. All you really should need is the one added to: HKEY_Current_User.Software.Microsoft.MediaPlayer.Player.Extensions anyway. Think it through, check in advance, and test before you go crazy in the registry!!
It is also always a great idea to backup your registry before playing with it.
Final note: missed your question on how to reproduce once you have clicked always allow: just remove the entry in HKEY_Current_User.Software.Microsoft.MediaPlayer.Player.Extensions and voila!
This answer assumes you have a working knowledge of regedit.
Final note #2: Response geared to the questions in the Bounty. Other errors can be suppressed by setting telling Media Player to allow you to handle error events and then writing your custom handler. I have not done this before so cannot comment on the ease and what can/cannot be controlled through this method.
The Windows Media Player control does not raise an exception when it encounters an error such as an invalid URL. Instead, it signals an event. Your application should handle error events sent by the Player.
These can then be handled by creating / registering a MediaError event:
private void axWindowsMediaPlayer1_MediaError(object sender, AxWMPLib._WMPOCXEvents_MediaErrorEvent e) {
// Handle errors and profit!
}
Then set this as the handler in the Events property window for your control - same for other events such as ErrorEvent.
I would like to be able to gather info like how often certain windows are opened, what types of user data are accessed, how often menu items are clicked, etc. Does anyone know of a 3rd party (open source or commercial) Cocoa/Obj-C library or plugin that would allow me to gather this info?
I have used pinch media in the past, and they merged with Flurry. Library was simple to use and was setup in around 40 minutes.
I don't know any library for that but at least to get informed about when the user switches the front application you can install an event handler like this:
EventTypeSpec eventType;
eventType.eventClass = kEventClassApplication;
eventType.eventKind = kEventAppFrontSwitched;
EventHandlerUPP handlerUPP = NewEventHandlerUPP(FrontAppSwitchedDetector_callback);
OSStatus status=InstallApplicationEventHandler(handlerUPP,1,&eventType,self,&_eventHandlerRef);
... and when receiving an callback you may get the current front application process:
pascal OSStatus FrontAppSwitchedDetector_callback(EventHandlerCallRef nextHandler,EventRef theEvent,void* userData)
{
ProcessSerialNumber newSerial;
GetFrontProcess(&newSerial);
//to something with that ....
return (CallNextEventHandler(nextHandler, theEvent));
}
Thanks to everyone in advance -
So I have been banging on this issue for quite a while now and have burned through all my options. My current approach to canceling css requests is with nsIRequest.cancel inside of nsIWebProgressListener.onStateChange. This works most of the time, except when things are a little laggy a few will slip through and jump out of the loadgroup before I can get to them. This is obviously a dirty solution.
I have read through the following links to try and get a better idea of how to disable css before a nsIRequest is created...no dice.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Document_Loading_-_From_Load_Start_to_Finding_a_Handler
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/The_life_of_an_HTML_HTTP_request
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Bird's_Eye_View_of_the_Mozilla_Framework
How do I disable css via presentation objects/interfaces? Is this possible? Inside of nsIDocShell there are a few attributes that kind of imply you can disable css via the browsers docshell - allowPlugins, allowJavascript, allowMetaRedirects, allowSubframes, allowImages.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Sam
The menu option that disables style sheets uses a function
setStyleDisabled(true)
so you probably can just call this function whenever new browser tab is created. Style sheets are still requested from server, but not applied. This function is not very sophisticated and doesn't mess with nsIRequest, source:
function setStyleDisabled(disabled) {
getMarkupDocumentViewer().authorStyleDisabled = disabled;
}
Digging in Web Developer Toolbar source code I have noticed that their "disable stylesheets" function loops trough all document.styleSheets and sets the disabled property to true, like:
/* if DOM content is loaded */
var sheets = document.styleSheets;
for(var i in sheets){ sheets[i].disabled = true; }
So if the key is to not apply CSS to pages, one of the above solutions should work. But if you really need to stop style sheets from being downloaded from servers, I'm affraid nsIRequest interception is your only option.
Set permissions.default.stylesheet to 2 and voilà!
You can actually use the permissions manager to block or allow stylesheets on a host-by-host basis.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a simple flag like allowImages. The bugzilla adding for that is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340746. You can now vote for it using the new bugzilla voting functionality. You can also add yourself to the CC list to be notified if anyone ever works on it.
A related request is to just give us basic HTML parsing support, which may be what you are trying to do. Unfortunately that isn't supported yet either, but you can vote/track the bugzilla for that at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102699.
So the only workable solution seems to be some sort of interception as #pawal suggests. Here is a link that talks about the basics of interception to at least get you/us started https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL_School/Intercepting_Page_Loads. It lists several options that I list below.
These first few seem to just be at the page/document level so I don't think they help:
Load Events (addEventListener load)
Web Progress Listeners (nsIWebProgressListener) - I tried this approach, it only seems to be called for the page itself, not for content within the page.
Document Loader Service - A global version of nsIWebProgressListener so I think it has the same problem (page level only)
That leaves two others I have not tried yet. They work globally so you would need to filter them to just the browser/pages you care about.
HTTP Observers - Seems like it might work, need to verify it calls back for CSS
Content Policy - Seems like the best option to me since it explicitly is called for CSS, someday I hope to try it :)