Force HTML5 video to use NPAPI?
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jobbautista9
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Force HTML5 video to use NPAPI?
I noticed when I disable WebM support and then try to play a WebM video directly, the browser offers me an option to play it with the VLC Web Plugin. I wonder how feasible it would be to force all <video>s (as well as <audio>s) to be handled by NPAPI instead of the browser. Would such a behavior even be compliant with the HTML5 spec?
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Re: Force HTML5 video to use NPAPI?
Can you post a sample link to try this? Also what version of VLC are you using? I have 3.0.20 on Linux and there's no NPAPI included.
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Re: Force HTML5 video to use NPAPI?
Sample VP9 WebM: https://base-n.de/webm/out9.webm
I have VLC 3.0.21 on Windows, which includes an NPAPI plugin versioned 3.0.3.0. I think for Linux you might have to recompile VLC with the NPAPI plugin enabled in the build config.
Unfortunately it doesn't work with VORAPIS... Either VORAPIS will have to make their custom video player more compatible with YouTube's or ViewTube will have to target VORAPIS's player too.
Anyway I am aware of the ViewTube userscript (and I have used it before VORAPIS became a thing), but I would like something more universal... I'm thinking of writing a global userscript that converts all <video>s and <audio>s to <embed>s. It would still be nice if the browser itself offers the usage of NPAPI when it encounters an HTML5 video or audio in a webpage it can't play though.
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Re: Force HTML5 video to use NPAPI?
I see, everything being wrapped in layers of JavaScript makes things difficult. I haven't experimented with this for a while. When I did try it, I didn't like that it didn't blend in as smoothly as expected. VLC may also not be the most optimal video player in general.