Trying to post avi file and wont play.
I am wanting to add an avi file to my families web page and every time that i upload it, it tells me that an additional plugin is needed to play the file. Then it tells me that there are no plugins available. How can I remedy this problem?
Can you post the code that you use to play that AVI file on that website?
<pre><nowiki><object data="file.avi" type="application/x-mplayer2" height="xxx" width="xxx">
<param name="filename" value="file.avi">
</object></nowiki></pre>
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import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.Dimension;
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import javax.media.control.*;
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import javax.media.datasink.*;
import javax.media.format.VideoFormat;
* @author AOrnstei
* TODO To change the template for this generated type comment go to
* Window - Preferences - Java - Code Style - Code Templates
* This program takes a list of JPEG image files and convert them into
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//adam - make movie from vector of jpeg files
public static MediaLocator ProduceMovie(int width, int height, int frameRate, Vector inputFiles, String strSave){//String outputURL) {
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System.exit(0);
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System.exit(-1);
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ImageDataSource(int width, int height, int frameRate, Vector images, String strSave) {
streams = new ImageSourceStream[1];
streams[0] = new ImageSourceStream(width, height, frameRate, images, strSave);
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public MediaLocator getLocator() {
return null;
* Content type is of RAW since we are sending buffers of video
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return ContentDescriptor.RAW;
public void connect() {
public void disconnect() {
public void start() {
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* Return the ImageSourceStreams.
public PullBufferStream[] getStreams() {
return streams;
* We could have derived the duration from the number of
* frames and frame rate. But for the purpose of this program,
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public Time getDuration() {
return DURATION_UNKNOWN;
public Object[] getControls() {
return new Object[0];
public Object getControl(String type) {
return null;
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class ImageSourceStream implements PullBufferStream {
float frameRate;
long seqNo = 0;
Vector images;
int width, height;
VideoFormat format;
int nextImage = 0; // index of the next image to be read.
boolean ended = false;
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this.width = width;
this.height = height;
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format = new VideoFormat(VideoFormat.JPEG,
new Dimension(width, height),
Format.NOT_SPECIFIED,
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format = new VideoFormat(VideoFormat.CINEPAK,
new Dimension(width, height),
Format.NOT_SPECIFIED,
Format.byteArray,
(float)frameRate);
format = new VideoFormat(VideoFormat.JPEG,
new Dimension(width, height),
Format.NOT_SPECIFIED,
Format.byteArray,
(float)frameRate);*/
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public boolean willReadBlock() {
return false;
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long time = (long)seqNo * (1000 / (long)frameRate) * 1000000;
buf.setTimeStamp(time);
buf.setSequenceNumber(seqNo++);
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//System.err.println("Done reading all images.");
buf.setEOM(true);
buf.setOffset(0);
buf.setLength(0);
ended = true;
return;
String imageFile = (String)images.elementAt(nextImage);
nextImage++;
//System.err.println(" - reading image file: " + imageFile);
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raFile = new RandomAccessFile(imageFile, "r");
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// Check the input buffer type & size.
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data = (byte[])buf.getData();
// Check to see the given buffer is big enough for the frame.
if (data == null || data.length < raFile.length()) {
data = new byte[(int)raFile.length()];
buf.setData(data);
long time = (long) (seqNo * (1000 / frameRate) * 1000000);
buf.setTimeStamp(time);
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// Read the entire JPEG image from the file.
raFile.readFully(data, 0, (int)raFile.length());
//System.err.println(" read " + raFile.length() + " bytes.");
buf.setOffset(0);
buf.setLength((int)raFile.length());
buf.setFormat(format);
buf.setFlags(buf.getFlags() | buf.FLAG_KEY_FRAME);
// Close the random access file.
raFile.close();
* Return the format of each video frame. That will be JPEG.
public Format getFormat() {
return format;
public ContentDescriptor getContentDescriptor() {
return new ContentDescriptor(ContentDescriptor.RAW);
public long getContentLength() {
return 0;
public boolean endOfStream() {
return ended;
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return new Object[0];
public Object getControl(String type) {
return null;
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