Overview

Deprecated in favor of: https://marketplace.mendix.com/link/component/110700

This widget can be used to play audio and video files using HTML5 Audio and Video elements. The widget can play three different kind of sources: 1. From a FileDocument 2. From an external URL 3. From a Base64 string

Documentation

Deprecated in favor of: https://marketplace.mendix.com/link/component/110700

Description

This widget can be used to play audio and video files using HTML5 Audio and Video elements.  The widget can play three different kind of sources:
1. From a FileDocument
2. From an external URL
3. From a Base64 string

Typical usage scenario

You want to display audio and video files from different type of sources in a Mendix application.

Features and limitations

• Does not stream videos from sources like Youtube.

Dependencies

• Mendix Modeler 7.23.11 and up

Configuration

General:
Select the media type in the widget (Audio or Video) and select if the widget should autoplay. This is configured from an attribute.

For FileDocuments:
Drop the widget in a dataview that contains a filedocument. Thats all! No need to attach any other attributes to the datasource.

For URLS:
On the datasource tab attach the attribute that contains the source URL of the audio or video file.

For Base64:
On the datasource tab attach the attribute that contains the source Base64 string of the audio or video file.