HTML5 Playback Problem on iPhone 4

NitromanX · Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:12 pm

How / where do i "select fullscreen as publish option" ?

Here are my settings :

Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:19 pm

Hi
Click on the html tab, and then.....

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Regards
Hopki

NitromanX · Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:42 pm

It's strange how adding sound (mp3 file) seems to stop the skin from displaying properly. Any idea why this is - could this give a clue to the bug ?!

That fullscreen option is really helpful ... i can now get rid of the fullscreen button on the skin too.

Is there any html5 mp3 player that could be loaded first to enable sound ? I used to use a separate Flash mp3 player before it was an option to embed sound into the .swf file. Just wondered

Be great to get loop sound working on html5 360's as this technology isn't going away and it's all part of the experience.

Thanks again Hopki ... you are The Man

Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:47 pm

Hi
Been playing, I added an external play code in a text box:

<audio src="Music.mp3" controls="controls" autoplay="autoplay"></audio>

You can add the loop attribute to loop the sound:

<audio src="Music.mp3" controls="controls" autoplay="autopsy" loop="loop"></audio>

I have been using a text box 200 x 25px which seems to be about right.

You will see I have added the auto play attribute which works in Safari on my Mac, but sadly it still does not auto start on my iPad.
Note Music.mp3 is my file name.

What this does do though is give you a Apple music player in the skin

This is for html5 and Safari.
Regards
Hopki

smooth · Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:34 am

Hopki wrote:What this does do though is give you a Apple music player in the skin
This is for html5 and Safari.

Terrific!

I suppose ...

Regards, Smooth

Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:14 pm

Hi Smooth
Its probably of no advantage what so ever, just because I can.
However if you have Apple TV you can send the sound to your TV. So yep a complete waste of time.

What this did show is that the Apple, no auto start, is locked down big time. As you have to physically click a button to start sound, the only thing I can think of to do it nicely is from closing a splash screen.

Regards
Hopki

NitromanX · Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:41 am

Boy that's a shame ... darned Apple iDevices !

Do you think this issue is likely to be fixed in next few months ? Are Apple even aware of the restriction on the iPhone ? The reason I ask is that i have a client who's looking in to Html 5 display but is in no desperate hurry to implement it. So what are you thoughts ?

Alternatively, would it be possible to display an Info screen on load (with instructions as to how to use the 360) and then when clicked to close it starts the looped sound file with the panorama ?

Just wondering what options there are ...

Thanks again for your speedy response and invaluable assistance !

Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:40 pm

Hi
Yes as said in my last post, you can have a splash screen telling people how to us the panorama, or something simalor, then on closing the splash screen have a Mouse Click Play Sound action to start the sound in the close button.
Regards
Hopki

makiedog · Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:13 am

Do I need to have a "click to start sound" button for each pano inside a tour? Or once the sound is started in the opening pano, the different background sound in the second pano will automatically play once I go there? Thanks.

Pat L