botr_KEY_KEY.loadVideo() and HTML5 mode

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Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 05:55 Patrick

Per this BOTR documentation:
http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/bits-on-the-run/23360/embedding-best-practices

There was a tech note: "Note we currently do not support any javascript interaction in HTML5 mode (iOs, Android). This will arrive at a later stage." Found under the "botr_VIDEOKEY_PLAYERKEY.loadVideo('OTHERKEY');" Javascript API.

I just tried this and indeed "botr_VIDEOKEY_PLAYERKEY.loadVideo('OTHERKEY');" did not appear to work on my iOS device. Is this the case? If so, what does "arrive at a later stage" mean.

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 06:18 remco

This is correct. The reason is because there is a timing issue between the Bits on the Run embeds and the player API that we need to resolve first. Hopefully we can introduce this around Q2.

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 14:18 Patrick

Anyway around this right now?

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 14:41 remco

I'm afraid there is none.

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 14:48 Patrick

It would be better for us if there were a firm commitment to address as there is no workaround and this seems like significant functionality.

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 17:46 remco

This is definitely something we're going to address, we're just not certain what the exact time frame is going to be because this is a complicated problem that we need to solve correctly without breaking the (large number) of existing integrations with the player.

Posted: Mon, 2012-01-23 20:06 Patrick

Ah. I get it. Good luck with that then.

botr_KEY_KEY.loadVideo() and HTML5 mode

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