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OU Media PlayerA joint IET, KMi, LTS, DSS, OMU project
January 2011-June 2012
N.D.Freear, SeGA 3 April 2012The Open University
The problem
● Lot's of OU web 'assets' - OUVLE, OpenLearn, Study at OU, OU-Drupal, Platform, research blogs, Cloudworks...
● Each site/ developer finds their own 'solution'● Different user experiences, branding, levels
of accessibility...● Plus, a support/ maintenance problem...● HTML5 anyone?
The good... Easy YouTube 2008
Who else is doing 'this'?● 'Easy YouTube', 2008 Flash icant.co.uk/easy-youtube● christianheilmann.com/2008 ../video-captioning-made-easy-
with-the-youtu..● 2009 Flash, Maltwiki.org● Universal subtitles, www.universalsubtitles.org● ...● YouTube HTML5, www.youtube.com/html5 ● ODI player, 2011 Flash* odicatalogue.co.uk● Nomensa, 2011-12 Flash* nomensa.com/ ..-open-source-
accessible-media-..● 2012 Flash* edu.mwjt.co.uk/access-youtube-new-webs..● ...
(New to me, wac.osu.edu/examples/jwpc )
..the odd... 'ODI' player 2011
Who else? part 2
Questions:● * Why Flash-only in 2011/12?● Start from scratch?● Is it flexible? (ODI)● Are they open-source? Can we/ others build
upon?● Or, HTML5 media libraries - the same
mistakes again?
Our approach
● Don't "start from scratch"● Build on existing components, including
open source● Hopefully, contribute back to the community
- code/ patches/ knowledge...
The 'solution'
● A common, embeddable player● *Easy to embed● OU podcast infrastructure (+YouTube...)● Service/iframe-based embeds● oEmbed www.oembed.com● HTML5 + Flash + Javascript + CSS● OU brand● Variants (3): OU Podcast/public, OUVLE,
OpenLearn● ...
The 'solution', part deux
● Unobtrusive accessibility● Mobile/ tablet support● Themable● Internationalized● Performance● ...● Maintenance - only '1' player needs
upgrading
January-July 2011
● "Attempt 1"● Based on Flowplayer - open source Flash
libraries● Flash 'falling back' to HTML5● Two "chunky" designs● Senior management "surprised" - too big for
the VLE● Bugs in design/ CSS● No fullscreen (there is a "popout" player)
Used in Cloudworks
2011 'ouice dark'
2011 'ouice light'
January-June 2012
● "Version 2" - deployment plan● Based on Mediaelement.js● HTML5 falling back to Flash● But, Flash is not "2nd-class" citizen● Compact, less obtrusive design● With Fullscreen - yay!
...and the pretty OU player light 2012
Where do I fit in?
● The player will be easy for content authors to use - we hope!
● No change to authoring practice in SA/ VLE● Player fairly easy for developers to integrate
● Accessibility practitioners - communicate the philosophy
● APs - help close the feedback loop● APs - translation contacts● ..?● Watch this space!
Roadmap
● Mid-April 2012 - technical test● May - accessibility/ user-test● June - OUVLE release● June/July - OpenLearn, OU-Drupal...● June/July - documentation● June/July - hand over to LTS...● June/July - Mediaelement.js patches...
Questions
● Open source - if, when?● Stable versus innovative - how?● LTS support + IET contributions - how?● WebM encoding - when?
Challenges
● Many stakeholders● Many contexts● Audio + video● Mobile debugging● First impressions count!● Tech. test, Access. test, test, test...● Finding time to communicate, as well as
code
Links
● OU player prototype, iet-embed-acct.open.ac.uk ../oup/test.html
● Blogs, freear.org.uk ../ou-media-player-project● http://freear.org.uk/content/ou-embed-proposal● Watch this space! http://embed.open.ac.uk