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<blockquote data-quote="Creativedot" data-source="post: 1384749" data-attributes="member: 200916">Hello..i am building a site where it has lots of video on it and i need it to work on all browsers.I found that browsers need different video containers to work... Safari needs HTML5 , Firefox and Chrome need Flash. Here is the code i am using :[CODE]// Player support optionsdefine('PLAYER_FLASH',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 0);define('PLAYER_HTML5',&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1);define('PLAYER_HTML5FALLBACK', 2);define('PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED',&nbsp;&nbsp; 3);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Returns a supported video player type for the user's browser// Recognized extensions are: flv f4v mp4 m4v ogv webmfunction getSupportedPlayerType($ext, $browser){&nbsp; &nbsp; if ($ext === 'flv' || $ext === 'f4v')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_FLASH;&nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; switch($browser)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'firefox':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'opera':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ($ext === 'webm' || $ext === 'ogv')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_HTML5;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ($ext === 'mp4' || $ext === 'm4v')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_FLASH;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_HTML5FALLBACK;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; break;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'ie9plus':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'safari':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ($ext === 'mp4' || $ext === 'm4v' || $ext === 'mov')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_FLASH;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else if ($ext === 'webm' || $ext === 'ogv')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_HTML5FALLBACK;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; break;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'chrome':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_FLASH;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; break;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'ipad':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ($ext === 'ogv' || $ext === 'webm')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_HTML5;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; break;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // Ancient IE only supports Flash&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; case 'ie':&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; default:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if ($ext === 'webm' || $ext === 'ogv')&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_FLASH;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; break;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED;}[/CODE]The weird and annoying thing is that HTML5 in safari is not loading as fast as Flash and sometimes it just doesnt play at all...&nbsp; So i decided to use Flash ...everything seemed ok...i tested it on windows and OS different machines etc etc,...until a friend the other day told me that he couldnt view the video at allIs Flash really unstable for safari?&nbsp; Whats the solution to this?Many Thanks for reading this</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Creativedot, post: 1384749, member: 200916"] Hello.. i am building a site where it has lots of video on it and i need it to work on all browsers. I found that browsers need different video containers to work... Safari needs HTML5 , Firefox and Chrome need Flash. Here is the code i am using : [CODE]// Player support options define('PLAYER_FLASH', 0); define('PLAYER_HTML5', 1); define('PLAYER_HTML5FALLBACK', 2); define('PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED', 3); // Returns a supported video player type for the user's browser // Recognized extensions are: flv f4v mp4 m4v ogv webm function getSupportedPlayerType($ext, $browser) { if ($ext === 'flv' || $ext === 'f4v') return PLAYER_FLASH; else { switch($browser) { case 'firefox': case 'opera': if ($ext === 'webm' || $ext === 'ogv') return PLAYER_HTML5; else if ($ext === 'mp4' || $ext === 'm4v') return PLAYER_FLASH; else return PLAYER_HTML5FALLBACK; break; case 'ie9plus': case 'safari': if ($ext === 'mp4' || $ext === 'm4v' || $ext === 'mov') return PLAYER_FLASH; else if ($ext === 'webm' || $ext === 'ogv') return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED; else return PLAYER_HTML5FALLBACK; break; case 'chrome': return PLAYER_FLASH; break; case 'ipad': if ($ext === 'ogv' || $ext === 'webm') return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED; else return PLAYER_HTML5; break; // Ancient IE only supports Flash case 'ie': default: if ($ext === 'webm' || $ext === 'ogv') return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED; else return PLAYER_FLASH; break; } } return PLAYER_UNSUPPORTED; }[/CODE] The weird and annoying thing is that HTML5 in safari is not loading as fast as Flash and sometimes it just doesnt play at all... So i decided to use Flash ...everything seemed ok...i tested it on windows and OS different machines etc etc,...until a friend the other day told me that he couldnt view the video at all Is Flash really unstable for safari? Whats the solution to this? Many Thanks for reading this [/QUOTE]

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