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pittendrigh · 03-15-2019, 11:28 AM

DiapDealer I disagree.
HTML supports video and epub3 is a subset of HTML. But the two are not easy to put together.

If the two are put together (video and text) it's no longer a book? Fine. All we need is a new term.

I'm primarily a boat builder and the spring boat building season is upon me. I won't have time for software development for another six months. At the github link below:
https://github.com/pittendrigh/robopages

is software that is currently running the following demo:
http://roadkill.montana-riverboats.c...on-0004.xhtml#

...which is an epub3 made with Sigil and then copied up to the server, where is manually unzipped with a bash command. And now it's showing as HTML, even though the data is organized as epub.

I ran out of time and have not yet tested embedded video. And now I have boats to build. It should work. If video does not work with this code it will be relatively minor hacking and debugging to get it to run.

I'm pleased with what I've done so far. It runs on the server (it is not javascript running on the client). So it can all be displayed inside the context of a surrounding content management system.

Next winter, when the boat season is done, I'll add video. It might be working now. Also, on this above demo the TOC is always visible. It could easily be made to squash down into an icon, and then expand up to visible again, with a few lines of javascript.

But I have boats to build now. My work is useful to me. It's live on a real website. Putting it behind a password barrier is not difficult. When I didn't have the "automatic epub3 display" my sys-admin life was an order of magnitude more difficult. Building with Sigil enforces a constent look and feel. And it all seems to work.

03-15-2019, 11:28 AM	#6
pittendrigh Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 1332336 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: montana Device: none	DiapDealer I disagree. HTML supports video and epub3 is a subset of HTML. But the two are not easy to put together. If the two are put together (video and text) it's no longer a book? Fine. All we need is a new term. I'm primarily a boat builder and the spring boat building season is upon me. I won't have time for software development for another six months. At the github link below: https://github.com/pittendrigh/robopages is software that is currently running the following demo: http://roadkill.montana-riverboats.c...on-0004.xhtml# ...which is an epub3 made with Sigil and then copied up to the server, where is manually unzipped with a bash command. And now it's showing as HTML, even though the data is organized as epub. I ran out of time and have not yet tested embedded video. And now I have boats to build. It should work. If video does not work with this code it will be relatively minor hacking and debugging to get it to run. I'm pleased with what I've done so far. It runs on the server (it is not javascript running on the client). So it can all be displayed inside the context of a surrounding content management system. Next winter, when the boat season is done, I'll add video. It might be working now. Also, on this above demo the TOC is always visible. It could easily be made to squash down into an icon, and then expand up to visible again, with a few lines of javascript. But I have boats to build now. My work is useful to me. It's live on a real website. Putting it behind a password barrier is not difficult. When I didn't have the "automatic epub3 display" my sys-admin life was an order of magnitude more difficult. Building with Sigil enforces a constent look and feel. And it all seems to work. Last edited by pittendrigh; 03-15-2019 at 11:41 AM.