E-book reader with media player button

tonkabean · 11-18-2023, 02:56 AM

E-book reader with media player button

I have created an e-book and added MP3 and MP4 files to it. However, I couldn't find an e-reader that has media playback functionality. I have tried Kindle, FBReader, Adobe Digital Editions, Google Play Books, and ReadEra, but none of these e-readers can play MP4 or MP3 files.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thank you.

DiapDealer · 11-18-2023, 08:39 AM

In most situations, the onus is on the ebook creator to provide media controls--usually with javascript. Sigil's qtwebengine will provide a very basic set of controls if none are provided. But I don't have the first clue which reading devices/apps might provide similar defaults. If you want your epub3's media to be playable on the widest variety of devices/apps, then you probably shouldn't leave the media controls up to rendering engine defaults. You should code the controls yourself. Unfortunately, that's not something Sigil will do for you.

You should also check epub3 specs to see which codecs are required to be supported by compliant epub3 rendering systems.

KevinH · 11-18-2023, 08:57 AM

Try actual epub3 readers like Thorium, ADE 4, iBooks, Kobo, etc. MP4 is a supported standard video format for epub3.

11-18-2023, 02:56 AM	#1
tonkabean Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2022 Device: mobile	E-book reader with media player button E-book reader with media player button I have created an e-book and added MP3 and MP4 files to it. However, I couldn't find an e-reader that has media playback functionality. I have tried Kindle, FBReader, Adobe Digital Editions, Google Play Books, and ReadEra, but none of these e-readers can play MP4 or MP3 files. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thank you.

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11-18-2023, 08:39 AM	#2
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,552 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	In most situations, the onus is on the ebook creator to provide media controls--usually with javascript. Sigil's qtwebengine will provide a very basic set of controls if none are provided. But I don't have the first clue which reading devices/apps might provide similar defaults. If you want your epub3's media to be playable on the widest variety of devices/apps, then you probably shouldn't leave the media controls up to rendering engine defaults. You should code the controls yourself. Unfortunately, that's not something Sigil will do for you. You should also check epub3 specs to see which codecs are required to be supported by compliant epub3 rendering systems.

11-18-2023, 08:57 AM	#3
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 7,647 Karma: 5433388 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Try actual epub3 readers like Thorium, ADE 4, iBooks, Kobo, etc. MP4 is a supported standard video format for epub3.